Address
457 S. Church Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Contact
Telephone
(336) 722-1742
There is not currently a permanent receptionist at the Archie K. Davis Center. Our Archives Operations Coordinator is part-time and works on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Therefore, the main phone number may only be answered and the voicemail checked on those days. If you need more immediate assistance, please email us at sparchives@mcsp.org.
Social Media
You can find us on social media @moravian.archives or by clicking one of the links below.
Visit
While the Archie K. Davis Center is not open daily to visitors, the Moravian Archives and the Moravian Music Foundation often hold programs, classes, and other events that are open to the public. When a program, class, or event is in session, typically the doors to the building will be unlocked for ease of access. You may visit outside of those occasions, but staffing in the building may be limited, and you will need to ring the doorbell as the doors will be locked. To meet with staff from either organization during regular business hours, it is best to make an appointment.
If you would like to conduct research using rare materials at the Archives, you must request an appointment for research. Instructions for doing so are on our Requesting A Research Visit page.
Parking
Parking is in the northwest corner of the lot at the western end of SR 4326 (Rams Drive, which turns into Leaders Avenue) off Salem Avenue. The same street serves as entry to the Elbertson Fine Arts Center at Salem College. Their address is 430 Leaders Avenue, which you can use in your GPS to navigate to the parking lot.
From the east side/parking lot, come to our front entrance by walking up the stairs on the south side of our building in front of you. Those stairs will take you to the front door. For a more accessible entrance, follow the brick walkway to the right of the stairs to a pink metal gate. This is the back door to the facility. Both entrances have doorbells you can ring for access.
There may also be on-street parking spots available near the intersection of Church Street and Bank Street, just to the west of the Archie K. Davis Center. Access our front door from the west by walking under the south portico at Cedarhyrst, the gray stone mansion that serves as the offices for the Moravian Church, Southern Province, at 459 S. Church Street. Yes, they actually are on Church Street – we are back off of it, but “Church Street” is still our street address. Our front entrance is directly to the east, just behind Cedarhyrst.
Accessibility
If you need accessibility assistance when visiting our facility, you may enter through the gated door on the lower level of our building on the east side, facing the parking lot. During events, that door should be attended. Otherwise, please ring the bell for assistance. Staff are aware that our building is not as accessible as desired and are more than happy to help in any way they can to be sure you can attend a program, class, or event at our building.
2026 Closures
The Archives is a provincial agency and is closed on holidays when the provincial offices are also closed. In addition to those closures, the Archives is also closed on Juneteenth, the week between Christmas and the New Year, and any day when all three full-time staff are absent (typically to attend a professional conference). For 2026, these dates include:
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- January 19, 2026 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- April 3, 2026 – Good Friday
- May 25, 2026 – Memorial Day
- June 3-6, 2026 – Moravian Church in America, Southern Province Synod
- June 19, 2026 – Juneteenth
- July 3, 2026 – in observance of Independence Day
- July 13-17 – Collection Work Week
- July 29, 2026-August 1, 2026 – Society of American Archivists annual meeting
- September 7, 2026 – Labor Day
- November 26-27, 2026 – Thanksgiving
- December 24, 2026-January 1, 2027 – Christmas, winter break, and New Year’s