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			Franklin, North Carolina Museums Not many small towns can boast of having a museum, let alone three museums. Franklin, NC, is home to a trio of museums that showcase different aspects of our history & heritage. Each celebrates a differect facet of our past and offer quality displays and an entertaining look a what makes Franklin, NC unique among places in the North Carolina Mountains. Discover Franklin's rich history when you vist these three museums all within walking distance of each other in Historic Downtown Franklin. The Macon County Historical Museum traces our historied past. Artifacts are on display from the earliest civilization of the area to mid Twentieth Century. The museum makes every effort to preserve the rich history and heritage of the Cherokee who were the true first citizens of Macon County. Macon County Historical Museum 36 West Main Street Franklin, NC 28734 Office: (828) 524-9758 The Scottish Tartans Museum is totally unique in the fact it is the only one of its kind in the United States. The museum is a direct extension of the Scottish Tartans Society in Keith, Scotland. The collection housed showcases our rich Scottish roots. Scottish Tartans Museum 86 East Main Street Franklin, NC 28734 Office: (828) 524-7472 Franklin, NC is known far and wide as the "Gem Capital of the World". Tiffany's mined here in the for sapphire and ruby. Learn about our "gem" connection at the Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum that is house in the old Macon County Jail built in 1850. Admission is free. (Species from around the world are also on display in a free museum at Ruby City Gems.) Gem & Mineral Museum of Franklin 25 Phillips Street Franklin, NC 28734 Office: (828) 369-7831