Onsite exhibits in Montreat will have a virtual exhibit on this web site. These online exhibits will cover the primary aspects of limited-time displays at the Presbyterian Heritage Center, as well as provide ongoing online access to such displays in the future.
Online downloadable lesson plans, guides, posters and bulletin inserts will be made available beginning in 2010.
Exhibits 2010
- The Word: History of the English Language Bible (Spring 2010 - Winter 2011). A look at English language Bibles from Wyclif to modern versions. This exhibit also will feature a first edition of the King James version, which celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2011.
- Religion, Rebellions & Revival: Presbyterian Missions to China & Taiwan (July 4, 2010 - June 2011).
- Montreat and Evangelists (Fall 2010 - 2011).
Exhibits 2008
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Exhibits 2009
- No Turning Back: Presbyterian African Missions: Cameroon, Congo and Sudan, a look at mission history to Africa by the PC(USA), PC(US) and UP denominations from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
(Until June 2010)
- Private Land in a Public Place: The Development of Montreat, 1897 - 1929, a look at cottagers, lots and land management in the early years of Montreat. (Until Summer 2010).
- Calvin & Presbyterians: 500th Anniversary of John Calvin, a exhibit on the half-millenium recognition of the birth of Reformer John Calvin, his proteges such as John Knox, and the Reformation history. (July 4, 2009 - May 2010)
- 150 years of the Presbyterian Mission to Brazil. This exhibit celebrates the sesquicentennial history of the Presbyterian missionaries to Brazil (November 15, 2009 - August 2010)
- Presbyterians & Christmas.
- Presidents & Presbyterians.
- Mount Mitchell Railroad.
- Presbyterians & Civil Rights.
Permanent Exhibit
The largest collection of sculptures by the Rev. John Mack Walker, Jr., is housed at the Presbyterian Heritage Center at Montreat. Out of Walker's 62 sculptures in his lifetime, the PHC has 28 sculptures in its facility, plus there is another sculture in the lobby of Assembly Inn. Shown below is Adoration of the Shepherds with a Lamp (1958).
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