New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music 

         
    Hours
By Appointment OR
Tuesday- Friday, 11am – 5pm
Wednesdays until 7pm
Saturday and Sunday, 12pm – 4pm
Closed Mondays
   
         
   

Questions? Please contact the Ramsey Center!
Amy Carraux, Program Coordinator
(828) 689-1571 or acarraux@mhc.edu

Karen Paar, Director and Archivist
(828) 689-1262 or kpaar@mhc.edu

   

The Smithsonian Institution is Coming to Mars Hill College!

September 25 – November 6, 2010
Weizenblatt Gallery, Moore Auditorium
Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies at Mars Hill College

New Harmonies

Listen to America’s music and hear the story of freedom. It’s the story of people in a New World, places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them.  It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world was remade. The distinct cultural identities of all of these people are carried in song-both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people – Americans. Their music is the roots of American music.

Read more by clicking here!

Volunteer Docents Needed!

Are you interested in roots music?  Are you interested in serving as a volunteer tour guide and exhibition host?  If so, please consider applying: "New Harmonies" Docent Application

 

New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.

 Smithsonian InstitutionNC Humanities Council

 

A special thanks to our partners:

Dry Ridge Historical Society
Wolf Laurel Historical Society
 

A special thanks to our sponsors: