All Aboard the Culpeper Express! The museum will host a special holiday program for children ages 2 and up during Sunday Funday for Kids on Sunday, December 8, at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Participants will board the historic caboose, where they will punch their golden ticket while enjoying a cup of warm cocoa provided […]
Join us on Tuesday, January 7 at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! 19th Century Photographer Greg Farley takes you on a journey back to the days of the Civil War Photographers. Greg will expose you to what life was like to be a Civil War Photographer and how it changed the […]
January 2025 – a new day, a new month, a new year, a new quarter century! Come explore the concept of time and the way we measure it. Participants will get to create a yearly calendar with various holidays on it and then construct a sand timer to take home. “Elementary Explorers” is an interactive […]
Join us on Tuesday, February 11 at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! The Museum is excited to once again collaborate with members of the African American Heritage Alliance. Panelists Angela Chapman, Charles Jamison, Jane Pollard, and Moderator Zann Nelson will address the commitment and activism required and delivered by the Black […]
Join us on Tuesday, March 4 at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! The Civil War helped to establish the role of nurses as we know it today. Join the Museum of Culpeper History as we celebrate Women’s History Month and learn about several women who helped define this ever-evolving position during […]
Join John Christiansen, Executive Director of the Museum of Culpeper History, for a guided combination driving/ walking tour of sites on the Kelly's Ford battlefield on Saturday, March 16. The tour will start at 9:30 AM at the C.F. Phelps WMA boat ramp parking lot at 6430 Kellys Ford Road in Remington. The tour is […]
Have you ever heard of Grace Sherwood, Peter Francisco, Mary Richards, or John Henry? They were Virginians whose stories have become legendary. Help the team of Legendary Virginians find the tools they need to complete their mission all week from March 15 through March 22. Join us for a special Virginia Legends presentation at 2:00 […]
This summer is the 250th anniversary of the creation of the Culpeper Minutemen militia. Join us as local historian Dennis Loba discusses the typical clothing, weapons, and accouterments worn and used by local colonists before and at the beginning of the American Revolution. This program will be held at the museum. Space is limited so […]
Did you know that Culpeper played an important role in supporting the revolutionary cause in Virginia and in the events that influenced American independence? Learn about the people, places, and events shaped by Culpeper's patriots and see how these activities were written into the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and other founding documents […]
Explore the largest quantity of dinosaur footprints discovered in North America! Each year the Museum partners with the local Luck Stone Quarry to provide a public access day to view Culpeper’s famous dinosaur footprints! More than 215 million years ago, giant beasts roamed the region we call home today. Then, in 1989, evidence of their […]