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	Museums Virginia South Boston - Yorktown
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	VA South Boston South Boston Halifax County Museum 1540 Wilborn Avenue South Boston VA 24592 Phone 434 572-9200 Web Site http://www.sbhsmuseum.org E-mail mailto:info@sbhcmuseum.org Description Life Along the Staunton River, Native American Exhibit, Gov Bill Tuck, rotating exhibits Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Arts Group Identity Native American New or Updated: 7/13/2004 VA Spotsylvania Spotsylvania County Museum 8956 Courthouse Road PO Box 64 Spotsylvania VA 22553 Phone 540 582-7167 Web Site http://www.spotsylvania.va.us/departments/tourism/index.cfm?doc_id=297 Description former church scarred by shells in Civil War now holds museum, research library Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Church Nature of Group or Site Government Research /Reading Library New or Updated: 7/13/2004 Virginia Spotsylvania The Old Jail - Spotsylvania Preservation Foundation PO Box 1875 Spotsylvania VA 22553 Phone Web Site http://users.erols.com/jlefebre/spfi/ Description Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Building Building Type Jail
powered by FreeFind	Virginia Staunton Museum of Frontier Culture PO Box 810 Staunton VA 24402 Phone 540 332-7850 Web Site www.frontiermuseum.org Description three European farms transplanted to show origins of American farming methods, plus American farm, and Irish forge -- all with costumed Type of Resource Museum Kind of Activity Living History Virginia Strasburg Stonewall Jackson's Museum 33229 Old Valley Pike Strasburg VA 22657 Phone 540 465-5884 Web Site www.waysideofva.com E-mail wayside@shentel.net Description details of 1862 Valley Campaign, hands on reproductions, children's room with Civil War Camp including costumes Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Military Research /Reading Library Era Civil War
	VA Strasburg Strasburg Museum 440 East King Street Strasburg VA 22657 Phone 540 465-3175 Web Site http://csonner.net/museum.htm Alt Web http://freenet.vcu.edu/tourism/histrich/valley.html Description located in original steam pottery building Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Local History Building Type Trade/Craft Collection N-Z Pottery Era 1890 New or Updated: 7/14/2004 Virginia Sweet Briar Sweet Briar College Art Galleries Anne Gary Pannell Center Sweet Briar VA 24595 Phone 804 381-6100 Web Site http://www.artgallery.sbc.edu/ Description college art galleries in former Refectory, offers a variety of exhibits in various media, time periods, styles Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Arts Era 1906		Google
Search this site	Virginia Tazewell Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park Route 1, Box 194 Rts 19 & 460 at Crab Orchard Road Tazewell VA 24651 Phone 276 988-6755 Web Site http://histcrab.netscope.net/Introductory%20Letter.htm Description archaeological site provided impetus for museum and village of 15 local structures moved to site, dating back to 1802, including house, cobbler shop, carpenter shop, blacksmith, lardhouse, doctors office, loom house, apple house Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Village Kind of Activity Living History Collection N-Z Quilts Group Identity Native American Research /Reading Library Virginia Washington Afro-American Historical Association Museum 1407 14th Street NW Washington VA 20005 Phone 202 234-5350 Web Site www.afro-americanofva/org/ Description Type of Resource Museum Nature of Group or Site Association Group Identity African American
	Virginia Williamsburg Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum 307 South England Street Williamsburg VA 23185 Phone 757 220-7698 Web Site www.colonialwilliamsburg.org Description Folk art with permanent and rotating exhibits Type of Resource Museum Field of Study/Science Facility Folk Life Virginia Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg 307 South England Street Williamsburg VA 23185 Phone 757 220-7749 Web Site www.history.org Toll Free 800 447-8679 E-mail ceres@cwf.org Description Biggest, oldest restored town in the country Type of Resource Museum Kind of Activity Living History
	Virginia Williamsburg Jamestown Settlement Route 31 South at Colonial Parkway MAIL: PO Box 1607 Williamsburg VA 23187 Phone 757 253-4838 Web Site http://www.historyisfun.org/jyf1/js.html Toll Free 888 593-4682 Description log stockade fort, Powhatan Indian Village, 3 wooden ships Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Village Kind of Activity Living History Owner/Operator: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Last changed: 03/08/2003
	Virginia Williamsburg Muscarelle Museum of Art College of William & Mary Jamestown Rd Williamsburg VA 23187 Phone 757 221-2700 Web Site www.wm.edu/muscarelle Description Fine arts museum with European, American Colonial, and contemporary works Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Arts Virginia Winchester George Washington's Office Museum Braddock & Cork Streets Winchester VA 22601 Phone 540 662-4412 Web Site E-mail wfchs@shentel.net Description HQ while building Fort Loudon Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Famous People Era 1755-56 Owner/Operator: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
	Virginia Winchester Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum 54 South Loudoun St PO Box 239 Winchester VA 22604 Phone 540 722-2020 Web Site www.discoverymuseum.net/ Description Type of Resource Museum Virginia Woodstock Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County 137 West Court Street Woodstock VA 22664 Phone 540 459-5518 Web Site Description Type of Resource Museum
	Virginia Yorktown Colonial National Historical Park Colonial Parkway PO Box 210 Yorktown VA 23690 Phone 757 229-1733 Alt Phone 757 898-3400 Web Site www.nps.gov/colo/ Description NPS operated Jamestown Island includes original settlement site, Yorktown battlefields Type of Resource Museum Kind of Activity Living History Nature of Group or Site Outdoor Era Revolutionary War Owner/Operator: National Park Service Virginia Yorktown Yorktown Visitor Center and Museum Route 1020 Yorktown VA Phone 757 253-4848 Web Site Toll Free 888 593-4682 Description Continental Army encampment, 1780's farm, galleries, film, children's discovery room Type of Resource Museum Kind of Activity Living History Era Revolutionary War Owner/Operator: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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