More historic photos--click on the thumbnails below to see a larger view: 1989 -     Sherman Wooten used to come down from Kentucky every year to demonstrate how handles, spokes, etc., were made on an old-fashioned shaving horse.   One of two winners of the 2005 Governor's Awards in the Arts for music, Charlie Acuff has been performing for audiences for nearly three-quarters of a century and performed on Nashville's radio station WROL-AM in the 1930s.  A rare left-handed fiddler, Charlie has delighted audiences with tunes passed down to him by his grandfather, some which date to the Civil War, for more than 70 years.  "Charlie Acuff and the Lantana Drifters" performed on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion in 1999.  He performs here on a fiddle his father Evart made him, accompanied by John Rice on the mandolin.   Ray Rutherford has 56 years in public performance and has been performing at the Museum of Appalachia, both as a Porch Musician and in the Museum of Appalachia Band, for more than 25 years.  He has been featured in the award-winning Heartland television series, and appears every Saturday as Marshall Andy's sidekick on the Riders of the Silver Screen television program.    For many years, sisters Alverta Stooksbury and Grace Stooksbury Rutherford used washboards and homemade lye soap to demonstrate clothes-washing the old-fashioned way.  They're shown here with Harold Garrison.   John Rice autographs one of his many books about the people and culture of the Southern Appalachians.   Sisters Sally and Edna Scruggs prepare apples for sulfuring.  CLICK FOR MORE HISTORIC PHOTOS The Museum of Appalachia is open during daylight hours year-round, except Christmas Day.  Closing times vary with the seasons, depending upon daylight hours.  Please telephone for exact hours of closing. Folk Art  |  Mountain Music  |  Gardens  |  Collections Restaurant  |  Tennessee Fall Homecoming  |  July 4th & Anvil Shoot  |  Christmas in Old Appalachia privacy policy Museum of Appalachia P.O. Box 1189; Norris, TN 37828  (865) 494-7680 E-mail us at: museumappalachia@bellsouth.net   Please send comments concerning this website to: janicemcclelland@bellsouth.net