The Foxfire Museum

The Foxfire Museum Hike through Appalachian history, on our beautiful trail through more than 20 structures.
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Museum celebrating 50-years of student-led folklore fieldwork focused on Southern Appalachian culture.

05/28/2026

A peek at Heritage Day's demonstrators ~
This is what Foxfire is all about!
Foxfire's Heritage Days - June 5 & 6
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👐 June Classes at FoxfireGet your hands right in it! Have fun and try something you’ve wanted to try for a while. We’ve ...
05/26/2026

👐 June Classes at Foxfire

Get your hands right in it! Have fun and try something you’ve wanted to try for a while. We’ve got blacksmithing, pottery, basketmaking, woodcarving, woodstove cooking, edible plants, sourdough, butter making, and more this June at Foxfire.

• June 13: Bark-to-Basket Poplar Bark Basketmaking with Andrew Lee
• June 13: Forging Fundamentals with John Scroggin
• June 15 & 29: Face Jug Pottery with Georgann Lanich
• June 17 & 24: Traditional Pottery with Georgann Lanich
• June 20: Kids + 1 Woodcarving with Brian Ledford
• June 20: Cigar Box Dulcimer Class with Les Barnett (full but join our waiting list!)
• June 27: Basic Blacksmithing Weekend with John Scroggin
• June 27: Breakfast on the Woodstove with Tommy Waldrop
• June 27: Sourdough Bread and Buttermaking with Mary Waldrop
• June 27: Edible Plants and Mushroom Walk with Michelle Withrow
• June 27: Basic Basketmaking with Paula Puckett

Class fees include admission to walk through the Foxfire Museum, so come for class, pack a lunch, hike our trails afterwards!

Full class list in the comments

Today we remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We’re thinking of those who have lost...
05/25/2026

Today we remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. We’re thinking of those who have lost someone they love and thank all of those who have served and sacrificed for us all.

Foxfire will be open today 9-4pm
Last self guided tour at 3pm
Veterans & Military free admission today ♥️🤍💙

"You can make wine out of anything but a rock." 🍇That's how Foxfire contact John Bulgin put it, says a lot about the spi...
05/23/2026

"You can make wine out of anything but a rock." 🍇

That's how Foxfire contact John Bulgin put it, says a lot about the spirit of The Foxfire Book of Winemaking.

This companion book gathers recipes, memories, and old home methods from more than 25 Foxfire contacts, with notes on ingredients, equipment, and the know-how passed along through families and neighbors.

Muscadines, scuppernongs, blackberries, elderberries, dandelions, rhubarb, persimmons, and plenty more. Not just anonymous recipes, they carry the names and stories of the folks who shared them ~

Foxfire will be open Memorial Day! Come see use and browse our Mercantile
98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City, GA

⛺ Plan your Heritage Days trip now!Heritage Days is June 5 and 6. Come for the festivities, then stay for a quiet mounta...
05/22/2026

⛺ Plan your Heritage Days trip now!

Heritage Days is June 5 and 6. Come for the festivities, then stay for a quiet mountain weekend and wake up somewhere beautiful ~

There are plenty of places to stay, here are just a few:
• Andy's Trout Farm
• River Falls at the Gorge
• River Vista RV Resort
• Willow Valley RV Resort
• Black Rock Mountain State Park
• Tallulah Gorge State Park Page

Note: Foxfire doesn’t handle lodging or reservations, so please contact each place directly for current rates, openings, pet policies, and booking details.

So book the campsite, pack the cooler, bring your people! If you've been thinking about visiting Foxfire, this is the weekend to finally do it!

Foxfire Heritage Days
June 5 and 6
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City, GA

05/21/2026

We’re Back! ✨ Foxfire's 18th Annual Heritage Days Returns June 5 & 6

For two days, the historic village fills with the sound of hammers at the forge, music, a jumble of friends and families, the smell of chicken roasting over the fire, barbecue, biscuits baking

It’s the old ways, shared with new folks, right here in the middle of the mountains!

You’ll see blacksmithing, weaving, open-fire cooking, pottery, basketry, butter making, woodcarving, chair caning, flint knapping, soap making, walking sticks, small engines, children’s activities, and more spread throughout the cabins and on our porches

The black powder rifle demonstration will take place Friday and Saturday at 10:45am. It will be loud, smoky, and hard to miss!

Come wander the village, talk with demonstrators, watch things being made by hand, and spend time in the Children’s Village. Bring the kids! And your curiosity and appetite ~

Coming to Rabun County the first weekend in June? Make Foxfire part of the day.

Foxfire Heritage Days
Friday, June 5 + Saturday, June 6
9am to 4pm
98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City, GA

Admission: $20 adults · $15 seniors 62+ · $10 ages 11–18 · $5 ages 6–10 · free for ages 5 and under

Food by Blue Hound Barbecue
Live music Friday and Saturday with Jake McCrackin of Blue Ridge Lonesome, from 11am to 1pm.

Proudly sponsored by the City of Mountain City, Chick-fil-A Clayton, and McClain and Sons Excavating LLC

It's tonight from 5-8, hope you'll join us at Blue Hound Barbecue! A portion of the proceeds to tonight will benefit us ...
05/20/2026

It's tonight from 5-8, hope you'll join us at Blue Hound Barbecue! A portion of the proceeds to tonight will benefit us at The Foxfire Museum, thanks Blue Hound for your amazing support!

05/19/2026

Thank you, Blue Hound Barbecue, we are so excited!

"Come butter come."That's the old churning song folks sang to keep time with the work, written down in The Foxfire Book....
05/18/2026

"Come butter come."

That's the old churning song folks sang to keep time with the work, written down in The Foxfire Book. Margaret shared with Foxfire students that butter was made at home, with extra sold to local families and stores. Sounds simple maybe? Beat cream until it turns solid. But anyone who has done it knows you watch the temperature and you watch the texture and it takes time and patience.

Did your family churn butter? Did they sing while they worked?

Address

98 Foxfire Lane
Mountain City, GA
30562

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17067465828

Website

https://www.foxfire.org/events, https://foxf

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