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- Venue
- William King Museum
- Address
- 415 Academy Drive
- Abingdon,
VA 24210
- Region Blue Ridge Highlands
- Locality Washington
- Date(s)/Time:
- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - Sunday, June 23, 2013
- Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - Sunday, June 30, 2013
- Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - Wednesday, July 03, 2013
- Friday, July 05, 2013 - Sunday, July 07, 2013
- Tuesday, July 09, 2013 - Sunday, July 14, 2013
- Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - Sunday, July 21, 2013
- Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - Sunday, July 28, 2013
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - Sunday, August 04, 2013
- Tuesday, August 06, 2013 - Sunday, August 11, 2013
- Phone: (276) 628-5005
- Email info@wkmuseum.org
- Website www.williamkingmuseum.org
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The Virginia Dulcimer: 200 Years of Bowing, Strumming, & Picking
On Loan from the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum
Opening Reception February 7, 2013 from 6-8pm
January 18 through August 11,2013
Price-Strongwell Galleries
The dulcimer is one of the most popular symbols of mountain music. This exhibition explores the dulcimer's long journey from northern Europe, to the mountains of Appalachia, and eventually into the hands of folk musicians across the nation. The Old World dulcimer underwent a dramatic change in Virginia. In The Virginia Dulcimer, the story unfolds with over 50 examples of the
instrument dating from the 1700s to the present—including an 1832 Floyd County dulcimer, the oldest known signed-and-dated example in the nation.
William King Museum is open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday -10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Last Updated: 12/21/2012 3:22 PM