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Fracaro, Angela

When Paul and Mildred Whitener founded the Hickory Museum of Art in 1944, they focused on American art, a not-too-popular form. Today the museum is one of the finest of its size in the Southeast, with works by over 75 National Academy of Design artists.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Feb 1989, p18-21, il, por Periodical Website

Art museums--Hickory; Coe, Mildred Whitener, 1915-2008; Hickory Museum of Art; Whitener, Paul, d. 1959

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Kaylor, Mike

Randolph Edwards “Moon” Mullins, of Hickory, operates a small, backyard museum filled with over 250,000 Indian tools and relics, 4 meteorites, various Civil War artifacts, and an amateur movie theater with associated memorabilia. Mullins hopes to expand his collection, which is thought to be the largest of its kind in the country, to include artifacts from every state in the country.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 1, June 1972, p14-15, il, por Periodical Website

Art museums--Hickory