Visit
Admission
Admission to the museum is always FREE.
Programming fees vary and are listed on each Calendar Event.
Hours
HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday, 11am–5pm
Thursdays, 11am–7pm
Sundays 11am–4pm (May–October)
Closed Mondays
OFFICE HOURS
Monday-Friday, 9am–5pm
Location
159 Ginny Stevens Lane (formerly Chestnut Street)
Mailing address: PO Box 828
Blowing Rock, NC 28605
Parking
Free parking is available in the deck adjacent to the Museum
Tips for Visiting
In the Galleries
The gallery attendants are here both to protect the artworks and provide you with assistance.
Help us protect our collection by staying 12 inches away from artwork and not touching artworks, or cases.
We encourage you to sketch in the galleries with only pencils and avoid obstructing pathways for other visitors. We ask that parents or caregivers carry kids’ pencils or sketchbooks while walking through the galleries.
Please turn your cell phones to silent mode while in the galleries to help ensure an enjoyable museum experience for all.
Unscheduled lecturing to groups is not permitted. Contact us to schedule.
Photography is welcome
Personal non-flash photography is encouraged in most special exhibitions and within our collection galleries, unless otherwise noted.
Look on signs and art work wall labels to determine where photography is not permitted.
Food and drink
Food or drinks, including water and baby bottles, are not allowed in the museum’s galleries.
Enjoy an artful meal at one Blowing Rock’s nearby restaurants. You are also welcome to bring your own food to enjoy anywhere outside of the buildings.
Service animals
Service animals are the only animals permitted in the museum. Learn more about service animals here.
Restricted items
No weapons are permitted in the museum, with the exception of law enforcement officers.
Tobacco use, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, snuff, and chewing tobacco, is not allowed in the museum or anywhere on our grounds.
Large purses, backpacks and shopping bags will need to be stored in our complimentary locker area. There is no charge to use these lockers.
Current Exhibitions
February 24, 2024 – June 2, 2024 | Atwell Gallery
Upcoming Events
Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side.
Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Join us for an exhibition reception as we celebrate the art created by every kindergarten through 4th grader at Blowing Rock School. Free and open to the public. You'll get to meet some of the young artists and see their work. This event is sponsored by the Blowing Rock Community Foundation.
Join us for an incredible evening of classical piano music. The program will consist of works by underrepresented composers including women, Latin Americans, and African Americans.
This is an outreach event for the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano Summer Music Festival. Donations will be accepted for the festival following the performance.
Free for Members and the general public.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Join App State’s Dr. Neva J. Specht for an in-depth look at the iconic Beaux-Arts Cone estate (known originally as Flat Top Manor) near Blowing Rock.
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield with Crows.” Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
In 2021, #1 NYTimes bestselling author Jan Karon launched a nonprofit museum in her hometown of Hudson, NC, with a mission to advance the common good through literacy, creativity, and community. Join museum director Sarah Thomas to hear Jan's story from her childhood in Caldwell County to her years in Blowing Rock and her vision for having a positive impact on her local and global communities. Thomas will also share details about the museum's Oral History Library as well as outreach programs for educators, students, and creatives.
Todd Wright, Appalachian State University Jazz Area Coordinator, will take us on a musical journey all about Scatting or scat singing. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice solely as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. This is different from vocalese, which uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos.
Free for Members; $8 General Admission
Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side.
Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.
Artists ages 7-12 will explore different animals in their unique environments. A range of 2- and 3-D mediums will be used over the three days to create art inspired by our learning. Guest animal ambassadors from Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation will join us for one day of camp!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Tom Thomson’s “The West Wind.” Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Susanna Salk is the author of many design books. Her first was the unexpected hit, A Privileged Life, Celebrating WASP Style (Assouline) which stemmed from her upbringing on Boston’s North Shore. Her next books, all with Rizzoli, celebrates finding tangible inspiration in design, from the bestselling Be Your Own Decorator to Room for Children: Stylish Spaces for Sleep and Play, which was the first book of its kind to explore design for the junior set and has its sequel, Dream Rooms for Children: Inspiring Spaces for Sleep, Study and Play coming out in March 2021. Salk is also the author of the popular: Dogs and Their Designers and At Home in the English Country Side: Designers and Their Dogs.
Salk hosts the acclaimed video series, “At Home With” via her Quintessence You Tube channel. With now over one hundred episodes, logging over one million monthly views, Salk visits the homes and gardens of top designers and style makers around the globe with Stacey Bewkes, founder of the acclaimed Quintessence blog.
Artists ages 7-12 will explore different animals in their unique environments. A range of 2- and 3-D mediums will be used over the three days to create art inspired by our learning. Guest animal ambassadors from Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation will join us for one day of camp!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Museum Members and the general public are invited to join BRAHM on Saturday, June 29th, from 5–7pm for our Summer Exhibition Celebration.
Secret agents aged 8-12 will solve mysteries and explore the museum’s galleries in search of clues. If you like secret codes, disguise, and intrigue, this camp is for you!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play movement games during our mid-day break.
$90 General Public / $70 BRAHM members / $50 per additional sibling
Artists ages 8-12 will explore a variety of three-dimensional art materials and styles during this three-day session. We will visit different objects and exhibits in BRAHM’s galleries. Paper Mache, clay, paper, and wire are some media we may explore.
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Join us for a special screening of “Maud Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas.”
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Claude Monet’s “The Sea at Pourville 1882.” Each partEach participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum has helped to redefine Wilson, NC. By utilizing Vollis’ incredible, kinetic sculptures the downtown has become vibrant and community connection and economic development have followed.
BRAHM's Annual Gala is returning! Taking place at Appalachian State University's beautiful Grandview Ballroom, the evening will include cocktails, dinner, live music, dancing, as well as both silent and live auctions to strengthen BRAHM's impactful exhibitions and educational programs.
Painting outside isn’t just about enjoying the sun and the breeze, although that’s certainly a big part of the fun. It’s also a great way to learn from direct observation, whether that means a landscape, a cityscape, or even something like a portrait. Plein air painting workshops are at the top of my list of favorite things to teach. I’ve traveled far and near painting beaches, cityscapes, and landscapes and found one of the best ways to improve your plein air painting skills is by painting lots of small studies.
During this three-day workshop, emphasis will be on painting spontaneously and loosely while pushing the limits of basic principles of composition, design, and color. Light & shadow, values, shapes, design, perspective, edges, and color will be discussed. Emphasis will be on exploring methods for improvement rather than changing individual styles.
Hear from MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper, Andy Hill, about dam removal projects in the High Country and the state of dam removal in the Southeast. We hope you enjoy learning about this conservation topic and it’s connection to improving water quality and habitat for sensitive and rare aquatic species.
Was North Carolina painter and educator Maud Gatewood a ”modernist”? What in fact does that label mean? If so, to what extent? Martha R. Severens will explore these questions in her lecture August 4 in connection with the exhibition, The Hard Edge & The Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood at BRAHM.
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Alma Woodsey Thomas’s “Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze.” Each partEach participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
November 21, 2023 – May 5, 2024 | Rankin East and West Galleries