Levine Museum of the New South
The Levine Museum of the New South, is a history museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina whose exhibits focus on life in the North Carolina Piedmont after the American Civil War. The museum includes temporary and permanent exhibits on a range of Southern-related topics.[1]
The museum's permanent exhibit is called "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South", and features period displays that reflect regional history. The displays include a one-room tenant farmer's house, a cotton mill and mill house, an African-American hospital, an early Belk department store, and a civil-rights era lunch counter. Changing exhibits focus on local culture, art and history.[2]
In March 2013, the Charlotte Museum of History announced plans to move its administrative offices to the Levine Museum.[3]
Entrance of Levine Museum of the New South
Entrance of "Cottonfields to Skyscrapers"
Cotton-Machine
Model of plantation
Welcome-Sign for President Roosevelt
Explanation-Sign
Model of Bank of America Corporate Center
References
- ↑ An Enigmatic Land of Great Expectations, Edward Rothstein, New York Times, Feb. 12, 2012.
- ↑ Levine Museum: Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers. From 1865 to today.
- ↑ Price, Mark (March 9, 2013). "History museum to give up its building: New director will take over the mostly shuttered Charlotte history center". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1B.
External links
- Levine Museum of the New South - official site
Coordinates: 35°13′41″N 80°50′20″W / 35.2279618°N 80.8389033°W