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Waynesboro Heritage Museum | 420 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, Va. 22980
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm | Admission: Free! | 540-943-3943
At the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation and its museums, we preserve the history of Waynesboro, Virginia and the immediate surrounding area.
Come see us.
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum portrays the history of Waynesboro, Virginia 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), Basic City, Railroads, Education, Industry, “Memorable Waynesboro”: hospitality and entertainment, a postcard gallery, and exhibits on Fishburne Drug Store, Banks of Waynesboro, and Early Entrepreneurs of Waynesboro.
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:
The Waynesboro Heritage Museum is located in Waynesboro, Virginia, in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. (If you are looking for the Waynesboro Historical Society in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, please click here.)
Always free! Donations welcome.
The Plumb House is fully volunteer run, and is not staffed as often during the cold fall and winter months. Please call the museum at 540-943-3943 to make an appointment to visit.
Looking for the spirit of Waynesboro? You have come to the right place.
Admission is always free.
Wednesday was a day of reflection for Ruth Graham (far right in photo) as she thought about the death of her father, the world’s most famous evangelist, Rev. Billy Graham.
There is a small piece of Waynesboro history on New Hope Road. Behind the Purple Foot Restaurant, before you get to the Red Brick House, there is a 1.3 acre plot of city-owned land. It is the oldest cemetery in Waynesboro, the Old Presbyterian Cemetery (aka the Old Community Cemetery, the New Hope Road Cemetery).
For more than 60 years, Durland Mustain was a fixture in downtown Waynesboro where he repaired and sold all types of watches.
The two-time defending Valley League champion Waynesboro Generals are preparing for their 93rd season of baseball in 2015.
One of the most famous letters George Washington wrote was to his wife Martha after he was put in charge of the Continental Army in June, 1775. The letter is not only famous for its content, but is only one of two letters eventually ever found that Washington wrote to his wife.
Travel wasn’t fast or fancy in the 1830’s. A superb horseman and military man, Andrew Jackson made his way from Washington, D.C. to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. It was July 1832 and Jackson was in his fourth year of his first term as President.