The front window has always been perhaps the most crucial intersection between the museum and Elm street. The opening front window was installed for three important reasons—to create a stage for street performance, to offer a community front porch, and to allow air to flow through the building before the days of air conditioning. Yes, there are swings that go in and out of the building.

Want to perform in the theater? Contact museum@goelsewhere.org.

The fabric workshop houses part of the tremendous collection of vintage textiles (the bolts are stored in the 3rd floor warehouse). There are also large tables, sewing machines, and bins full of scrap that can be utilized in soft and plush projects.

The fabric workshop was constructed with Frau Fiber (artist Carol Lunge) who worked with local textile workers to create a quilt about the history of factory production in North Carolina.

Elsewhere’s kitchen is a place for shared meals and dining experiments. Artists-in-residence dine together on vegetarian delectables, and help themselves to breakfast and lunches. Each member cooks once a week for the group dinner, and everyone cleans together after every meal. The kitchen also hosts lots of special events, from fancy dinners led by artists, special rentals, iron chef competitions, and more.

In 2011 artist J Morgan Puett and collaborator Ian Montgomery designed and implemented a fully functional kitchen restoration, calling it The Kitchen Commons.

Interested in cooking or hosting Elsewhere? We welcome rentals, chefs-in-residence, and workshops. Contact museum@goelsewhere.org.

The Aviary is a loft space built above the door to 608 South Elm Street.

Elsewhere’s library houses a collection of thousands of vintage books. While they can’t be checked out, the books and collection magazines can be scanned to contribute to the shared information archive.

Elsewhere’s garden hosts a wide array of spaces for convening, growing, and connecting, offering respite from the world of things within. The garden is a public alley garden that runs behind the buildings, shared with the makerspace and education space next door.

The Garden was first developed with a Future Fund grant in 2016 as part of an Urban Green Initiative, with an ArtPlace America grant to build out the entire space in 2014.