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  • MUSEUM TO FEATURE LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

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

    The Mathews Museum will recognize Mathews County’s local business women as the nation celebrates Women’s History Month in March, with an informational speakers panel at the Museum, March 21 at […]

  • Grand Re-Opening of Thomas James Store

    Thomas James Store 44 Maple Ave, Mathews, VA, United States

    The Mathews County Historical Society announces the re-opening of ca. 1820 Thomas James Store, one of the best-preserved country stores in southeast. The store was the recipient of Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Funds by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, administered by Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The store has been lifted, […]

  • Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and the Virginians

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

    “Founding Frenemies:Hamilton and the Virginians” is a traveling exhibit on loan from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, will be at the Mathews Museum for 6 weeks, from April 14 through May 26.The exhibit complements Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning Broadway production of “HAMILTON,” which tells the story of Alexander Hamilton’s relationships with George Washington, Thomas […]

  • Give Me Liberty Traveling Exhibition

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

    Give Me Liberty Traveling Exhibition, on loan from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation will explore the unique and essential Virginia people, events, and sites that helped bring liberty and democracy to a nation. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this […]

  • May Faire 2025- A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices & Wharfs

    Mathews, VA, United States

    Friday, Saturday, May 2 & 3, May Faire 2025 “A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices and Wharfs” This year, a two-day county fair-type of event, with crafters, food trucks, and entertainment, a children’s corner, Pound Cake contest, photography contest  and our traditional May Pole dance. May Faire is sponsored by the Mathews Museum, which […]

  • May Faire, A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices & Wharfs

    Mathews, VA, United States

    Kick off the Spring season with May Faire, in Mathews County, Virginia, the first weekend of May every year; join us for a community heritage festival. The 2025 May Faire theme will be A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices & Wharfs. The county’s 7th annual  spring heritage festival will feature a “county fair” atmosphere […]

  • Mathews Museum to Host Presentation on Historic Williams Wharf

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

    As part of May Faire, join the Mathews Museum to hear Pam Muffelman speak about the history of Williams Wharf Landing from the 1600s to present day! This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. Local historian and longtime Mathews resident Pam Muffelman will lead the presentation, guiding attendees […]

  • Hope for the Chesapeake: Another 100 Hours Beneath the Bay

    Williams Wharf Landing 1039 Williams Wharf Road, Mathews, VA, United States

    Hope for the Chesapeake: Another 100 Hours Beneath the Bay... Meet the Team! This May, a team of marine scientists, filmmakers, and divers will spend another 100 hours underwater off Gwynn’s Island to revisit and update the landmark 1954 National Geographic Chesapeake Bay expedition performed by Mathews’ own Gilbert Klingel.  Join the MLC & the […]

  • VA250 All America Concert

    Harry M. Ward Auditorium - Mathews High School 9889 Buckley Hall Rd, Mathews, VA, United States

    The Mathews VA250 Committee is pleased to co-sponsor, along with the Mathews Museum and the Mathews County Historical Society, a concert at Mathews High School, featuring The Courthouse Community Orchestra, […]

  • Battle of Cricket Hill Ceremony

    Morningstar Marinas 249 Mill Point Road, Mathews, VA, United States

    Join the Sons of the American Revolution, Richard Henry Lee Chapter, for the Cricket Hill Ceremony, promptly at 10 am. On July 8, 1776, Gen. Andrew Lewis and Virginia militia […]

  • Author Talk @ the Library

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

    Historian Jon Kukla, will deliver a lecture entitled “Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty.” Patrick Henry is remembered today mostly for one line from his speech: “Give me liberty or give me death.” This is a shame because he was one of the leading patriots of the Revolutionary era, Virginia’s first governor after independence, a powerful […]

  • Bay Quilters Exhibition

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

    MATHEWS MUSEUM TO REOPEN, FEATURING BAY QUILTERS EXHIBITION  The Mathews Museum reopens September 5, 2025 after 2 months of renovation.  The  Museum’s first major exhibit will feature, “The Art of the Quilt,” sponsored by the Mathews Bay Quilters Guild. The exhibit showcases the talent of fabric artists and ranges from full-sized quilts to small items […]

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