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Waynesboro Heritage Museum | 420 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, Va. 22980
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm | Admission: Free! | 540-943-3943
Welcome.
At the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation and its museums, we preserve the history of Waynesboro and the immediate surrounding area.
Come visit us.
The Museum
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum portrays the history of Waynesboro through permanent and rotating exhibit galleries at two museums: the Waynesboro Heritage Museum in downtown Waynesboro and the early-19th century Plumb House. Permanent panels within each gallery reiterate the city’s history from the Beverley Grant under King George II of England in 1797, early Teasville (Teesville), and Waynesboro’s namesake, Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, Basic City, Railroads, Education, Industry, Memorable Waynesboro, Postcard Gallery, Fishburne Drug Store, and Banks of Waynesboro.
Current Exhibits
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum’s permanent gallery is complemented by a newly renovated rotating modular exhibit space that allows the museum to display several temporary rotating exhibits simultaneously, as well as a new “Out of the Archives” permanent exhibit space. The following exhibits are currently on display in the rotating gallery:
- “Foundations of Hope: Celebrating a Century of Waynesboro’s Rosenwald School and its Community”
- “Until the Cows Come Home: The Lost Town of Basic City and the Struggle that Built a Consolidated Waynesboro”
- “Out of the Archives”
Plan Your Visit
Admission
Always free!
Main Museum Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Thursday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Friday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Plumb House Hours
From April 11, 2024 until October, the Plumb House will be open every Thursday from 10am – 1pm. You can also call the museum at 540-943-3943 to make an appointment.
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
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View from Fishburne (Part 2)![]()
Looking south from the new (at the time), Fishburne Military School Barracks. This is a partially color tinted card showing part of Waynesboro's residential section south of Fishburne Military School#FromTheArchivesh#localhistorymuseumu#localhistorymatterst#waynesboroheritagemuseumvae#waynesborovaorova
View from Fishburne (Part 1)![]()
This postcard image shows an early view of Waynesboro, possibly from the upper area of Fishbune Military School. This unique view shows three early church buildings: (right side) First Baptist Church, (left side) first Presbyterian Church and (just above and to the right) Grace Lutheran Church. All of these churches are active today but in new buildings. The First Baptist and First Presbyterian Churches continue in about the same locations as this image. Grace Lutheran Church moved south, down Wayne Avenue and built its new church where the Old Brunswick Inn had been located. #FromTheArchives #localhistorymuseum #localhistorymatters #waynesboroheritagemuseumva #waynesborova
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum has this beautiful quilt hanging in the reception area. It was created for the Waynesboro Bicentennial. Next to the quilt is a sign that states in 1996, the Community Consortium consisted of: Melissa Barnhart, rose Breithaupt, Bobbie Champaign, Marie Critzer, Ethel Davis, Marion Davis, Mary Eckenrode, Meg Eton, Joanne Garcia, Julia Goodrich, Irene Gutekunst, Carol Harlow, Beth Hollen, Christine Hourigan, Jean Hughes, Shirley Hunt, Mary Johns, Ruth Kovarick, Reggie Landes, Nancy Layne, Joan Leake, Ethel Paris, Dianne Reasons, Betty Rusmiselle, Dot Sara, Wendy Shank, Virginia Simpson, June Still, and Daisy Schrock. ![]()
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In min-July the museum received the gift of a photograph of Bobbie Champaign holding the square of the Fishburne Military School, that she had created for this quilt. The is staff is very grateful of this gift, but it has also reminded us that we do not know who created the other squares. If anyone know the creator of the other squares, the museum staff would love to know who they are. ![]()
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Latest News & Events
New Plumb House Hours
As we make our way out of another winter hibernation, the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is reopening the Plumb House Museum on a scheduled basis. Beginning April 11, 2024, the Plumb House will be open from 10am-1pm each Thursday. These hours will run from April through October 2024. As always, the Plumb House is also open…
New Exhibit: “Foundations of Hope”
“Celebrating a Century of Waynesboro’s Rosenwald School and its Community” When Booker T. Washington, who had a vision to improve education facilities for rural African-American communities in the American South, joined forces with Julius Rosenwald (president of Sears, Roebuck & Co.) who was looking to find new ways to extend his philanthropic generosity, their partnership…
New Exhibit: “Until the Cows Come Home”
“The Lost Town of Basic City and the Struggle that Built a Consolidated Waynesboro” Opening October 14, 2023, in conjunction with a renovated temporary exhibit space, is a brand new exhibit at the Waynesboro Heritage Museum that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the merger of Waynesboro and Basic City. On August 7, 1923, the townspeople…
New permanent exhibit: “Out of the Archives”
Waynesboro has a deep and rich history. The Waynesboro Heritage Foundation has been fortunate over the years to have been entrusted by the community with its many artifacts, records, stories, and memories that document our city’s collective history. In fact, did you know that the Museum holds over 13,000 items? However, with limited exhibit space…
‘The Timeless Tunnel’
The Blue Ridge Tunnel recently opened as a new and amazing attraction in Virginia by using a long-abandoned and almost forgotten feat of engineering.
Membership Meeting
Walter A. Wilson, III received his B.S. in political science from James Madison University and his J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law in 1982.