For the week of Aug. 15 on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Weekend, enjoy part 1 of the “Collecting Carolina” series featuring MESDA. Explore Castle McCullough in Jamestown. Hit the seas via the Schooner Jeanie B in Washington. And the “House Special” samples the fare at The Ruddy Duck Tavern in Morehead City. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by the N.C. Division of Tourism. In addition, UNC-TV has made recent editions of North Carolina Weekend available online
MESDA joins North Carolina Weekend for ‘Collecting Carolina’ series
Old Salem’s Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art (MESDA) in Winston-Salem will play a role in a new series of reports for the UNC-TV series North Carolina Weekend. “Collecting Carolina” will be a recurring series of reports over the next year about artifacts fashioned in the 18th and 19th centuries in North Carolina and uncovered by collectors and treasure hunters. MESDA will provide curatorial assistance on the program, which will visit the 12 river basins in the state and will highlight artifacts from those regions and what they reveal about “the history, culture and aesthetic sensibilities of those first North Carolinians,” according to a news release. The Division underwrites North Carolina Weekend, which normally offers 4-5 segments each week featuring a variety of sites and locations across the state.