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  • Movie Night at the Museum: “State Fair”

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Movie Night at the Museum, Friday, March 8, will open with a brief historical slide presentation  of the nearly 40 years of County Fairs that were held in Mathews beginning […]

  • Tompkins Cottage Open

    Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United States

    Open April 6th – October 26th! The cottage, which is headquarters for the Mathews County Historical Society, is named for Christopher Tompkins, a local sea captain, planter, local merchant, and […]

  • Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker Unveiling & Dedication

    First Baptist Church 9654 Buckley Hall Road, Mathews, VA, United States

    Join the Mathews County Historical Society, the Mathews NAACP, and the First Baptist Church, for the Unveiling and Dedication of the Flights to Freedom Historic Highway Marker. This event is free and […]

  • Summer Lecture Series

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    The Mathews Museum will host a discussion of the use of silver in the colonial period. The presentation will be in the Museum’s newly renovated and updated media room. It is open to the public and there is no charge for this event. The presentation will provide an overview of the history of the use […]

  • Presentation: General James Henry Lane: Soldier & Educator

    Mathews Memorial Library 251 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Dr. John A. Coulter II will give a public presentation entitled, “General James Henry Lane: Soldier and Educator” on Thursday, June 13, 2024. He will speak at 7 p.m. at Mathews Memorial Library, 251 Main Street, Mathews. General James Henry Lane, a Mathews County native, was the youngest general in the Army of Northern Virginia. […]

  • Public Opening of the Thomas Hunley General Store & Post Office

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    General stores and post offices were both a mainstay and a way of life in Mathews County years ago. They were the gathering spots and the epicenters of each of […]

  • Movie Night at the Museum: Happy Homes & Fertile Farms

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Join the Mathews Historical Museum for a free Movie Night at the Museum! This month, enjoy a 25th anniversary showing of a 1999 film “Mathews County: Happy Homes and Fertile Farms on Smiling Waters” by the late Eugene C. Hudgins of Mathews. Mr. Hudgins created this 111-minute historical overview of Mathews County, and in his […]

  • What Is It?

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Bring your ceramics, arrowheads, pottery, and other artifacts, to the Mathews Historical Museum to have them identified. This annual event is co-hosted by the Mathews Historical Museum and the Fairfield Foundation. There is no charge for this event. On site will be a special guest, antiquities authority William (Bill) Pitman, formerly Curator of Archaeological Collections […]

  • Afternoon Tea & Fashion Show

    Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Join the Mathews Historical Museum for an afternoon of tea and fashion! In conjunction with the VA250 American Revolution activities in Mathews, the Mathews Museum will host Martha Washington and Abigail Adams as they “spill the tea.” Enjoy unlimited amounts of hot tea served with cream and sweeteners, accompanied by numerous types of savories and […]

    $35

  • CANCELED: Lighthouse Keepers of Mathews County: Presentation by Benn Trask

    Mathews Memorial Library 251 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    *THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED* Benn Trask, noted historian, educator, Marine Corps veteran, librarian and museum curator, is the author of numerous books, including academic works on the Virginia Civil War regimental histories series. Most recently, he has written “Lighthouses of Hampton Roads: A History,” on the eleven light stations of Southeastern Virginia. Free and […]

  • Forgotten Black Patriots, Loyalists, and Women

    Mathews Memorial Library 251 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United States

    Discover the mostly forgotten history of free and enslaved African Americans during the American Revolution. Learn about the events in 1775 that led Virginia Governor Dunmore to issue a proclamation freeing enslaved people owned by patriots in exchange for joining the British troops. Why did enslaved people risk their lives for freedom in places like […]

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