History
Events
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Boat Building & Restoration – MMF
Gwynn's Island Boat Shop State Rte 633, Grimstead, VA, United StatesBoat Building & Restoration Mathews Maritime Foundation, Gwynn's Island Boat Shop Ongoing, every Sat. through November, from 9am-Noon At the Gwynn's Island Boat Shop on State Rte 633, Grimstead, VA 23064. Here's a link to find it on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/7YbwVevfUCrr4EQ39 Free Stop in, take up a tool and help, or just watch and learn. […]
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Mathews Historical Museum open
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesHot dogs & chili, chips, water, @ $6, served from 11:00-1:30 New exhibit of memorabilia of Captain Robert Roland Hudgins is featured, a commercial fisherman and menhaden captain. His family has allowed access to his photographs so that residents and visitors may learn about his life as a Mathews waterman.
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Open House
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesTompkins Cottage Museum will be open for visitors during the Holiday Farmers Market on Saturday, November 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The new Christmas ornament of the Mathews County Historical Society will be available for purchase. The 2021 ornament features New Point Comfort Lighthouse, first illuminated in 1805, the third oldest surviving lighthouse […]
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Mathews Historical Museum open
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesHot dogs & chili, chips, water, @ $6, served from 11:00-1:30 Newly introduced exhibit of memorabilia of commercial fisherman and menhaden captain, Robert Roland Hudgins.
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Mathews Historical Museum open
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesHot dogs & chili, chips, water, @ $6, served from 11:00-1:30 Newly introduced exhibit of memorabilia of commercial fisherman and menhaden captain, Robert Roland Hudgins. Captain Hudgins spent over 50 years on the water. His family has generously allowed access to his photographs so that residents and visitors to Mathews can learn about his life […]
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Mathews Historical Museum open
Mathews County Historical Museum PO Box 634, MathewsNew exhibit of memorabilia of Captain Robert Roland Hudgins is featured, a commercial fisherman and menhaden captain. His family has allowed access to his photographs so that residents and visitors may learn about his life as a Mathews waterman.
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Open House
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesTompkins Cottage Museum Christmas Open House will be Saturday, December 11 as part of the Mathews Farmers Christmas Market. The Cottage will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The new Christmas ornament of the Mathews County Historical Society will be available for purchase. The 2021 ornament features New Point Comfort Lighthouse, first illuminated […]
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Gwynn’s Island Museum Open
Gwynn's Island Museum State Rte 633, Gwynn, VA, United StatesVisit the Gwynn's Island Museum Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 1pm-5pm, April - October Gwynn's Island Museum, 1775 Old Ferry Road Gwynn, VA 23076 (804) 725-5022, vistus@gwynnsislandmuseum.org
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Open
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesTompkins Cottage Museum Open Open Saturdays 10 am - 1 pm, April - October The cottage, which is headquarters for the Mathews County Historical Society, is named for Christopher Tompkins, […]
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Thomas James Store Open
Thomas James Store 44 Maple Ave, Mathews, VA, United StatesThomas James Store Open Saturdays, 10 am to 1 pm, April - October Take a self-guided tour of one of the best-preserved early 19th--century stores in the southeastern U.S. This […]
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Bay to Belly Exhibit
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesTraveling exhibit on loan from the Yorktown Watermen’s Museum Displayed at the Mathews Historical Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews Exhibit will be open Saturdays, April 2 through May 28, 10:00am-4:00pm This […]
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Mathews Maritime Museum Open
Mathews Maritime Museum 482 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesOwned and operated by the Mathews Maritime Foundation, the Mathews Maritime Museum houses artifacts, documents, and photographs depicting the history and legacy of Mathews County and the Middle Peninsula of […]
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