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Museum of the Cherokee Indian

Category: Monuments + Museums

U.S. 441 at Drama Rd., Cherokee, NC 28789
828.497.3481

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Museum of the Cherokee Indian | Museum/Attraction Review | Cherokee, NC | Frommers.com - expert review
The objective of this museum is to authentically present and preserve thousands of years of Cherokee history and culture. This it does, displaying one of the finest exhibits of Native American artifacts in the United States. One exhibit includes a di...
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Ok Could Be better - user review
We visited the musem while on vacation. It was interesting to my husband and myself. However, our children ages 10 and 6 did not enjoy. They have a gift shop that was very expensive. O...
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Informative, but kids were bored - user review
Kids enjoyed the village more, but I found the Museum informative. Could be more int...
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The village is better. - user review
We found this museum interesting but a bit boring. We then went to Oconaluftee Village and wished we'd gone there first. If we had we wouldn't have gone to the Museum! We learned mo...
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Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee - Reviews of Museum of the Cherokee Indian - TripAdvisor
I thought this museum was very good. It is not the largest museum, but it gives an interesting history of the Cherokee people. After a movie telling you about the Cherokee creation myth, it contains displays illustrating the conventional prehistoric archaeological time periods (Archaic, Woodland, et...
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Selu, Corn Mother: October 2007
Cherokee Indian Museum Cherokee, NC (2006) – Most people don’t realize just how long the Cherokee tribe has been around Western North Carolina. Direct descendants of the first people in North America, Cherokees have had – to use a modern term – staying power. Power, over 11,000 years worth, that has...
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HONORING A CHEROKEE - New York Times
Immediately evident at the museum site is the key influence of the number seven in the Cherokee belief system. Seven tall wooden poles support the beams of a covered walkway leading to the museum's entrance. The figure seven represented the very order of complex Cherokee community life, which was di...
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