Gaston

American Military Museum
The American Military Museum in Gastonia, sponsored by American Legion Post 23, consists primarily of a unique collection of military artifacts covering all wars and all services. Although many of the military items come from local Gaston County veterans or are connected to Gaston County, the collection as a whole is much more broad in scope. The museum is divided into three major sections - 1) the military collection, the largest section featuring photos, uniforms, medals, arms, artifacts, and interpretive educational exhibits; 2) the History of the City of Gastonia Collection, which includes photos, books, and archival material; and 3) the Rambling Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps Collection documenting the history of Gastonia's most famous musical group.

Schiele Museum of Natural History
The Schiele Museum is a public institution established to promote awareness and appreciation for nature, and to instill a sense of individual and social responsibility for the diversity of the natural world and the role of humanity in it. The Museum collects, studies and preserves natural specimens and cultural artifacts. It uses educational programs, exhibits and publications to communicate to all possible audiences the variety of those objects, their environmental and social contexts and the history of their connections.

Gaston County Museum of Art and History
The Gaston County Museum of Art and History is located in the former Hoffman Hotel, circa 1852, on the old Court Square, part of a National Register of Historic Places District, in Dallas, North Carolina. This museum offers elegantly furnished period rooms; a "hands-on" reception parlor, furnished historic hotel rooms on the third floor; and changing exhibits which explore art, history, and historic preservation. North Carolina's largest public collection of horse-drawn vehicles is located in the Daniel Stowe Carriage House, also on the museum grounds. The museum holds over 5,000 objects in its collections, as well as over 20,000 historic documents and photographs.

Cherryville Historical Museum
The Cherryville Historical Museum features exhibits that trace the history of Cherryville from the early 1800's through the present. Holdings of particular interest include an original Bull Durham Tobacco advertisement painting, an antique Cherryville fire truck, and numerous uniforms worn by local soldiers in both World Wars.

C. Grier Beam Truck Museum
The C. Grier Beam Truck Museum seeks to preserve and present the history of the Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation and the trucking industry through exhibits of vintage trucks and trucking memorabilia, corporate memorabilia, photographs, and the original gas station where Carolina Freight began in 1932.

Belmont Abbey College
Rare Books and Special Collections
The Rare Books Collection at Belmont Abbey College comprises some seven thousand manuscripts, incunabula, and books, including volumes and sets produced by artisans and printers dating back to the late fifteenth century: Aldine Press, Plantin Press, Elzivir Press, Gryfium Press, Johannes Oporinus, Simon de Colines, and many others. While the oldest volumes reflect the dominance of classical and ecclesiastical publishing in the early decades of printing, the collection grew to include a broader spectrum of the arts, literature, sciences, and humanities.

Belmont Abbey College
Belmont Abbey Archives
The Belmont Abbey Archives seeks to record the history and work of Maryhelp Abbey (1876-present), commonly known as 'Belmont Abbey.' The archive includes the abbatial 'diocese' (1910-1977) and several priories and schools directed by Belmont Abbey. The repository also includes the records of the history and work of Belmont Abbey College and the papers of the abbots and abbots-ordinary. The Archives of Belmont Abbey is an extensive collection of documents, artifacts, photographs and pretiosa covering the history of Belmont Abbey, her apostolates and foundations, and the Catholic Church in the Southeastern United States since 1876.

Brevard Station Museum
The Brevard Station Museum seeks to present and interpret for the public its collection of interesting stories, facts, recollections, pictures and tidbits relating to the history of Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina. The museum seeks to stir the memories of the older residents while teaching newcomers and visitors something about what evokes pride in the town of Stanley. Brevard Station Museum especially encourages Stanley's school children to develop an interest in local history.

Gaston County Public Library (Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library System)
Gaston County Public Library Local History/Genealogy Room
The Local History/Genealogy Collection of the Gaston County Public Library seeks to provide for the people of Gaston County and Lincoln County and other researchers materials covering the history and genealogy of Gaston and Lincoln Counties and related regions in as much depth as possible and to preserve these materials for their use. This collection includes published works, family histories, family and subject vertical files, maps, county records, newspapers, and compiled databases.

Cherryville Heritage Park
Cherryville Heritage Park preserves and displays some of the oldest and most historically significant buildings from Cherryville's past including the first Cherryville City Hall (1892), the John F. Black School House (1898), the old city jail, an 1847 smokehouse, and an early bonded warehouse (late 1800's).

Crowders Mountain State Park
Crowders Mountain is a registered natural heritage area that features sheer vertical cliffs ranging from 100 to 150 feet in height. Kings Pinnacle, by contrast, has a round, gentle profile and reaches an elevation of 1,705 feet. Crowders Mountain State Park encompasses both these peaks, remnants of the ancient Appalachian mountain range, and seeks to preserve them and the surrounding countryside for the education and enjoyment of the public. Holdings at the park include materials for educational and natural science programs and an exhibit hall that highlights the natural history, geology, and cultural history of the area. The cultural history areas highlight the All Healing Springs Health and Pleasure Resort and Linwood College (formerly Jones Seminary), which were located on today's park property. Information is also included about Lincoln Academy, a school for underprivileged Black students, that was located on land adjacent to the park.

Gaston College
Morris Library
The Gason College, Morris Library special collection holds archives of the college history as well as local history. In particular are the college annuals, college catalogs and minutes of the board of trustees.

Belmont North Carolina Historical Society
The Belmont Historical Society, Inc. (BHS) is dedicated to preserving the history of the city of Belmont NC and its immediate surrounding area. The BHS is recording the places, the people, and the times from the past that have made Belmont the community that it is. The BHS, Inc. traces Belmont from the early days , even before Garibaldi, through the years as a textile manufacturing giant, to the current days of a growing community of interesting people and places. The BHS Inc. is currently housed in the former RL Stowe home at 40 Catawba Street, Belmont NC. Believed to be the Third home built in Belmont. The BHS continuing efforts will be to educate our citizens about Belmont's heritage, provide a place and resources for research, and have programs to help all our citizens gain more knowledge of the history of Belmont.