December 2018
Christmas at the Museum
Winners of the art raffle will be announced at 4:30 p.m.! There is still time to come by on Saturday and purchase some raffle tickets. Hot cider and cookies will be served, a donation requested. Please come by and select some artful Christmas presents from our collection!
Find out more »July 2020
July 4th Street Picnic
July 4th Street Picnic !! Help celebrate the opening of our new Mathews Museum Shoppe. Come all residents and visitors, JOIN IN THE FUN! A hot dog and chili luncheon will be served open air, at $3.00 per person, adult or child, from 11:00 until 1:30 on Saturday, July 4 at the Museum, 200 Main Street. Raffle winners will be announced at 1:30 pm on July 4th!! Three Raffle Baskets with exciting prizes are being offered by the Mathews Historical Museum. Tickets are: 1 for…
Find out more »October 2020
Hot Dogs and Chili at Mathews Historical Museum
Stop by the Mathews Historical Museum on Halloween for a yummy cookout lunch! Saturday, October 31, 2020, 11am to 3pm, Bring Cash 198 Main Street, Mathews
Find out more »December 2020
Soup and Shop at the Museum
The Mathews Historical Museum invites you to CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS!! "SOUP and SHOP" at the Museum 200 Main Street 11:00 am until 2:00 pm Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12 Museum Retail Shoppe opens at 10:00 a.m. *Corned beef chowder by the quart, $8, pre ordered at the Museum’s web site, www.mathewsvahistoricalmuseum.org Click on the Events bar. Minimum amount of quarts available on site, as supplies last. Pre-orders are requested. *Or send your order via email, to mayfairemathews@gmail.com. Provide your name,…
Find out more »February 2021
March 2021
Pre-St. Patricks Day at the Mathews Museum
A pre-St Patrick's Day event on the 13th, 10-2:00! Corned Beef Soup and Bake Sale $10 per quart, pre-order by March 8 on our website or email us at mayfairemathews@gmail.com or phone in to 804-725-5117, leaving your name, phone number and number of quarts desired. Mathews Woman's Cub will be selling their traditionally scrumptious desserts. Sprays of freshly cut pussywillows will be on sale, and the Museum's Retail Resale Shop will be open. *Notice this event is scheduled for March…
Find out more »COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
Persons age 65 and up March 18, 2021 9:30am - 1:30pm at the Mathews Historical Museum, 200 Main Street, Mathews VA Pre-Register by emailing mathewsnaacp@gmail.com or mathewsnaacpsecretary@gmail.com or calling 757-344-5388 Sponsored by the Mathews NAACP chapter
Find out more »November 2021
Mathews Historical Museum open
Hot 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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Hot 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.
Find out more »Mathews Historical Museum open
Hot 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 as a Mathews waterman.
Find out more »December 2021
Mathews Historical Museum Christmas Indoor Bazaar
An indoor bazaar featuring local craft vendors, offering goods such as baked items and hand crafted items suitable for Christmas giving. The Museum will also offer takeout chili in quarts, at $6, as well as a “dine in” option of a hotdog with chili, chips, water. Takeout orders must be ordered via www.mathewsvamuseum.org by December 8 at 5:00 p.m.
Find out more »April 2022
Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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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Traveling 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.
Find out more »Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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.
Find out more »Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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.
Find out more »Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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.
Find out more »May 2022
Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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.
Find out more »Bay to Belly Exhibit
Traveling 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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