Fly-fishing museum gets statewide recognition
The Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians is just over a year old, but it’s already being recognized as a standout.
This month, the N.C. Society of Historians presented the museum with the Evelina Davis Miller Museum Award and bestowed the Ethel W. Twiford History Book Award upon museum board member Alen Baker.
The museum award honors excellence in preserving history, and the book award recognizes excellence in documenting it, as demonstrated in Baker’s book Our Fly Fishing Heritage.
Formed in 1941, the N.C. Society of Historians works to collect and preserve North Carolina history, traditions, artifacts, genealogies and folklore on a statewide and local basis.
The museum is located at 210 Main Street in Bryson City after moving from its original location in Cherokee this summer. It is free and open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
