North Carolina State Button Society
Calling all button collectors, quilters, sewers, antique and history buffs
and those who are just curious about buttons. Don't miss the 2010 North
Carolina State Button Society annual show. You'll be amazed at the tens
of thousands of antique and vintage clothing buttons available from our
dealers. Enjoy two full days of buttoning, programs, educational button
displays, a button auction, our ever-popular raffle baskets, and more!!
While you button to your heart's content, family members may enjoy
some of the many activities listed below.
What: 2010 North Carolina State Button Show

Theme: "Earth and Fire - Celebrating Ceramic Traditions"

When: Friday May 14 & Saturday May 15, 2010

Where: Wyndham Garden Hotel - Greensboro Airport
6426 Burnt Poplar Rd
Greensboro, NC 27409

Hotel Reservations by Phone:
Phone: (336) 668-0421 or (877) 999-3223
Special room rate - $85/Night (Be sure to ask for this rate)

Click here for Tentative Show Schedule
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Activities In and Around Greensboro
Shopping - Replacements Limited (www.replacements.com) (25 minutes from show) and Seagrove Pottery and the Pottery Museum
(www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com) (45 minutes from show)

Natural Science Center of Greensboro - a dinosaur gallery, planetarium, herpetarium (snakes & amphibians), hands-on experiences
and petting zoo (www.natsci.org)

North Carolina Zoo - in Asheboro, about 30 minutes from the show (www.nczoo.org)

Bicentennial Gardens and Greensboro Arboretum - Nature lovers will find more information for these and other sites at
(www.greensborobeautiful.org).

Greensboro Historical Museum - site of a Confederate hospital (www.greensborohistory.org) and Guilford Courthouse National Military
Park, a Revolutionary War site (www.nps.gov/guco)

Mendenhall Plantation - an early 19th century Quaker plantation, located in Jamestown about 18 miles from Greensboro. Artifacts
related to the Underground Railroad (www.mendenhallplantation.org)

Old Salem in Winston Salem - an 18th century Moravian village with more than 100 restored stuctures . Costumed interpreters help
acquaint you with the villages' 18th century activities plus a Toy Museum with more tha 1,200 antiques toys spanning from 225 A. D. to the
1920s, a world class collection. (www.oldsalem.org)

Golfing - two world-class championship golf courses at Grandover Resort (www.grandover.com), two middle of the line courses at
Greensboro National Golf Club (www.greensboronatl.com), and Bryan Park (www.bryanpark.com)