Modern Doll Collectors Convention® 2010
Modern Doll Collectors Inc. presents the
Pre-Convention Tours – Winston-Salem and Beyond!
Winston-Salem, N.C. has a lot to offer visitors to the area; the Modern Doll Collectors Convention®
is pleased to offer two Pre-Convention tours to get out and about to see the sights. You will
thoroughly enjoy our Convention location by including a glimpse into local history. These two
tours are not to be missed!
The towns of Winston and Salem consolidated in 1913. Winston was founded in 1849 and grew due
to the success of the tobacco and textile industries. Salem was built in 1776 as the permanent settlement
for the Moravians (a Protestant group from Pennsylvania) who originally established a trading and crafts
center in a temporary settlement in Bethabara (1753).
Tuesday September 28, 2010
"An all day Doll Day – Old Salem and Beyond" - Tuesday September 28, 2010 - 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
The day’s adventure will kick off with a Welcome Reception at the offices of the Winston-Salem
Visitors Bureau which are in a beautiful historic building, once the Brookstown Mill. After sampling
Moravian cookies, thus whetting our appetite for a visit to Winkler Bakery in Old Salem, we
will head directly to Old Salem.
Once we’ve arrived at the Old Salem Visitor Center there is time to look around until it is time
to walk through the Covered Bridge to the Museum Center which houses both The Museum of Early Southern
Decorative Arts (MESDA) and The Old Salem Toy Museum – well worth the visit! Both Museums will
open early for our group, ensuring time for individual exploration and lunch on your own, following
our tour.
Stay in the Museum/Visitor Center area and shop at the Museum Center Store or the Old Salem Souvenir
Shop and then enjoy a sandwich for lunch at the Mayberry’s Restaurant location at the Visitor
Center, or break away and wander into the Village where there is shopping to be had at T. Bagge
Merchants (since 1775) for Moravian stars, beeswax candles, etc., and lunch at the Salem Tavern
Restaurant (1816) which offers an authentic dining experience with costumed servers and traditional
Moravian meals. Or, instead, wander further up Main Street to visit the Winkler Bakery (1880)
where bread, cookies, etc. are still baked daily in a wood fired oven and sold on the street level.
Upstairs, enjoy lunch at another Mayberry’s Restaurant location.
After lunch the bus will depart for the Doll & Miniature Museum in High Point, N.C. home of
2700 dolls from around the world. After viewing more than 130 Shirley Temple dolls, wax dolls,
tin head dolls, bisque dolls, wooden dolls, cloth dolls, china head dolls and so much more,
we will be on our way to our final stop – The Doll Market in Greensboro (The Largest Doll Shop
in the USA!)
The Doll Market is throwing a BJD Party for our visit; so besides all that shopping (30,000 sq.
ft.) there will be refreshments (to keep our strength and energy up), raffles every 30 minutes
and fun, fun, fun!! Dolls are welcome guests at this GALA EVENT !!
Could this tour be any more exciting?! There will be plenty to talk about on the return trip to
our Convention Hotel.
For further information about our tour destinations, visit:
"Experience Reynolda and the Arts District of Winston-Salem" -
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 9:15 AM–1:30 PM
Step into history and enjoy masterpieces of American art displayed in the gracious American country
home built in 1912-1917 by Katharine Smith and Richard Joshua Reynolds, founder of the RJR Reynolds
tobacco manufacturing company. The children’s toys are a special delight to visitors of Reynolda House
Museum of Art.
After exploring this beautiful Historic House and strolling through the Gardens, there will be
time to visit many Specialty Shops in the Village before lunch (on your own) at the Village Tavern.
All of the Village Shops were part of the original Estate.
Before returning to our Convention Hotel, we will visit the Arts District, a very popular spot
for those who love handcrafted items. The work of many artists from North Carolina and many other
states is displayed and for sale. Located within a four block area in the heart of Winston-Salem,
the Arts District neighborhood is the only one of its kind due to a blend of old and new architecture,
great restaurants and eclectic shops. This is an area not to be missed!
For further information about our tour destinations, visit:
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