History
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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, a local sea captain, planter, local merchant and member of the state legislature. He bought the cottage property in 1837 and is the first known […]
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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 rare commercial structure has retained much of its original fabric; shed-roofed rectangular wings were added around 1900. Interpretive signage explains what the various marks and […]
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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 exhibit teaches us how the Chesapeake Bay sustains us while exploring the relationships among people, aquatic species and foods of the Chesapeake.
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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 Virginia. This area has a varied, rich maritime history from colonial times through today, playing a vital role in all the major events of our […]
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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. This year's festival will be held on Saturday, May 7th on the Historic Courthouse Green. The 2022 May Faire theme will be Celebrating Mathews Watermen. […]
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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 Farmers Market on Saturday, November 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Stop by for a tour and do some holiday shopping for the history […]
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