Regular Hours 2013 (March 5th - December 20 )
Tuesday-Saturday 11 AM-5 PM
Tours are given on demand-- last tour begins by 4:00.

*Closed Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,

December 6,7,13,14
The site will be closed during the day to prepare for Candlelight Christmas

Admission Rates

Adults $8.00
Seniors (60+) $7.00
Children (Ages 5-17) $5.00
AAA and AARP Discounts available.

Tour Description

        Rocky Mount Museum and Living History Site sits at the foot of the beautiful Appalachian Mountains.  A visit to the site will include several components starting with a visit to the Massengill Overmountain Museum.  Museum highlights include  various artifacts from on-site digs.  After a stroll through the museum it is time to view the orientation video.

        Now head to the historic site and back to the year 1791.  Costumed interpreters take visitors through the historic buildings and give them a personal look at colonial living.  These interpreters portray Cobb family members, neighbors, and servants.  They invite visitors to join them as a guest in the Cobb house.  In the house visitors will view such treasures as the Richard Midgley clock and hear stories about the Cobb family, Governor Blount, Indian affairs, and the latest gossip of the territory.

        A visit to the historic kitchen is next.  Interpreters demonstrate eighteenth century cooking techniques and tools.  Some even get to taste fine dishes such as gingerbread or sausage muffins cooked over an open fire.  Leaving the kitchen be sure to visit the garden.  This garden includes medicinal, culinary, and dye plants that were often used in 1791.

        The last building to visit is the  weaving cabin.  In this cabin visitors learn about flax and wool processing by watching interpreters demonstrate these techniques.

       Now the visitors are free to roam the historic site.  There may be an interpreter at the blacksmith shop or elsewhere  practicing their trade.  In the spring and summer guests may take a tour of the heirloom garden and learn about the vegetables of yesteryear.  Anytime of year visitors can go to the barn and see the sheep.

       We invite folks to come and experience history, to see for themselves the daily life of a frontier family.

Length of Tour

        A typical tour of Rocky Mount Museum will last between 45 minutes and an hour and a half.
 

 While you're here you may want to:

Ask about the family
Ask about the battle of King's Mountain
Ask about the garden
Ask about cornhusk dolls
Ask about the sheep
Or anything else that excites your interest!
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS!!!

Location

Rocky Mount Museum is located at 200 Hyder Hill Rd, Piney Flats TN, on Hwy. 11E between Johnson City, TN, and Bristol, TN/VA.

From I-81, either North or South, take Exit 57A onto I-26 South to Johnson City.  Take Exit 19, turn left on State of Franklin Road/Highway 381.  Follow 381 to Highway 19W/11E towards Bristol.  Rocky Mount Museum is less than four miles on the right.

From Asheville take I-26 to Exit 19, turn right on State of Franklin Road/Highway 381.  Follow 381 to Highway 19W/11E towards Bristol.  Rocky Mount Museum is less than four miles on the right.

From Boone, take Highway 321 to Highway 19E through Elizabethton to Highway 11E.  Turn left on Highway 11E to Johnson City.  Rocky Mount Museum is less than five miles on the left.