Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum

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name= Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum


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location= 3816 Old Furnace Town
Snow Hill, Maryland
type= History
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website= [http://www.furnacetown.com/ Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum]

The Old Furnace Town Heritage Museum is located at 3816 Old Furnace Road, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States. This museum uses a living history format with live demonstrations to re-create a vanished 19th century community.Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide. [http://www.octhebeach.com/museum/FurnaceTown.html "Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum"] , "Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website", 2007. Accessed January 18, 2008.] The museum contains various historic buildings, including most importantly an early 19th-century brick blast furnace that was used to smelt bog iron ore to make pig iron.Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum. [http://www.furnacetown.com/village/index.html "Furnace Town Village"] , "Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum website". Accessed January 19, 2008.] Other buildings, all of which have been moved to the site, include a church, a store, and several houses, one of which is used as an information center.

R. Frank Jones Museum

This building was Initially constructed in 1869 and moved to the Furnace Town Village in 1977.Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum. [http://www.furnacetown.com/village/museum.htm "Museum"] , "Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum website". Accessed January 19, 2008.] The museum contains exhibits on the history of the local area and processing of pig iron.

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External links

* [http://www.furnacetown.com/ Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum] (official website)
* [http://www.octhebeach.com/museum/FurnaceTown.html Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum] (Ocean City Vacation and Hotels Guide website)