Coats Museum

Wonderful. We appreciate the personal knowledge of the ladies at the museum. They take time to show you around and share stories. Excellent representation of local history. Good for all ages, locals and out-of-town visitors.

Is it going to touch museum after our family Christmas was such a great experience. Gail Sorrel and Linda Butler did a fantastic job looking for the Stuart name in the history of coach and found many interesting factors from the fact that my grandfather ran a general store in downtown Coats and also let the town put the first jail in Coats North Carolina in the back of his store but you can still see the bars on that particular store in the downtown area. This town is just waiting to be revamped. Malcolm Stewart was a councilman for the town and also served on the school board .. I also learned that the business I own today La Salon was named by Godfrey Beasley who was a sign painter and he painted the first LA SALON on a building that my mother rented in Fuquay and 1968 where she opened herself as a hairstylist. Being a prominent woman and owning a business in 1968 was a challenge that my mother was always ready to take on.. she went on to own many businesses and prove to be quite a good business woman in the town of Fuquay and Apex.. as the coach Museum grows it will also contain this new information about La Salon. And now we give credit to someone I never knew deserved the credit for the name of my business while Salon in downtown Apex since 1973.. I strongly suggest you go to your small town and see if there is information about your family and all the things that they did when you were not alive.. it was an amazing adventure I cannot think the curators enough for going the extra mile and looking up and talking with us about the Stewart family and all of their representation of Coats..

It's always to pleasure to visit historical events. The staff is always so accommodating and welcoming. I love the new displays and the history from and about Harnett County.

The museum Is State of thr Art quality. I have visited it on numerous occasion and havr found the exibits constantly being updated. There are very knowledgeable persons always available to give the history of each exhibit or answer to most any question one might have. An excellent display of Coats memorabilia is covered. Go See!

Wonderful displays! Awesome knowledgeable volunteers!

Lovely museum. Small so it doesn't take a while to get through. Gale is a nice thorough tour guide.

Very well organized museum and knowledgeable ladies tell the stories of the past contributions Coats residents made to the community and the world

Very interesting Museum and history of a small community

Great place to see history of our little town

Must see.

Not enough children

Great place

Great staff, one of our states best small town secrets..Check it out for yourself...