The Cary Heritage Museum

Located on the third floor of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, the Cary Heritage Museum traces the history of Cary from its earliest beginnings to the threshold of the 21st century. The major focus of the museum exhibits are the formative years, 1850-1920. Artifacts, interactive displays, and other forms of memorabilia are used to interpret the past.

The major areas of interest included in the Museum are:

The firm of A. Brothers Associates is working with the Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel on the project, which began in 1994. Funds are provided from donations to the project. The Friends welcome donations, securities and information on additional artifacts, photographs, maps, and other memorabilia which would enhance the historic displays.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Committee, the Friends were able to send our most valuable artifact, an original watercolor of Walter Hines Page, to the Etherington Conservation Center in Greensboro for restoration and conservation work. The watercolor was presented to Walter Hines Page in 1913 to commemorate his first speech to the Pilgrim Society as the ambassador to the Court of St. James.

The friends have amassed an extensive collection of written material about and by Walter Hines Page which is housed in the Page Library on the second floor of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center. Scholars who wish to use this information for research purposes may contact the staff at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center.

Frank Page and wife Catherine founded the town that would become Cary

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