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Tips for Visiting

In the Galleries

• The gallery attendants are here both to protect the artworks and provide you with assistance.

• Help us protect our collection by staying 12 inches away from artwork and not touching artworks, or cases.

• We encourage you to sketch in the galleries with only pencils and avoid obstructing pathways for other visitors. We ask that parents or caregivers carry kids’ pencils or sketchbooks while walking through the galleries.

• Please turn your cell phones to silent mode while in the galleries to help ensure an enjoyable museum experience for all.

• Unscheduled lecturing to groups is not permitted. Contact us to schedule at info@blowingrockmuseum.org.

Photography is welcome

• Personal non-flash photography is encouraged in most special exhibitions and within our collection galleries, unless otherwise noted.

• Look on signs and art work wall labels to determine where photography is not permitted.

Food and drink

• Food or drinks, including water and baby bottles, are not allowed in the Museum’s galleries.

• Enjoy an artful meal at one Blowing Rock’s nearby restaurants. You are also welcome to bring your own food to enjoy anywhere outside of the buildings.

Service animals

• Service animals are the only animals permitted in the museum. Learn more about service animals here.

Restricted items

• No weapons are permitted in the museum, with the exception of law enforcement officers.

• Tobacco use, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, snuff, and chewing tobacco, is not allowed in the museum or anywhere on our grounds.

• Large purses, backpacks and shopping bags will need to be stored in our complimentary locker area. There is no charge to use these lockers.