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COWAN MUSEUM HISTORY

Duplin County
                              Mrs. Ila O. Cowan - Curator of the Cowan Museum
History...
Housed in the 1848 Kelly-Farrior House and situated in a National Register Historic District, Cowan Museum is a special place. 

The museum features several thousand rare and unusual artifacts highlighting early rural America.  Among the items is an extensive collection of wood-working tools, farm implements and long-forgotten household utensils.  Have you ever seen a twibil?  A sugar nipper?  An alcohol fan?  You will here.  Treasures that you can touch, handle and feel-history you can get your hands on.

On the grounds several outbuildings are displayed.  A one-room log schoolhouse, a furnished one-room log cabin, and a restored log tobacco barn all bring to life our rural American heritage offering visitors of all ages an unforgettable cultural, historic and hands-on experience rarely found today.

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