History
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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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May Faire
Mathews Historic Courthouse 27 Court Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesFirst Saturday in May 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. […]
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Holiday Open House
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesTompkins Cottage Museum Holiday Open House 43 Brickbat Rd. Sat., Nov. 19th 10 a.m.-1 p.m. https://www.mathewscountyhistoricalsociety.org/ Tompkins Cottage Museum will be open for visitors and holiday shoppers during the Holiday […]
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Christmas Open House
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesTompkins Cottage Museum Christmas Open House 43 Brickbat Rd. Sat., Dec. 10th 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tompkins Cottage Museum Christmas Open House will be Saturday, December 10th as part of the […]
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Movie Day at the Museum
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesBack by popular demand! A matinee replay of HAPPY HOMES and FERTILE FARMS on SMILING WATERS An original movie, originally produced in 1999 by longtime county resident Eugene C. Hudgins, who narrates […]
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Tompkins Cottage Museum Open
Tompkins Cottage Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, United StatesOpen April 1st - October 28th! The cottage, which is headquarters for the Mathews County Historical Society, is named for Christopher Tompkins, a local sea captain, planter, local merchant, and […]
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Memorial Day Weekend Exhibit
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesThe Mathews Historical Museum will team with the Retired Officers of Mathews County Association (ROMCA) to present a memorabilia display over the Memorial Day Weekend! The display will be open […]
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Movie Night at the Museum
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesJoin the Mathews Historical Museum for a Friday Movie Night! The Museum cordially invites you to a showing of “TAKING FLIGHT,” stories of early Virginia aviation from 1864 to 1940. […]
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Movie Night at the Museum
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesLocal Gloucester resident, Mary Bush Shipko, aviatrix and a violinist in the Courthouse Community Orchestra, is guest speaker at Mathews Historical Museum Movie Night, Friday, July 14. Shipko’s remarks will precede a showing […]
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Movie Night: Horatio’s Drive
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesJoin the Mathews Historical Museum for a free, family-friendly movie night! The Museum is screening the movie "Horatio's Drive." In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a $50 […]
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4th Mathews USLHS Grave Marker Event
Mathews, VA, United StatesSIX LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS TO BE HONORED On Saturday, October 7, volunteers with the nonprofit organization, U.S. Lighthouse Society and its Chesapeake Chapter, will honor six Chesapeake Bay lighthouse keepers in […]
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Afternoon Tea & Fashion Show
Mathews Museum 200 Main Street, Mathews, VA, United StatesJoin the Mathews Historical Museum for an Afternoon Tea & Fashion Show, featuring the "Underside of History," with 17th, 18th and 19th century garments! Tickets are $12 in advance, and […]
