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Waynesboro Heritage Museum | 420 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, Va. 22980
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm | Admission: Free! | 540-943-3943
Exhibitions
Rotating Exhibit Gallery
Here are the rotating exhibits currently on display:
“‘Flowers on the Wall’: A Tribute to Lew DeWitt and his Music”
From his days with the Statler Brothers, beginning in 1955, through his solo career, this new exhibit, produced from a partnership between Judy Wells DeWitt and the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation, celebrates the life and musical career of Lew DeWitt.
Although Lew and his family moved to Staunton when he was a child, in his later years he called Waynesboro home. Lew embraced Waynesboro and Waynesboro embraced Lew. His six yearly concerts in Ridgeview Park in the 1980s, as part of Summer Extravaganza, helped ingratiate himself with Waynesboro. In fact, he was so well loved in the community that in 1992, two years after his death, Waynesboro dedicated DeWitt Boulevard in his honor.
The exhibit will run until April 2025 (subject to change), and is open — free of charge — from 10am-5pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
“A Century of Service”
In 2025, the Waynesboro Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs will both celebrate their 100th anniversaries in the community. The new exhibit at the Waynesboro Heritage Museum, “A Century of Service,” celebrates this milestone for the clubs, and will be on display until early 2025. Each club, in conjunction with the Waynesboro Heritage Museum staff, provided written histories and club artifacts for the new exhibit, that document and highlight a century of their service to the Waynesboro community.
Come visit the museum and learn about the impact two remarkable organizations have had on Waynesboro!
The exhibit will run until January 2025, and is open — free of charge — from 10am-5pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
“Out of the Archives”
Out of the Archives is a new permanent exhibit showcasing individual artifacts and records that the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation has that may otherwise not find their way into a larger exhibit.
Items will be rotated through periodically, so make sure you come back to see what new artifacts are on display.
Permanent Exhibit Gallery
As always, don’t forget to check out our permanent exhibit gallery, where you will learn about:
- Early Waynesboro and Basic City
- The role of railroads in the history of Waynesboro
- Waynesboro education
- Waynesboro industry
- “Memorable Waynesboro” and the history of local entertainment and hospitality in the Valley
- Fishburne Pharmacy
- Early banking in Waynesboro
- A special exhibit highlighting “Early Entrepreneurs of Waynesboro”