The Museum opens today for the 2025 Season!
Come see our exhibit, Mountain Air: Weather along the Blue Ridge, which features historic weather events in Alleghany County, including:
– The Great Flood of 1916
– The Great Sparta Fire of 1933
– Lightning Striking the Courthouse, 1937
– The 1940 Flood
– The Great Blizzard of 1960
– The Main Street Fire Winter of 1986
– Hurricane Hugo, 1989
– The Sparta Earthquake, 2020
– Hurricane Helene, 2024
(Remember, we’re in the First Community Building, at 45 North Main Street, in Sparta. We’re open 11-3 on Thursdays-Saturdays, and admission is free.)
