On-site Tours

Heritage Game Tour
In addition to the guided tour, museum docents and staff supervise the group in play of old fashioned childrens’ games such as marbles, dominos, checkers, horseshoes, and sling shots.

Butter Churning Tour
The Butter Churning Tour provides participants the opportunity to churn butter the old fashioned way, with butter samples to take home.

Candle Dipping Tour
Each participant will make their own hand-dipped wax candle to take home.

Artifact Discovery
This is a hands-on experience to discover how history comes alive through 3-D objects. Participants will work with real museum artifacts.

Off-site Tours

To enhance your learning experience, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum offers a variety of seasonal, off-site farm tours.

Tobacco Farm Tour
Eastern North Carolina is the heart of tobacco country, so continue your experience with a visit to a local tobacco farm, with none other than the tobacco farmer as tour guide. And, although most tobacco is now sold through contract between farmer and buyer, or tobacco company, there are a handfull of warehouses which still hold live tobacco auctions. Depending on the sale schedule, a trip to the warehouse may be possible.

Cotton & Sweet Potato Farm Tours
Cotton farm tours are held in October and November. Once at the farm, you can see cotton in the field, learn about the growing and harvesting process, then return to the museum to create your own cotton boll craft.
Sweet potato farm tours are held in September. At the farm, the farmer will explain the transplanting and harvesting processes. You’ll also get ideas for preparing sweet potatoes, which are, by the way, one of nature’s most perfect foods. Younger visitors can collect their own “sample” to take home.
Depending on the season, a tour of a local cotton gin or sweet potato processing facility may be possible.

Strawberry & Produce Farm Tours
Several local growers open their farms to the public, with the most popular being strawberries and pumpkins. Usually, “samples” are available. These tours are especially popular with elementary school groups.

Nursery Growers Tour
Several local growers open their farms to the public, with the most popular being strawberries and pumpkins. Usually, “samples” are available. These tours are especially popular with elementary school groups.

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