Places To Visit

Constructed about 1882, the Wytheville Training School was built on land where a Freedmen's school once stood, shortly after the freedom of the slaves between 1865 and 66. Sometime between 1880 and 1882, the Freedmen's school was razed and a new chur... Read More

Even before the founding of the City of Alexandria in 1749, Africans and their descendants, enslaved and free, have lived and worked along the waterfront, making significant contributions to the local economy and culture. The two African American Her... Read More

African American Museum, History and Genealogical Resource Center also known as AAHA. Guided tours are available to adults for $5.00, students and seniors $2.00 per hour. The museum houses 18 exhibits focusing on Fauquier County and African Americans... Read More

Offering a good example of an evolved, small, mid-19th-century, water-powered gristmill, and one of the few known extant mills in Greene County, the A. J. Long Mill (also historically known as Sullivan's Mill) is a two-story frame building constructe... Read More

The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society is a local non-profit dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing the rich and complex history of the Albemarle-Charlottesville area. ACHS offers regularly programming, exhibits, publications, ora... Read More

The oldest operating Cidery in Virginia, Albemarle Ciderworks crafts Cider reminiscent to what would have been enjoyed by colonists in Virginia at the time of the Revolutionary War. Vintage varieties of apple trees surround the CiderWorks, including ... Read More

The courthouse was first established in 1762, on land donated by Dr. Thomas Walker. William Cabell was the first builder of the original frame building, which was torn down and replaced in 1803 by the rear wing of the existing building. The grounds o... Read More

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library holds more than 16 million objects including manuscripts, archival records, rare books, maps, broadsides, photographs, audio and video recordings and more. Collections are particularly strong i... Read More

Discover a part of Northern Virginia's industrial heritage - the restored gristmill at Aldie Mill Historic Park, in Aldie. Built between 1807 and 1809, the Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County. The mill's metal w... Read More

Step right into the Museum's laboratory and see archaeologists at work reconstructing Alexandria's history, fragment by fragment. The Museum displays the results of recent digs and interprets the results of ongoing research through exhibitions, video... Read More

The Alexandria Black History Museum is housed in the historic Robert H. Robinson Library, Alexandria's separate but unequal library built in 1940. It owes its existence to attorney Samuel W. Tucker, who orchestrated a sit-in at the Alexandria library... Read More

Citizens of Alexandria first formed the Lyceum Company in 1838 as part of a larger movement in America to promote education locally. In Alexandria, men, women, and children attended lectures, participated in debates, and attended various entertainmen... Read More

Amblers is a brick farmhouse in James City County distinguished by its architectural history. The dwelling was built in 1852 in a style known as Picturesque, a design characterized by asymmetry and irregular building proportions. Amblers's original s... Read More

Come and join the Matthews Living History Farm Museum in celebrating America 250 with a 4-part Lecture Series to be held at the Crossroads Institute located in Galax, Virginia starting on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 7:00 pm in room 170 and continuin... Read More

The museum sits on one of the last battlefields of the Civil War. Just a mile and a half away, Robert E. Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant to discuss the terms of surrender. Visitors can explore over 400 artifacts, photographs, and documents, including t... Read More