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Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Staunton, VA

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Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia

An open-air living history museum in Staunton showing daily life of settlers and enslaved Africans in the Shenandoah Valley.

1290 Richmond Rd, Staunton, VA 24401 · Staunton, VA

About Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia

Set on a large tract near Staunton, this open-air living history museum is presented as the biggest of its kind in the Shenandoah Valley. Its exhibits recreate farm households from several regions, where costumed interpreters demonstrate customs of Native American peoples in Virginia, German, English and Irish settlers arriving along the Great Wagon Road, and enslaved Africans forced to the colony. Visitors can watch or join activities such as blacksmithing, woodworking, tailoring and yarn spinning. Heritage-breed farm animals appear across the Old World and American exhibits, and the grounds include paved walking trails. The museum also runs education programs, events and seasonal gatherings.

  • #living history
  • #open-air museum
  • #Shenandoah Valley
  • #family-friendly
  • #hands-on activities

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