March with the troops and listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Speak to the soldiers of Crockett’s Western Battalion as they set up camp at our Settlement site. Bring the family for historical games, trades, and much more!
Join the Frontier Culture Museum for our Harvest Festival. Late summer and early fall is when the wheat that would sustain you throughout the winter would be harvested. Stop by as we explore what this time of year would have been like for people around the world and across time.
Virginia Rain Bluegrass Band is based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where bluegrass roots run deep, traditional and true. They hope their music reflects the love and passion each of them has for bluegrass!
Come and relax with the Frontier Culture Museum this Labor Day Weekend. Play games with us and learn about cooking in different parts of the world and throughout time.
Stop by the school house for a 19th century school lesson, join our interpreters for historic games, and experience everyday life with hands on demonstrations.
September 16-17, come join the Revolution that sparked a world-wide conflict. Global Tempest: A Revolutionary War Weekend, will see highly skilled reenactors and historians from across the country transform the Frontier Culture Museum into a world at war.
Join the Frontier Culture Museum on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 for the next installment of our 2023 Lecture Series. This month’s lecture is "Alexander Spotswood’s Germanna: A Gateway to Colonial Virginia’s West” presented by Dr. Eric Larsen from the Germanna Archaeology Foundation. The lecture starts at 6:00 PM in the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public.
Venture into the museum to learn how 18th century Germans brewed beer and cooked for festivals and special feast days.
Join the Frontier Culture Museum for our Annual Archaeology Day celebration.
Join us at the Frontier Culture Museum as we reflect on the roles of Native Americans on the Virginia Frontier, their many impacts on American culture, and their nations today. We will be joined by tribally enrolled interpreter Kody Grant, who is an enrolled member of The Pueblo of Isleta and a descendant of The [...]