Asheville Museum of History

For Educators

Traveling Trunks

* Traveling Trunks & Kits are currently unavailable. AMoH is in the process of updating & revising our Traveling Trunks & Kits. Please continue to check back as we work to make our Traveling Trunks & Kits available for use as soon as possible. *

 

Traveling Trunks and Kits are an economical way to bring the Museum to YOU!

  • The rental fee is a refundable deposit of $15 per trunk or kit.
  • Trunks include artifacts and at least a week’s worth of lessons. Kits include fewer items and 2 or 3 days of lessons.
  • Trunks and kits are available on a first-come, first-served basis & may be picked up at Asheville Museum of History by appointment.
  • Contact 828-253-9231 or education@ashevillehistory.org to reserve and arrange pick up.

Available Trunks & Kits

First Inhabitants Traveling Trunk

This trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, images, teaching artifacts, music, and supplemental information relating to the Woodland Indians and Cherokee

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Civil War Traveling Trunk

This trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, images, teaching artifacts, Civil War music, and supplemental information relating to the Civil War

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Roaring 20s Traveling Trunk

This trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, teaching artifacts, primary sources, and supplemental information relating to the 1920s decade from multiple perspectives. 

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History Detective Traveling Trunk

Dear Detective, I hear you’re ready to get to work. And not a moment too soon. We’ve got a case

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Fibers to Fabric Traveling Trunk

This trunk contains lesson plans, worksheets, teaching artifacts, books, and supplemental information relating to the growing, harvesting, and manufacturing of

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Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley Traveling Kit

Thomas C. Dula (June 22, 1845 – May 1, 1868) was a former Confederate soldier, who was tried, convicted, and hanged

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