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Welcome To America's Cat Museum: 
​The American Museum Of The House Cat


 A Story that will Motivate Readers to Follow Hebony's Example and Live Their Life with Purpose and Determination

The Mystery of the Egyptian Mummified Kittens - Hebony's Odyssey
A Novel By Harold Walter Sims, Jr, D.Ed.
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A Story of a Feline Whistleblower in 33 BC Egypt The Mystery of the Egyptian Mummified Kittens spins a cat tale that takes place in ancient Egypt. Hebony, the protagonist, is a cat that is going on a mission that will take him to places to do things that no other cat has ever done before.

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We Will Be Welcoming Guests Back Inside Our Museum to Meet Our MuseumCats Spring 2023

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Yes, you heard right.  We are finally reopening our doors this spring and we couldn't be more elated to bring you this news.  During the month of March, our staff will be completing finishing touches and gearing up to welcome back all who love cats.  When we began our move to our permanent home in 2020 - in hopes of completing the reset - of the WNC Cat Museum; no one could have predicted the devastation incurred by COVID 19 on small business. ​

The American
 Museum of the House Cat needs the support of cat lovers, both individual and corporate.  Our curator, Dr. Harold W. Sims, a visionary, has created a one of a kind educational, historical, multimedia art collection dedicated solely to the feline. While located inside the now closed, Old School Antique Mall, our museum was visited by over 18,000 guests worldwide during the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.  With your support, America's Cat Museum, with room for enlargement, will continue to entertain, inspire and educate every ailurophile.  You can download and share our Museum Campaign Letter and create your own fundraisers for the American Museum of the House Cat.  

A Call For Volunteers

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Volunteers are always welcome and your skill set might be just what we need.  We are searching our local and regional  community for those who love cats, art, history, education, and more to find a team of volunteers who would love to give back their time as volunteer docents, volunteer gift shop associates, and volunteer carpenters.  You may apply to become an ARTiCat Volunteer Ambassador by filling out our online Volunteer Application.  All the Volunteer Ambassadors for our Meowseum will possess exceptional customer service skills, have values that align with our museum mission, and will endeavor to bring their skill set to help improve the  museum experience for all guests.  

"To a cat, territory and personal; is paramount. When someone takes a cat from a cage it must invade its space. The cat reacts with aggression or fear. Neither is conducive to being chosen as a pet to adopt. In an open shelter, where cats are allowed to roam free their assumption of personal space is reduced. They can remain in a "safe zone" until they decide to take a chance to leave it and investigate the new elephant in the room, the person who comes in to find a cat to adopt. Then the cat comes to the person in a friendly frame of mind, and that person is more likely to adopt that cat than if had been taken from a cage with its guard up. This has been the way at Catman2 for the past 20 years and I hope others will follow our lead and never again jail a cat without just cause." ~ Harold Sims

Founder of the Catman2 Shelter and the Curator of the American Museum of the House Cat
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Little Works Of Art, the full documentary, is linked to the picture of our curator, Harold Sims, D.Ed.

Little Works of Art, a documentary by Kim Best, is the story of our Curator, Dr, Harold Sims.  Serving as an introduction to our American Museum of the House Cat, this short film details the love and passion Dr, Sims feels for the Cat.  The Cary Theater featured Little Works of Art for their Local Premiers Series in November of 2017.  Little Works of Art then debuted at the 1st Annual New York Cat Film Festival in December of 2017 with the awarded honor of being chosen as the title feature for the Program Two and has been touring the country throughout 2018 with stops in cities and towns from the West Coast to the East Coast delighting cat lovers everywhere.  In 2018 Little Works of Art was one of the films officially selected for the LongLeaf Film Festival held at the North Carolina Museum of History.

Kim Best is a writer, editor, journalist, and videographer.  She finds the stories that need to be told and through the lens of her camera she captures the details others overlook. Her passion is is to educate and entertain her audience through visual arts and written word.  She has worked abroad and travels extensively and continues to find stories to tell wherever she goes.  ​

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An Art Museum in the Smoky Mountains Supporting a Cage Free No Kill Cat Shelter
5063 US Highway 441 South 
Sylva, North Carolina  28779
828.476.9376

Staff​
Harold Sims - Director and Curator
Julie H. Kimbrell - Museum Manager
Kaleb Lynch - Catman2 Shelter Manager
​Kimberly Crow - Marketing and Social
 
Our status as a 509(a)(2) Tax Exempt Public Charity can be verified on GuideStar and the IRS website.  Our EIN is 83-2370700.
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All Purr Pod Images Shared With Permission by the Artist and can be Found on Flickr.
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