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New Exhibit: “Flowers on the Wall”
In collaboration with Judy Wells DeWitt, the Waynesboro Heritage Museum celebrates the life and music of Lew DeWitt in a new exhibit. The display showcases his time with the Statler Brothers and his solo career, and shares the relationship he built with the Waynesboro community that had adopted him. Come learn more about the man…
New Exhibit: “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…
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.
Featured in the Waynesboro Area History Roundup
Check out this wonderful blog post from the City of Waynesboro featuring local history sites, museums, and tours!
New: The Bob Scates Collection of Civil War Artifacts
We have a new mini exhibit on display in the gift shop. This exhibit showcases our newest donation of Civil War era spurs from a Waynesboro collector. It also features excavated artifacts from Custer’s Camp after the Battle of Waynesboro.
New Black History Month Exhibit
The new Black History Month exhibit: Black Veterans: Sharing Their Histories & Stories is now online. Follow the link here to visit the online exhibit.
‘Camp Lyndhurst’ film highlights forgotten local WW2 history
This feature documentary, from independent film group Alpha Vision Films, explores a little known and fascinating chapter in Virginia history.
Celebrate Black History Month!
This February we are celebrating Black History Month with a new exhibit at the Heritage Museum.
Remembering Waynesboro during World War II
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. In remembrance we have on display in the audio room at the Waynesboro Heritage Museum, a pop-up exhibit about Waynesboro during the War covering War Bond and Stamp Drives and Rationing in Waynesboro. The pop-up exhibit will be up for the remainder of…