FCMV

Toddler Time
2025-03-15 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-22 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-04 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Frontier Culture Museum this January, February, and March for Toddler Time! Each Toddler Time will include a story, a hands-on historical activity, and a craft to keep.   Adults are $5, and children are $3. We ask that no more than two adults per child allow the maximum number of children to participate. All Toddler Times are included in the annual pass! If you have difficulties booking your Toddler Time through your Annual Pass, please call the Visitor Center at 540-332-7850 or email us at visitor.center@fcmv.virginia.gov.
Tickets for each of the Toddler Times can be purchased here.
Please note that each Toddler Time session requires a separate booking. If you wish to reserve your spot for multiple dates, you must complete multiple bookings.
If you are an Annual Pass Holder, please contact us at visitor.center@fcmv.virginia.gov, or give us a call at 540-332-7850 to reserve your spot.

February 8th, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
Toys and Games: Our third Toddler Time will be focused on historical toys and games. Children will be able to try out things that historical people enjoyed from long ago. We’ll play games and even have a chance to make your historical toy!

February 22nd, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
Chores: Our fourth Toddler Time will be focused on historical chores. Children will have an opportunity to experience daily life as a child in the past, including chores! Participants will have the chance to try out some tasks children would be expected to help with, such as fetching water.

March 1st, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
Gardening: Our fifth Toddler Time will be focused on historical gardening. Children will learn about different plants and their uses and even plant their own to take home to watch and grow. *Weather permitting, participants can explore the museum’s gardens.

March 15th, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
Animals: Our final Toddler Time will be focused on the animals of the Frontier Culture Museum! Your child will have the opportunity to meet some of the critters who make their home at the FCM and make a craft in honor of their favorite new friend.

You can purchase your tickets to any of the Toddler Times here.

Irish Road Bowling
2025-03-08 10:00 - 15:00
Join the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia and Staunton Parks and Recreation this March 8th for Road Bowling.

Road Bowling is a traditional Irish game played with a road bowl and is on a long course. The object of the game is to get to the finish line in the least amount of throws, but be careful, if the bowl goes off course, you may lose it! One road bowl or team road bowl is included with the team registration fee.
Irish road bowling has been played in the Irish countryside since the 1600s. Its origins are unclear-perhaps it was brought to the Emerald Isle from England by weavers in the new textile industry, or perhaps from Holland by the troops of William of Orange, or maybe it began when Irish patriots robbed small English cannonballs and rolled them home by light of a full moon. Irish troops traditionally have played road bowling wherever they were stationed around the world. Road bowling has a passionate following primarily in County Armagh in the North, where it is called bullets or long bullets, and in the South, mostly in County Cork, where it is called road bowling. The two regions independently developed distinct and very different hurling styles.
– Information courtesy of Dave Powell with West Virginia Irish Road Bowling

The Game

The ball- “bowl” or “bullet”- A 28 ounce iron and steel cannonball the size of a tennis ball is rolled down a country road to a finish line. The team with the fewest shots to the finish line wins.
The start- A chalk line is drawn across the road. The thrower stands behind this line, and his/her teammates (called road showers) go at least 20 to 30 yards down the road to show the desired path of the bowl. They stand like human croquet wickets, feet apart, straddling the “perfect path” to be taken to achieve maximum distance. Note: this is optional, intended for those experienced players. You do not have to stand in the path of the roll; you are there to advise the roller and chase the bowl when it goes off the road. Remember this is a 28 ounce iron ball you do not want to get hit by it.
The grip- The bowl should be held in a C formed by the thumb and the index and/or middle fingers. The bowl should be thrown from the fingers, not from the palm of the hand.
The throw- The bowler should back up 10–15 yards and take a running start to gain momentum to the throwing line. For many, however, taking two or three steps is sufficient. The thrower runs to the throwing mark and whirls the bowl underhand before stepping over the mark. The bowl may fly through the air a few yards before striking the pavement. You do not have to immediately roll it into the pavement. The bowl will hit the road with heavy topspin, rolling exactly on the path your teammates, the road showers, have pre-planned for glory.
The shot- Wherever the bowl leaves the road surface, the bowl is taken directly to that point and a chalk mark is made. The next throw is taken from behind that mark by the next teammate in rotation, and so on to the finish line. It is customary to write the cumulative shot count on the road under each mark. (*Note: this is a house rule change due to this particular road course and the long downhill stretch. Normally the next shot is taken from where the ball stops and moved to the nearest point on the road from there.)
The finish- The final shot to the finish line should be thrown as far as possible past the line. If two or more players or teams have an equal number of shots crossing the finish line, the winner is decided by which shot goes the farthest distance past the finish line.

— Information courtesy of Dave Powell with West Virginia Irish Road Bowling

Play in teams of 3-4 along the scenic pathways of the Frontier Culture Museum. Each team registration is $40. Register with the Frontier Culture Museum here.

Tee times vary and there is limited space in each time, so be sure to sign up today!
Thank you to McDonough Toyota for sponsoring this event!

Augusta Resolves
2025-02-22 10:00 - 16:00
250 years ago, the men of Augusta County came together and signed the Augusta Resolves. This document, while one of many throughout Virginia, pushed the county towards rebellion. Join the Frontier Culture Museum, the Augusta County Clerk of Courts Office, and the Augusta County Historical society this February to commemorate the signing of the Augusta Resolves. Learn not only about the document, but about some of the men whose signatures adorn the page.
Be sure to join us at 1:00 PM for a panel about Resolves from across Virginia and how the Augusta Resolves, and the men from Augusta county fit into this step towards revolution.
This event is general admission and is included in the Annual Pass!

Meet the speakers:

Tammy Mannarino –enjoyed the nomadic childhood of a “Navy-brat” before her family settled in Fairfax County, Virginia. She graduated from James Madison University and spent most of her career at the National Security Agency in the field of Information Systems Security. She and her husband split their timebetween Staunton, Va and the Mount Vernon area where she researches, writes and presents local history on her website, BackyardMountVernon.com . She is a founding board member of the Mount Vernon Regional Historical Society. She was appointed to the Fairfax County History Commission in 2020 and currently serves in the position of Secretary.

Steve Landes – was sworn in as the 17th Clerk of Circuit Court for the County of Augusta after winning a Special Election in November 2019. Steve was re-elected to a full eight-year term in November 2023. Before being elected as Clerk of Court he represented the 25th District in the Virginia House of Delegates, which included portions of Albemarle, Augusta, and Rockingham Counties for twelve terms. He was Chairman of the House Education Committee and Vice Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. In addition, he was a member of the Rules and Privileges and Elections Committees.
A lifelong resident of the Valley, Steve is a graduate of Buffalo Gap High School in Augusta County, and he received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He and his wife Angela live in Fort Defiance. They have a son Roth, who is a graduate of Virginia Tech, and is a District Manager for Aldi. Steve is a Member of the Virginia Court Clerk’s Association, and Co-Chairman of the Legislative Committee and a Member of the Public Relations Committee. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, and the State Historical Records Advisory Board. Steve is Past District Governor of the Woodrow Wilson Ruritan District, is a two-time Past President and a Member of the Weyers Cave Ruritan Club. He is a Member of the General Daniel Morgan Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Steve and Angela are both Members and Past Elders of Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church.
Steve worked as Community Liaison for Home Instead Senior Care of Staunton, Virginia. He also worked as Vice President of Market Development for Blue Ridge Bank, and prior to that he worked as Community Relations Coordinator for DuPont Community Credit Union. He also worked as Executive Director of NewBiz Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley’s small business incubator. Steve was a Life Insurance Agent and Registered Representative with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. In addition, he worked at Davis & Davis Marketing, Inc., a Staunton-based marketing, and advertising firm, as a Media Buyer and then as an Account Executive. He was a Member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates, representing the House of Delegates, and served on the Education Commission of the State. Steve served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, and was a Member of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. He also served as a House Budget Conferee. Steve served as Legislative Assistant to former Delegate A.R. “Pete” Giesen, Jr., and he served as former Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s District Director and District Representative
Sam McGinty – is the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Military Programs Supervisor. Having spent more than 10 years as a museum professional and historian, Sam specializes in the history of the American War of Independence, and on the rifle culture of western Virginia in the 1770s. Sam previously worked for Colonial Williamsburg from 2014-2017, as a Military Interpreter, while studying psychology and classics at Randolph-Macon College. In 2017, he accepted a full-time position at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. Over his 7 years at FCMV, Sam studied frontier history, historic clothing, tailoring, and the military history of western Virginia. As the primary researcher for FCMV’s recreation of Crockett’s Western Battalion, Sam traveled across the Commonwealth, hunting down the details on often forgotten and elusive figures of Virginia’s revolutionary past. As a somewhat proficient tailor, Sam served as lead tailor and costumer at FCMV from 2021-2024, and spearheaded the physical reconstruction of uniforms and equipment for public and educational programing for Crockett’s Western Battalion, which will be available throughout the Commonwealth in the lead up to Virginia’s Semiquincentennial and beyond. Sam also serves as the President of Crockett’s Rifles, a progressive focused Revolutionary War living history organization, founded in 2025, focused on highlighting the stories and spirit of the American riflemen who helped to shape American liberty. In returning to Colonial Williamsburg, Sam has worked to revitalize the Department of Military Programs through well researched, thoughtful interpretation, fostering a tangible, experiential learning environment for guests and staff. He’s been honored to take stewardship of the Public Magazine, the Guardhouse, and of the more than 60 years of institutional history and legacy of Military Programs at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Lantern Tours
2024-12-22 17:30 - 20:00, 2024-12-21 17:30 - 20:00, 2024-12-20 17:30 - 20:00, 2024-12-19 17:30 - 20:00, 2024-12-18 17:30 - 20:00
LANTERN TOURS ARE NOW SOLD OUT
Save the date for our holiday Lantern Tours! Come ring in the holiday season with our walking tour around the Old World side of the museum. Our decorated historic houses are backdrops to new skits both heartwarming and comedic, and our warm apple cider and cookies will help spread the holiday cheer!
Tours will run from December 18, 2024 – December 22, 2024, and will leave every half an hour from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM.
Tickets are available here.
If a member of your party requires mobility assistance, we will have limited spots on our mobility shuttle for each tour, and spots must be reserved at least 24-hours in advance. Please call our Visitor Center at 540-332-7850 to reserve the spot after you have purchased your tickets.
This is an outdoor walking tour and evenings in December can drop to below freezing, please remember to dress appropriately.
*Tickets are non-refundable.

Holiday Workshop Series
2024-12-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-30 11:00 - 12:00
Join the Frontier Culture Museum this holiday season as we bring back our Holiday Workshop Series. Make pomanders, create a yule log centerpiece, paint springerle, and decorate your very own stocking. Each workshop requires individual registration. The registration fee is $15 per person and is not covered by the Annual Pass.

Holiday Tour and Making Pomanders (SOLD OUT)
November 30, 2024
Start your holiday season with a special guided tour of our historic houses decorated for the season. Each house is decorated appropriately to its time period, and you can see the emergence of modern holiday celebrations as you move through the museum. Your journey will end on the 1850s Virginian farm, where you can make a pomander, a historical aromatic decoration, from oranges and cloves!
This workshop is $15 per person and will run from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The $15 charge includes all materials needed to create your craft. We recommend all attendees arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to allow time to walk down to the exhibit area. A shuttle service will be available during the workshop. Each workshop also includes entrance into the museum for the rest of the day.
Purchase your tickets here.

Wassail Party and Making Yule Log Centerpieces (SOLD OUT)
December 7, 2024
England has a long history of holiday traditions. One of the most beloved was wassailing, or toasting to the health of the farm and the neighborhood. Come join us for a wassail party, learn the dance Hey for Christmas, and create your own Yule Log centerpiece to take home.
This workshop is $15 per person and will run from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The $15 charge includes all materials needed to create your craft. We recommend all attendees arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to allow time to walk down to the exhibit area. A shuttle service will be available during the workshop. Each workshop also includes entrance into the museum for the rest of the day.
Purchase your tickets here.

Knocking and Painting Springerle (SOLD OUT)
December 14, 2024
German holiday traditions were brought to the American colonies by immigrants throughout the 18th century. Some have faded out of memory while others, like spice cookies, have remained popular. Come visit our German farm to learn about some German holiday superstitions and decorate your own ‘cookie’ ornament to take home.
This workshop is $15 per person and will run from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The $15 charge includes all materials needed to create your craft. We recommend all attendees arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to allow time to walk down to the exhibit area. A shuttle service will be available during the workshop. Each workshop also includes entrance into the museum for the rest of the day.
Purchase your tickets here.

Twas the Night Before Christmas Reading and Decorating Stockings (SOLD OUT)
December 21, 2024
First published in 1823, A Visit from St. Nicholas by C. Clement Moore was many American children’s first encounter with the Germanic St. Nicholas, later known as Santa Claus. Come hear the poem read and decorate your own stockings to “hang by the fire with care!”
This workshop is $15 per person and will run from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The $15 charge includes all materials needed to create your craft. We recommend all attendees arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to allow time to walk down to the exhibit area. A shuttle service will be available during the workshop. Each workshop also includes entrance into the museum for the rest of the day.
Purchase your tickets here.

"The Augusta Resolves: A Milestone on the Road to Revolution,” With Augusta County Historical Society
2024-11-10 15:00 - 17:00
The Augusta County Historical Society, along with the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, is delighted to have speaker Tammy Mannarino of the Fairfax County History Commission kick off the first of a series of lectures and programs commemorating the crucial role that Virginia and Augusta County played in the formation of the United States. In this program, “The Augusta Resolves: A Milestone on the Road to Revolution,” Mannarino delves into the Augusta Resolves and reveals their influence on the ideals of liberty and revolution that shaped this nation.
As the storm clouds of the Revolution were brewing, Augusta County stepped into the tempest. Outraged by the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish the Colony of Massachusetts and to further restrict trade and restrain the representative governments of the thirteen colonies. Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies convened in Philadelphia in the fall of 1774 to form the Continental Congress. These delegates petitioned the King of England, outlining the colonies’ grievances and declaring that they should enjoy the same rights as Englishmen.
In the weeks and months that followed the implementation of the Coercive Acts and the Continental Congress, numerous counties and communities in Virginia voiced their own revolutionary rhetoric in the form of Resolves. By February of 1775, Augusta County had adopted the Augusta Resolves, which pledged support for the actions of the Continental Congress and a willingness to stand with other colonies in their pursuit of liberty. Join Mannarino and the Augusta County Historical Society as she introduces Augusta County’s first steps toward revolution.
For more information, contact the Augusta County Historical Society at 540-248-4151 or augustaachs@intelos.net.

Native American History Day
2024-11-02 09:00 - 17:00
Native American History Day is happening at the Frontier Culture Museum on Saturday, November 2, 2024. We hope you’ll join us as we explore the history of Native American nations and how they shaped and contributed to American culture.
Be sure to join us at 1:00 PM for a lecture by Michael Galban focusing on the interactions between Indigenous peoples and European colonist.
Michael Galban is the Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site and the Director of the Seneca Art & Culture Center. Ganondagan is a 17th century Seneca town site and nationally regarded as a center for Iroquoian history, cultural and environmental preservation. His academic research focus is on Woodland Indian art/aesthetics, Indigenous semiotics and situated regard. Michael is in the Visual and Cultural Studies PhD program at the University of Rochester.
He has served on the board of directors of the Museum Association of New York (MANY), and currently serves on the editorial boards of the New York History and Rochester History Journals.
Michael recently collaborated with the Museé du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac on the exhibit “Wampum – Les Perles de la Diplomatie” which opened Spring of 2022 in Paris, of which the corpus of the exhibition traveled to Ganondagan in 2023 as “WAMPUM/OTGO:Ä”. His current project focuses on German and British officers collections of Northeastern Indigenous material formed in the American Revolutionary War Period.
This event is a general admission event and is included in the Annual Pass.

Revolutionary War Weekend: Captive Beyond the Mountains
2024-10-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-26 09:00 - 17:00
On October 26-27, 2024, join us for Captive Beyond the Mountains. Step into the year 1780, as the Revolutionary War raged throughout America, and western Virginia became home to thousands of British and German prisoners of war, known as the Convention Army. The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia will come alive with scores of reenactors and historical interpreters from around the country to recreate this pivotal moment in Virginia history. Meet the prisoners and learn about their ill-fated march to Saratoga and surrender to American forces. Enlist with Crockett’s Western Battalion, the men charged with guarding the Convention Army. Join in on courts martial, and take part in 18th century military justice. Meet with tribally enrolled Native peoples, in hopes of understanding their perspective on captivity, and on the American Revolution. This unique, immersive weekend will be an experience like no other, and we hope to see you there!

Our guest presenters include Kathy Haney, Talon Silverhorn, Marvin-Alonzo Greer, Emma Cross, and Jeff Pavlik.

Saturday Schedule:
9:30 AM – Morning Formation, Drill & Roll call (1820s Farm)
11:00 AM – “Bound For Freedom: The Black Freedom Struggle in the American Revolution” with Marvin-Alonzo Greer (1820s Farm)
12:00 PM – Grand Review (1820s Farm)
1:00 PM – Military Justice; Courts Martial (Schoolhouse)
1:30 PM – Frontier Theater; The Prisoner’s Playhouse (1850s Farm)
2:00 PM – Women of the Army (1820s Farm)
2:45 PM – Meet the Baroness Von Riedesel (Schoolhouse)
3:30 PM – Patrol with the Western Battalion (Church)
4:00 PM – Mending the Circle: Captivity, Transformation, and the Creation of Kin (Native Site)

Sunday Schedule:
9:30 AM – Morning Formation, Drill & Roll call (1820s Farm)
11:00 AM – Women of the Army (1820s Farm)
12:00 PM – Grand Review (1820s Farm)
1:00 PM – Military Justice; Courts Martial (Schoolhouse)
1:30 PM – Frontier Theater; The Prisoner’s Playhouse (1850s Farm)
2:00 PM -“Bound For Freedom: The Black Freedom Struggle in the American Revolution” with Marvin-Alonzo Greer (1820s Farm)
2:45 PM – Meet the Baroness Von Riedesel (Schoolhouse)
3:30 PM – Patrol with the Western Battalion (Church)
4:00 PM – Mending the Circle: Captivity, Transformation, and the Creation of Kin (Native Site)

International Archaeology Day
2024-10-19 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday, October 19th is International Archaeology Day, and the Frontier Culture Museum is offering archaeological activities all day!
But just what is archaeology and why are we talking about it at a living history museum? Archaeology is the study of patterns of material culture, the tangible things that people made and used. Things that are still around, just in the ground beneath us. Archaeology gives us a snapshot of the past. Objects enter the ground, a house decays leaving only the foundation. We only get to see the remnants, not the activity. History, on the other hand, is the study of human behavior in the past, based on the records people themselves have left behind. You can see where one might inform the other. Both involve asking questions, forming hypotheses and doing research.
We look at all of these clues, carefully piece the fragments of a moment in time together, and create a picture of what life was like, for example, on the frontier.
So, what does Archaeology Day at the Frontier Culture Museum mean? It means walking around our Old World loop, the farms from places people left behind to come to the New World, and learning about different types of artifacts, like metal and ceramics, and also a little bit about experimental archaeology. It also means heading over to the New World section and being able to try your hand at excavation in our dig boxes and learning a bit about what happens after the artifacts are excavated. We hope to see you here at the museum, as we celebrate International Archaeology Day!

Fall Homeschool Days
2024-09-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-12 09:00 - 17:00
Come see all the activities we have planned for our Fall Homeschool Days! Homeschool days provide homeschoolers the chance to participate in the increased hands-on experience of a field trip. Try your hand at splitting a log to make fence rails or experience an early 19th century school lesson! Pre-registration is highly recommended, but tickets may also be purchased at the Visitor’s Center on the day of the event.
Tickets are $5 for children and $7 for adults and you can purchase your tickets in advance here!

We have some special timed activities happening on Homeschool Days!

Thursday, September 12
Schoolhouse Lessons: 10 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, & 4 PM

Friday, September 13
Schoolhouse Lessons: 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 2:30 PM, & 3:30 PM

See you there!

Lord Dunmore's War Weekend
2024-09-08 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-07 09:00 - 17:00
Lord Dunmore’s War Weekend

Before the American Revolution began in 1775, the roar of guns and the beat of drums could already be heard beyond the Blue Ridge. 250 years ago, in 1774, western Virginia was engaged in America’s last “colonial” conflict, Lord Dunmore’s War. Starting in Staunton, the men of Augusta, led by Colonel Andrew Lewis marched west on an expedition to war with the Shawnee. Many of the men who would become Virginia’s heroes of the American Revolution marched with him, perhaps with ideas of American liberty already in their thoughts.
Join us at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, September 7-8, 2024, as we explore the many facets of this often-overlooked conflict on Virginia’s frontier.
Engage with historians recreating Virginia’s heroes of ’74 as they prepare to march west towards an uncertain future.
Sit with citizens of the Shawnee nation, so to understand this conflict from their important and unique perspective, and the perspectives of their ancestors.
Learn from a star-studded panel of guest speakers, including Brigadier General Theodore Shuey Jr, Dr David Preston, Glenn Williams, Neal Hurst, Michael Cecere, and Daniel Cross.
March with the recreated Augusta County Militia to commemorate and recreate this important moment in Virginia history.

Meet the Speakers:
Dr. David Preston – “From Braddock’s Defeat to Dunmore’s War: The Transformation of Early American Warfare”
Theodore Shuey Jr. – “The Augusta Militia and Point Pleasant”
Michael Cecere – “Dunmore’s Patriots”
Neal Hurst -“‘kind of armour, being peculiar to America'” The American Hunting Shirt
Dr. Glenn Williams – “Lord Dunmore’s War: Last Indian Conflict of the Colonial Era”

Meet Andrew Lewis:

Meet Colonel Andrew Lewis

Schedule of Activities
Saturday, September 7
10:00 AM – Roll Call and Orders of the Day
11:00 AM – Meet Samson Matthews, Military Entrepreneur of the Frontier
12:00 PM – “From Braddock’s Defeat to Dunmore’s War: The Transformation of Early American Warfare” by Dr. David Preston
1:00 PM – Mustering the Augusta County Militia
2:00 PM – Artillery Demonstration
2:30 PM – A Council of War with Colonel Andrew Lewis
3:30 PM – Performance by Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums
4:00 PM – “Shawnee perspectives on Lord Dunmore’s War”

On Saturday evening, join the museum and members of the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro 250th Committee in downtown Staunton as we rally the militia at the Augusta County Courthouse. Muster with the men of Augusta County at 5:30 PM on the courthouse square as they march off to the Battle of Point Pleasant. Be sure to stop by the Staunton Innovation Hub to meet with the amazing organizations who are working to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM. Check out the schedule below:
5:00 – Historical Organization Fair begins at Staunton Innovation Hub.
5:30 – Lord Dunmore’s War 250th Anniversary Commemoration March at Augusta County Courthouse.
6:30 – Commemoration March concludes.
7:30 – Organization Fair concludes.
Sunday, September 8
10:00 AM – “The Augusta Militia and Point Pleasant” by Theodore Shuey Jr.
11:00 AM – “Dunmore’s Patriots” by Michael Cecere
12:00 PM – Mustering of the Augusta County Militia
1:00 PM -“‘kind of armour, being peculiar to America'” The American Hunting Shirt by Neal Hurst
3:00 PM – Lord Dunmore’s War Memorial Tree Dedication
3:30 PM – “Lord Dunmore’s War: Last Indian Conflict of the Colonial Era” by Dr. Glenn Williams

This event is made possible in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities.

Extracurricular Nights: Revolutionary War
2024-07-19 17:30 - 19:00
For our second Extracurricular Night on July 19th, join in the defense of Virginia, and enlist in Lt. Colonel Joseph Crockett’s Western Battalion. Sign the roll, draw your pay, and learn, first hand how these men fought to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Experience the American Revolution on the frontier, and how Virginia’s unique frontier culture helped win American independence.
This program will take place on July 19, 2024, from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM. The cost of the program is $5 for children, and $7 for adults and it is included in our Annual Pass program. Tickets are available at the door.

Independence Day Celebration
2024-07-04 09:00 - 17:00
‘The ever memorable day was ushered in by the discharge of guns,’ said one observer of Staunton’s 1830s 4th of July Celebration. Come out to the Frontier Culture Museum this 4th of July for a day of historical weapons demonstrations, readings of the Declaration of Independence, games, and more! Join us in celebrating America’s 248th birthday this July 4th.
This year we are excited to welcome Shenandoah Street Food for delicious lunch!
This is a pay-what-you-will donation day, so bring the whole family!

Timed Programs:
11 AM: Trap Ball Game, 1850s Farm.
12 PM: Reading of the declaration of Independence, 1820s Farm.
1 PM: A Council of War: Planning America’s Independence, 1820s Farm
2 PM: Reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1820s Farm.
3 PM: Trap Ball Game, 1850s Farm.
Schoolhouse lessons: 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30

Extracurricular Nights: Scientific Discoveries
2024-06-21 17:30 - 19:00
Do you like science? Do you like history? Then come visit our 17th and 18th century exhibits for a night of historical science! Our interpreters will demonstrate period-appropriate scientific discoveries or inventions with hands-on experiments. Come visit 17th century England to see Isaac Newton’s prism experiments or 18th century Germany to understand Franz Joseph Gall’s Phrenology and learn how theories are debunked!
This new program will take place on June 21, 2024 from 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM and is $5 per child and $7 per adult. This event is included in our Annual Pass program! You can purchase your tickets here.

African American History Day
2024-06-16 09:00 - 17:00
Join us on June 16, 2024, as we celebrate the many influences Africans and African Americans have had on American culture with demonstrations including cooking, music, and more!
This event is a general admission event and is included in the Annual Pass!
