Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), housed in Old Salem, is the only museum dedicated to exhibiting and researching the original decorative arts of America’s early South. Guided tours of the 24 period rooms and seven galleries are offered and showcase the furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics, and metalwares made and used in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas through 1820. Enter via the Old Salem Visitor Center. Part of Old Salem admission.
The MESDA bookstore features current and hard-to-find books on Southern decorative arts and Southern history and culture. Antique enthusiasts and collectors have labeled it a 'find.'
| Neighborhood: | Old Salem/Brookstown/Salem Academy & College |
| Address: | 900 Old Salem Road Winston-Salem, NC 27101 |
| Phone: | 336.721.7300 or toll free 888.348.5420 |
| Web site: | www.mesda.org |
| Hours: | January-March: |
| Admission: | Included with Old Salem All-in-One ticket: One Day: Adults $21.00 / Children ages 6-16 $10.00 Two Day: Adults $24.00 / Children ages 6-16 $10.00 |
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Visit these pages to learn about other Winston-Salem museums
Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery,
at Wake Forest University
Children’s Museum of
Winston-Salem
Delta Fine Arts
Diggs Gallery, at Winston-Salem
State University
MESDA, the Museum of Early
Southern Decorative Arts, at Old Salem
Museum of Anthropology,
at Wake Forest University
Old Salem Children’s
Museum
Old Salem Toy Museum
Reynolda House, Museum of
American Art
SciWorks
SECCA, the Southeastern Center
for Contemporary Art
Winston Cup Museum
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