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| 1 Blue Ridge Farm Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: A part of the Blue Ridge Institute on the campus of Ferrum College, the Farm museum has limited hours for walk-ins, but group tour reservations may be made at other times. Some tours are limited to l | Address Ferrum College PO Box 1000 Ferrum, Virginia 24088 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Southwestern Virginia, Closest City: Roanoke (35 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 40 to US 220 Closest Airport: Roanoke Regional ROA | Contact Phone 703 365-4416 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Claude Moore Colonial Farm Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Working tenant farm as it would have been in 1771. Costumed interpreters play the characters of the farmer and his wife. | Address 6310 Georgetown Pike McLean , Virginia 22101 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Washington, DC (10 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 193 to I-495 Closest Airport: Washington Reagan National DCA | Contact Phone 703 442-7557 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Colonial Williamsburg | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: This is pretty much where living history as it is known today began. According to the web site, Colonial Williamsburg has more than 3500 employees and dozens of buildings and programs. | Address Visitor Center 100 Visitor Center Drive Williamsburg, Virginia | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Richmond (55 mi) Closest Interstate: I-64 Closest Airport: Newport News PHF | Contact Phone 757 229-1000 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Fort Monroe Casemate Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Current Fort Monroe is the third fort on the site. The museum offers access to a series of the casemates and history of the Army Coast Artillery Corps | Address 20 Bernard Rd PO Box 51341 Fort Monroe, Virginia 23651 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Newport News Closest Interstate: US 258, I-64 exit 268 Closest Airport: Newport News PHF | Contact Phone 757 788-3391 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Fort Ward Museum and Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: One of a system of forts constructed to protect Washington, D. C. during the Civil War. It contains the remains of the earthen fort, restored bastion, reconstructed officers hut, and a museum | Address 4301 W Braddock Rd Alexandria, Virginia 22304 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Washington, DC (8 mi) Closest Interstate: I-395 exit 4 Closest Airport: Washington Reagan National DCA | Contact Phone 703 838-4848 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Frontier Culture Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Three farms brought over from Europe (German, Scotch, English) explain the cultural backgrounds of many early settlers, and an American Frontier Culture farm demonstrates a daily life 1840-1860. | Address 1250 Richmond Ave PO Box 810 Staunton, Virginia 24402 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Charlottesville (40 mi) Closest Interstate: US 250, I-81 exit 222 Closest Airport: Shenandoah Valley SHD | Contact Phone 540 332-7850 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Gunston Hall Plantation | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Home of George Mason, who authored the Virginia Declaration of Rights, one of the intellectual underpinnings of the American Revolution. Property includes reconstructed slave quarters | Address 10709 Gunston Rd Lorton, Virginia 22079 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Washington, DC (25 mi) Closest Interstate: I-95 exit 161 Closest Airport: Washington Reagan National DCA | Contact Phone 703 550-9220 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Jamestown Settlement | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Re-created 1607 fort with costumed interpreters, Powhatan village, and re-created 17th century ships on the waterfront | Address Jamestown, Virginia | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Williamsburg (5 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 614 to I-64 Closest Airport: Newport News PHF | Contact Phone 757 253-4838 Toll free 888 593-4682 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Sully Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Large country home built in 1794 | Address 3601 Sully Road Chantilly, Virginia 20151 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Washington, DC (25 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 28 to US 50, I-66 Closest Airport: Washington Dulles IAD | Contact Phone 703 437-1794 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Yorktown Victory Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Indoor museum of the American Revolution with a film of a revolutionary army encampment, outdoor recreated Continental Army encampment and 18th century farm, both with costumed interpreters. Special | Address Route 238 Yorktown, Virginia | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Newport News (27 mi) Closest Interstate: US 17, I-64 exit 247 Closest Airport: Newport News PHF | Contact Phone 757 253-4838 Toll free 888 593-4682 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Fort Wool | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Address 1 Waterside Drive Hampton Roads, Virginia 23570 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Hampton Closest Interstate: on an island in the harbor, I-64 passes over island Closest Airport: Newport News PHF | Contact Phone 757 727-1102 | ||||||||||||
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