Places To Visit

A bright and welcoming community museum, enabling visitors to explore life in 19th Century Fort Valley. Exhibits include a school, church, store, and home display as well as Seven Fountains Resort, Iron Furnaces, local valley pottery and the farmstea... Read More

Fort Ward was one of the largest of the U.S. Army forts in the Civil War Defenses of Washington and was strategically located to guard the major access routes into Alexandria. After the war, newly emancipated African Americans began settling near the... Read More

Constructed nearby about 1756 as a wooden palisaded fort, Fort Young, originally known as Dickinson’s Fort, stood near the Jackson River. It was one in a series of forts authorized by the Virginia General Assembly to be built on the frontier to pro... Read More

See the exhibit that was inspired by the the Musical Hamilton, and learn more about the man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. The exhibit runs through May 31. Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and the Virginians ... Read More

Site of militia position during Benedict Arnold's 1781 raid, and British rest stop. Currently part of the Virginia Capital Bike Trail with parking, restrooms, trail access, and historic markers about colonial and Civil War History.... Read More

In the early 19th century numerous small plantations growing tobacco as the principal cash crop were established in south central Virginia. Each plantation was normally served by an unpretentious frame dwelling house surrounded by a cluster of outbui... Read More

The historic Francis Land House was once surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland. It served as the home of Francis Land VI, a wealthy plantation owner from a prominent family in Princess Anne County, Virginia. The house is furnished with a mix of... Read More

Chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1968 with the stated purpose of collecting and preserving the history of Franklin County, Virginia. Staffed by volunteers... Read More

Once a railroad and steamboat hub of commerce, the City of Franklin is a laid-back cousin to larger cities in the Coastal Virginia region. The welcoming Visitor Center, in the old railroad depot, is in the heart of the historic area. You'll find a va... Read More

Frascati, built in 1821-23 for Supreme Court justice and statesman Philip Pendleton Barbour, is one of the architectural monuments of the Piedmont. With its detailed specifications surviving, the Orange County house is also among the region's best do... Read More

Housed in historic Town Hall/Market House (c. 1816), FAM's collection of objects span more than ten thousand years of history! Ranging from Native American artifacts to Black Lives Matter posters, the objects support the vast and rich stories of our ... Read More

Fredericksburg is among the most famous battles of the Civil War. On December 13, 1862, General Ambrose E. Burnside launched a series of brave but futile attacks against General Robert E. Lee's position on the heights behind town. Lee's men, posted ... Read More

The Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail follows the stories and sites of the local Civil Rights movement and highlights the role of Black residents in Fredericksburg's history. Our timeline for this tour begins at the end of the Civil War in 1865. F... Read More

This exhibition explores the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, visitors will discover how Virginia's people ... Read More

The Freedom House Museum is what remains of a large complex dedicated to trafficking thousands of Black men, women, and children from 1828 - 1861. Slavery, race-based laws, and racial terror erased and diminished African American history and contribu... Read More