FEATURE EXHIBIT
CURRENT EXHIBITS
Bullpen Gallery
The Bullpen gallery highlights local and regional art through rotating exhibits. C. M. Kakassy: A Retrospective will be on display from September 6, 2024 through Ja
Gathering Room
The Gathering Room Gallery is host to rotating art and history exhibits. The Gathering Room Gallery is on the 1st Floor of the museum and hosts rotating art and his
Carriage House
The Daniel Stowe Carriage House is home to North Carolina’s largest collection of horse drawn vehicles.
The Ties That Bind
The Ties that Bind showcases the history and the people that were behind our county’s most storied industry.
Feature Exhibit
Feature Exhibits are shown in the 2nd floor galleries of the museum.
Sculpture Garden
Located in the backyard of the Museum, the Sculpture Garden features 8 sculptures from local artists.
Hoffman Hotel Rooms
Experience the Museum’s Hoffman Hotel years by viewing three existing period rooms and a hands-on hotel room on the third floor.
Depot
One of the Museum’s primary art galleries, the Carolina & Northwestern Train Depot was built in 1903 and was moved to the museum in 1977.
Loray Mill
Nicknamed “Spindle City”, Gastonia was the center of the southern textile industry in the early 1900s.
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
Timeless Elegance: Ballet Meets Architecture by Robb Webb
January 14-April 12, 2025
PAST EXHIBITS
Into the Darkroom: Photography as History and Artform
May 28, 2022 through July 29, 2023
Sacred Geometry; A Biggers Immersive
September 18 2021 through April 23rd 2022
People, Places, & Promises, The Artwork of James C. Biggers
June 19 2021 through April 23 2022
1929 Strike!
September 22, 2018 through February 16, 2020
World War 1: Hometown Heroes
May 21, 2016 through March 4, 2018
Hallowed Ground: How We Remember Our Dead
October 7, 2015 through March 5, 2016
The History of Doing Business
February 20 through August 10, 2024
Fancy Footwear
August 22, 2023 through February 17, 2024
Cooking Under Pressure: Pressure Cookers and Uses in the 20th Century
November 22, 2022 through February 25, 2023
Technology that Changed the World
February 8, through April 29, 2022
Shut In, A Regional Juried Exhibit
January 29 - March 19 2022
A Southern Perspective: Artwork from the Gaston County
Museum Collection
May 29 through August 18, 2018
The Artwork of Greta Marie Carlos
May 29 through August 18, 2018
Then and Now: Gaston County Through the Ages
May 26 through October 27, 2018
Artistry in Wood
October 14, 2017through March 31, 2018
Cabinets of Curiosities
May 27, 2017- March 3, 2018
