Museum
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The Lost River Museum is located on the lower level of the 150-year-old barn it shares with the Craft Cooperative.
The Museum reflects over 250 years of valley life from about 1750 when early settlers brought their few tools by packhorse and built log cabins with dirt or puncheon floors. After the danger of Indian raids passed, farms flourished in the rich valley soils and craftsmen made most of their tools, furniture, and clothing here. Some families built plantations with fine homes. Newer immigrants began to settle the uplands, building a hard but self-reliant life.
Today the Museum displays a treasure trove of furniture, tools, textiles, photographs, and stories reflecting this heritage.
Every year it also features special exhibits of rare artifacts from private collections not otherwise seen by the public and weekend events where craftsmen demonstrate traditional and contemporary arts.