• Fish Or Cut Bait

    Summer camp kids get to experience a lot of outdoor activities that were essential for survival on the early American frontier

    Fish Or Cut Bait

  • 100% Wool

    April lambs quickly grow into sheep that will provide wool to be cleaned, carded, dyed, spun into yarn, woven into cloth, and ultimately turned into clothing or other textile products

    100% Wool

  • Easy As Pie

    Cooking and baking were an integral part of cultural activities on the early American Frontier

    Easy As Pie

  • Airing Our Dirty Laundry

    Every household chore on the early frontier was a challenge when compared to today

    Airing Our Dirty Laundry

  • Toddler & Preschooler Program

    Bring your toddler or preschooler to the Museum on select Saturdays to participate in activities and traditions associated with different cultural heritages.  Activities will vary each week. Please check the calendar for

    Toddler & Preschooler Program

  • Private Event Venues

    Looking for a special place to host your private event? The Frontier Culture Museum is pleased to be able to rent spaces to guests for use with their own privately hosted special events, and the success of each and every

    Private Event Venues

  • Permanent Exhibits

    To tell the story of early immigrants and their American descendants, the Museum has moved or reproduced examples of traditional rural buildings from England, Germany, Ireland, West Africa, and America. The Museum engages

    Permanent Exhibits

2020 Special Events

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Plan Your Trip

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Exhibits

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We Stand Together

The Frontier Culture Museum supports the Governor's call on all Virginians to join together and renew our commitment to working for justice and fair treatment in our communities.  We stand in solidarity with those who have been tirelessly fighting for racial equality across all aspects of American society for many years.  Recent events punctuate centuries of institutionalized injustice and oppression that we must work together to correct. As an organization founded on the basis of educating the citizens of Virginia, we recognize that we have an important opportunity to contribute to the creation of real change within our society. Education can encourage people to reexamine deeply held beliefs. As an educational institution, we will use this powerful tool to expand knowledge about the existence and conditions of the slave economy in Virginia, the culture and contributions of Africans and African Americans, and to urge visitors and students to consider the legacy of past political, social, and economic systems on the black community and on all citizens of America today. We have developed an expanded educational narrative that will reflect, in more detail,  issues relating to race, gender, and societal and economic disparities during the 200 year long timeline covered here at the Museum.  You will see it reflected in the historical content our interpreters provide, in the materials you read on site, and throughout our digital footprint. We believe gaining a deeper understanding regarding the historical origins of our current cultural injustices will help unite all Virginians in the efforts to eradicate them.  … Read More

Volunteer

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Support

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Private Event Rentals

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