Davidson

Davidson County Historical Museum
The Davidson County Historical Museum preserves, protects, collects and presents the material culture of Davidson County through regularly scheduled exhibits and educational programs in order to foster the understanding of the history and culture of Davidson County and its people. The museum is housed in the old Davidson County Courthouse in Lexington and has a growing collection of local artifacts, photographs, and archival material.

Davidson County Public Library
Local History/Genealogy Collection
The Ruth B. Stoner Local History/Genealogy Room collects historical and genealogical material pertaining to Davidson County. The collection is built around the book collection of the late Ms. Stoner and the Henry Reeves Collection - a collection of genealogy notes, family trees, and personal correspondence of Mr. Reeves, a prolific Davidson County genealogist.

Richard Childress Racing Museum

Davidson County Community College, Learning Resources Center
Davidson Room
The Davidson Room consists largely of local history, genealogy, and miscellaneous subject files compiled by local historian and author Richard Walser. Also housed here are yearly DCCC scrapbooks, DCCC memorabilia, a small collection of rare books, maps, prints, and several oil paintings.

North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame collects memorabilia, ephemera, art, artifacts, and other items pertaining to North Carolina musicians and the music industry in North Carolina, past and present.

Davidson County Public Library
Denton Branch Library
The library has a collection of four Denton Memory Books with photographs, clippings and writings documenting the history of local schools, businesses, churches, personalities, government and memories.

Denton Farm Park
The Denton Farm Park is a 140 acre park with numerous historic buildings including the Jackson Hill Store and Post Office, the Jackson Hill Church, the George E. Sperling Grist Mill and the Richmond Ried Plantation House. Visitors can also tour a radio museum housing the collection of NC Senator Stan Bingham and a doll museum housing the collection of Miss Fannie Shutt. The Park is open to the public four times a year for special events including the Thresher's Reunion, Horse and Mule Days and the Farm Park Bluegrass Festival.

Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina
Mitchell House Museum
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina is a statewide nonprofit organization that reaches out to children and families in crisis with a mission of "helping hurting children...healing broken families". Established in 1885 as the Baptist Orphanage, Mills Home in Thomasville is BCH's oldest and largest campus. Alumni of Mills Home have restored the Mitchell House residence hall, the oldest building on the Mills Home campus, to create a museum honoring the history of the Children's Homes. Artifacts and photographs from early days at Mills Home tell the story of the children who made a home here and of the caregivers who nurtured them. The museum is open for tours by appointment.

Davidson County Public Library
Genealogy Room

Tyro Plantation House Museum
This restored and furnished 1840's plantation house is open for public tours by appointment.