Museum News
Antebellum Resort to Civil War Town: Ashland Virginia from 1836 to 1865
Posted on Nov 01, 2012 by Nancy.
The museum’s first exhibit, “Antebellum Resort to Civil War Town: Ashland Virginia from 1836 to 1865” takes visitors from Ashland’s beginnings as Slash Cottage railroad resort to its Civil War experience. The exhibit includes a display of the Dawson family and the Civil War bullet they found in a fireplace while renovating an antebellum home [...]
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Documentary Film: “A Railroad Runs Through It”
Posted on Nov 01, 2012 by Nancy.
The Ashland Museum new documentary film about Ashland, “A Railroad Runs Through It: The Unique History of a Virginia Train Town” premiered on Nov. 10, 2012 to great reviews from the audience at Ashland’s Firehouse Theatre. Copies of the video on DVD are now available for sale at the Museum at $10 for Museum Members, [...]
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History Camp – Aug. 12 – 16
Posted on Feb 25, 2013 by Nancy.
Ashland Museum will hold a History Camp for rising 5th and 6th graders, August 12 through 16, 2013. The hours of the camp will be 1 pm to 5 pm except for Friday, when we will have an all-day field trip to Washington’s Smithsonian via Amtrak. Among the other activities planned are a telegraph and [...]
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Support the Museum with your Membership
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 by Nancy.
We greatly appreciate your interest in supporting the Ashland Museum! Please visit our Support page to learn how you can help the Museum. Your support will help us build our fledgling organization, keep the lights on at our new Museum space and the Red Caboose, buy supplies to build exhibits and store archival materials, let [...]
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Volunteering at the Ashland Museum
Posted on Jul 18, 2012 by Nancy.
VOLUNTEERING: We need volunteers! Contact us via our Contact page if you are interested in helping out at the Museum. Here are some of the activities we need volunteers to get involved in: Help us keep the Museum and the Red Caboose open for visitors, 10 am-2 pm on Saturdays and Noon-2 pm on Sundays. [...]