Angier, North Carolina - Marvin Johnson's Gourd Collection

Angier, North Carolina - Marvin Johnson's Gourd Collection

Personal collection of all things gourd by the world's greatest gourd-lover. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Angier, North Carolina - Marvin Johnson's Gourd Collection

What a collection of gourds! I wish I could have seen them in their original location. The Library/Community building they are in was okay. My wife and I just walked into the community meeting room, turned on the lights, and started viewing. We were all by ourselves and spent a good 45 minutes to an hour looking at all the gourds. It was impossible to pick one that we liked the best. If you like weird collections you must go see this! [Cris Swanlund, 12/06/2007]

Angier, North Carolina - Marvin's Gourds Make Their Move
Thanks to a campaign led by Wanda Gregory, the mayor of Angier, North Carolina, the contents of the late Marvin Johnson's Gourd Museum have been saved. The new home of the gourds is a dozen glass-fronted display cases along the walls of Angier's municipal building meeting room. ... [04/14/2006] Complete News Story

Angier, North Carolina - Marvin Johnson's Gourd Museum

The Marvin Johnson Gourd Museum is currently closed, but the mayor of Angier is making an effort to save the museum. The Johnson family land was sold to a housing development company and the doors are currently closed, but the mayor is making an effort to save the museum's contents and construct a new building in town to house them. Lets hope this effort works! It would be such a shame to see this unique place be bulldozed! I work for the local newspaper and visited the museum with the mayor, who has a key, last week and was amazed. Let's hope that town efforts are successful and that this piece of Angier, North Carolina and American culture is preserved. [Jamie Strickland, 09/09/2005]

Angier, North Carolina - Marvin Johnson's Gourd Museum

Aw, rats. I can confirm that Marvin Johnson's Gourd Museum is closed. The Johnson family land has been sold and is being turned into a housing development. A new road is being cut through the property, and some of the buildings that used to be there have been demolished. The museum (complete with all its displays) still stands, but the doors are padlocked, and I assume it'll be bulldozed as well. I hope the gourds are going to be rescued and transferred to a new home, but even if they are, I can't imagine that their new locale will be as cool as Marvin and Mary's museum. I'm really sorry to see this place go. Marvin's museum was one of my all-time favorite NC attractions. [Dean Jeffrey, 07/13/2005]