Latest Past Events

Home for the Holidays: A Victorian Holiday Open House of the Old Kentucky Home

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 North Market Street, Asheville

Join us for this special after-hours open house of the Old Kentucky Home as we explore Victorian Holiday traditions of the time period. Come see the home all dressed up in its Christmas finest! Guests will walk through the boardinghouse at their leisure to view this pop-up Holiday Traditions exhibit. Tickets are $10/person and can […]

From Death to Mourning: Spiritual Journeys of the Wolfe Family

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 North Market Street, Asheville

Join us for this intimate, open-house style tour of the Old Kentucky Home as we explore how the Wolfe Family grappled with death, spiritualism, and mysteries of the beyond. Discover stories of early 20th century funerary practices, family visions, and the ways death shaped one of America’s greatest writers. Come and see the skeletons in […]

Look Homeward, Asheville: A Downtown Walking Tour Through Thomas Wolfe’s Eyes

Step into the world of Thomas Wolfe with this guided walking tour through downtown Asheville- Wolfe’s hometown and the vivid backdrop for his (in)famous novel Look Homeward, Angel. The tour begins at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial at the front of the Historic Old Kentucky Home Boardinghouse where Wolfe spent his childhood. From there, participants will […]

$10