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Visit Places Discovered » Museums http://www.placesdiscovered.com Historic Sites, State Parks and Museums Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:53:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Herndon Depot Museum :: Herndon, VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/07/herndon-depot-museum-herndon-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/07/herndon-depot-museum-herndon-va/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:10:35 +0000 SynaVista http://www.placesdiscovered.com/?p=377 Dating back to the 1850s, the Herndon Depot Museum served as a train station in the dairy community until 1968. Today, it houses railroad memorabilia, information on Commander William Lewis Herndon, for whom the town was named, artifacts from the U.S.S. Herndon destroyer from WWII, and other historical contributions from local residents.

]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/07/herndon-depot-museum-herndon-va/feed/ 0 Claude Moore Colonial Farm :: McLean, VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/04/claude-moore-colonial-farm-mclean-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/04/claude-moore-colonial-farm-mclean-va/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:51:35 +0000 SynaVista http://www.placesdiscovered.com/?p=358 The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run is a living history museum that portrays family life on a small, low-income farm just prior to the Revolutionary War. The costumed characters portray a fictional family from the year 1771, and remain in character as they invite you to step back in time with them as a new friend or neighbor who is dropping by to visit. Visitors can participate in programs and learn what it was like to live on a tobacco farm in the late 18th century.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/04/claude-moore-colonial-farm-mclean-va/feed/ 0 Smithsonian Naturalist Center :: Leesburg, VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/smithsonian-naturalist-center-leesburg-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/smithsonian-naturalist-center-leesburg-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:58:51 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=166 The Naturalist Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, invites visitors to use its 36,000 object hands-on collection of natural history objects, books, and scientific equipment. Identify natural objects and curiosities, draw work on school projects, or just browse.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/smithsonian-naturalist-center-leesburg-va/feed/ 0 Winmill Carriage Museum :: Leesburg VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/winmill-carriage-museum-leesburg-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/winmill-carriage-museum-leesburg-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:19:58 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=181 Take a trip into the past by visiting the Winmill Carriage Collection at Morven Park. You will see a wide variety of antique vehicles used between the mid 1800’s and the early 1900’s. See how suburbanites commuted to the city in Dennett and Stanhope Gigs. These vehicles were donated by the late Voila Townsend Winmill of Warrenton, Virginia in 1967 and include many of the 120 carriages she collected over a period of forty years.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/winmill-carriage-museum-leesburg-va/feed/ 0 National Air and Space Museum – Udvar Hazy Center :: Chantilly, VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/national-air-and-space-museum-udvar-hazy-center-chantilly-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/national-air-and-space-museum-udvar-hazy-center-chantilly-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:02 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=176 The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The museum provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/national-air-and-space-museum-udvar-hazy-center-chantilly-va/feed/ 0 Stonewall Jackson Headquarters Museum :: Winchester VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/stonewall-jackson-headquarters-museum-winchester-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/stonewall-jackson-headquarters-museum-winchester-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:09:33 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=171 The museum is interpreted to honor the memory of General Jackson’s military genius as Robert E. Lee’s most valuable officer. His sincerity and valor moved men’s spirits to follow him against any odds. General Jackson’s office is essentially the same as when he used it, so it does preserve the essence of his surroundings at that time.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/stonewall-jackson-headquarters-museum-winchester-va/feed/ 0 Museum of the Shenandoah Valley II :: Winchester VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-ii-winchester-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-ii-winchester-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:00:18 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=161 The Museum of the Shenandoah Vally displays the art, history, and culture of the Valley. This museum complex includes six acres of spectacular gardens, a historic house dating to the 18th century, and a new museum built in 2005. Plan to spend the better part of the day experience all this site has to offer.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-ii-winchester-va/feed/ 0 Museum of the Shenandoah Valley :: Winchester VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-winchester-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-winchester-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:56:38 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=156 The Museum of the Shenandoah Vally displays the art, history, and culture of the Valley. This museum complex includes six acres of spectacular gardens, a historic house dating to the 18th century, and a new museum built in 2005. Plan to spend the better part of the day experience all this site has to offer.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/museum-of-the-shenandoah-valley-winchester-va/feed/ 0 Old Court House Civil War Museum:: Winchester VA http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/old-court-house-civil-war-museum-winchester-va/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/old-court-house-civil-war-museum-winchester-va/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:48:41 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=151 The Old Court House in Wincheseter, VA was built in 1840 and replaced the original courthouse built in 1741. During the Civil War it served as both a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers and a prison. The courthouse was built to serve the citizens of Winchester and Frederick County, and did so until 1984 when the Frederick-Winchester Judicial Center opened.

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]]> http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/old-court-house-civil-war-museum-winchester-va/feed/ 0 National Museum of Civil War Medicine :: Frederick MD http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/national-museum-of-civil-war-medicine-frederick-md/ http://www.placesdiscovered.com/2009/02/national-museum-of-civil-war-medicine-frederick-md/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:43:14 +0000 SynaVista http://www.synavista.com/programs/PD/?p=146 The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is the premiere repository of exhibits and artifacts devoted to the technological and procedural advances made in the medical field between 1861-1865. Interactive educational programs, exhibits, seminars and lectures provide the knowledge that Civil War medicine connects us not only to our past, but is the scientific and historical link to our present and our future.

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