Virtual Tours
Experience the history of the original campus and Calvin Jones House through our virtual tours.
Wake Forest: The Country of My Heart
The Wake Forest Historical Museum is proud to announce a new exhibit dedicated to life as experienced by students of Wake Forest College during the school’s final years on the … Continue reading
Hometown Teams Has Come and Gone!
UPDATE: Hometown Teams completed its very successful run on May 31, 2015. The next day it was packed into crates by museum staff and shipped to its next stop at … Continue reading
Calling All Groups, Clubs, Classes… to Hometown Teams!
This is a moment of unprecedented excitement for the Wake Forest Historical Museum! We are preparing to launch the run of Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, a world class … Continue reading
Hometown Teams – A Traveling Exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution
Did you know Wake Forest College students traveled to Argentina in 1951 to play baseball in the first ever Pan American Games? This is just one of the incredible stories … Continue reading
Demon Deacon
The colors “Old Gold and Black” have long been associated with Wake Forest, and early nicknames were the “Baptists” and at one point the “tigers.” But the name “Demon Deacon” … Continue reading
Early Days of Wake Forest Sports
During the College’s first five years, students spent much of the day studying and doing manual labor. Only on Saturday afternoons were they allowed to participate in some form of … Continue reading
Wake Forest Medical School
A half-century after the Baptist Biblical Recorder suggested that Wake Forest College establish a medical department, in 1902 the two-year Wake Forest Medical School opened with thirteen students in its … Continue reading
The Early Years
In 1834 the North Carolina Baptists purchased the Calvin Jones plantation as the site for an institute to educate Baptist ministers. The Calvin Jones House served as home of the … Continue reading
Wake Forest Law School
In September 1893, Wake Forest College opened a School of Law. Its first students enrolled in 1894. Inaugural Dean N.Y. Gulley taught at the school for 44-years. His tenure yielded … Continue reading
Building the Exhibits
As of October 1, 2010, what was once a cavernous black space is now taking shape… turning into the small, three-walled rooms (known as “vignettes” in museum lingo) where museum … Continue reading
Literary Notables
Some impressive writers honed their craft in Wake Forest over the years. A number were students at the college who became novelists, editors, researchers and screenwriters; others were town residents … Continue reading
The Women’s History Exhibit
Two years in the making, our Women of Wake Forest exhibit will open on March 23, 2013… giving us a chance to learn from the stories of local women of … Continue reading