Event Type: History & Museums

Across the Pond: American & British Art from the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection presents Regency-era portraits, landscapes, and furniture acquired by Museum benefactor Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992).

Open Tues – Sun

African Americans have contributed to the shaping of the Shenandoah Valley for more than 300 years and their influence can be found throughout the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection. With art, objects, and documents, Contributions tells the stories of those who endured enslavement, resisted oppression, and achieved success.

Open Tues – Sun

Across the Pond: American & British Art from the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection presents Regency-era portraits, landscapes, and furniture acquired by Museum benefactor Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992).

Open Tues – Sun

African Americans have contributed to the shaping of the Shenandoah Valley for more than 300 years and their influence can be found throughout the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection. With art, objects, and documents, Contributions tells the stories of those who endured enslavement, resisted oppression, and achieved success.

Open Tues – Sun

Join a special guided tour focusing on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored in the Presbyterian Manse where Woodrow Wilson was born. Offered Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Admission is $25 per person with no discounts or special offers. Your ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the museum, which includes the WWI trench exhibit and the Pierce-Arrow limousine.

Tickets may be purchased in our gift shop upon arrival. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early if you wish to take this tour.

Experience the passion and ideals that inspired a revolution and the birth of a new nation through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson and his good friend, fellow revolutionary and political rival, John Adams, and Adams’ wife, Abigail.  Held at the historic Academy Center of Arts in downtown Lynchburg.

Admission is $35 per person for adults (18+) and $20 for youth (17 & under).

Join Poplar Forest’s archaeologists for a walking tour focused on the latest archaeological dig sites and discoveries on the plantation, including a rare up-close look at some of the artifacts in the Poplar Forest Archaeology Lab.

Admission is $25 (reservations are encouraged as there are limited spots on the tour).  Tours available at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Join Poplar Forest’s African American Advisory Group, interpretation and archaeology staff, and the Board of Directors to celebrate, recognize and remember the men, women and children of the enslaved community at Poplar Forest. The free, family-oriented event features musical performances, historic interpreters, book talks and more on the grounds of Poplar Forest. Enjoy a catered lunch for $5 per person.

Across the Pond: American & British Art from the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection presents Regency-era portraits, landscapes, and furniture acquired by Museum benefactor Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992).

Open Tues – Sun

African Americans have contributed to the shaping of the Shenandoah Valley for more than 300 years and their influence can be found throughout the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection. With art, objects, and documents, Contributions tells the stories of those who endured enslavement, resisted oppression, and achieved success.

Open Tues – Sun

Join a special guided tour focusing on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored in the Presbyterian Manse where Woodrow Wilson was born. Offered Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Admission is $25 per person with no discounts or special offers. Your ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the museum, which includes the WWI trench exhibit and the Pierce-Arrow limousine.

Tickets may be purchased in our gift shop upon arrival. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early if you wish to take this tour.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Across the Pond: American & British Art from the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection presents Regency-era portraits, landscapes, and furniture acquired by Museum benefactor Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992).

Open Tues – Sun

African Americans have contributed to the shaping of the Shenandoah Valley for more than 300 years and their influence can be found throughout the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection. With art, objects, and documents, Contributions tells the stories of those who endured enslavement, resisted oppression, and achieved success.

Open Tues – Sun

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Join a special guided tour focusing on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored in the Presbyterian Manse where Woodrow Wilson was born. Offered Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Admission is $25 per person with no discounts or special offers. Your ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the museum, which includes the WWI trench exhibit and the Pierce-Arrow limousine.

Tickets may be purchased in our gift shop upon arrival. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early if you wish to take this tour.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

Celebrate the advent of the Christmas season in Jeffersonian style at Poplar Forest. Explore the president’s cherished hideaway by candlelight on this hour-long holiday tour. See how early Americans decorated with fresh greens for the holidays as your guide paints intimate portraits of the Jefferson family’s celebration and Christmas at the Quarter Site, drawn from true stories and anecdotes discovered in Jefferson’s letters and diaries. The tour is followed by hot cider and cookies in the Museum Shop.

Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required.

African Americans have contributed to the shaping of the Shenandoah Valley for more than 300 years and their influence can be found throughout the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Collection. With art, objects, and documents, Contributions tells the stories of those who endured enslavement, resisted oppression, and achieved success.

Open Tues – Sun

Across the Pond: American & British Art from the Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection presents Regency-era portraits, landscapes, and furniture acquired by Museum benefactor Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992).

Open Tues – Sun

Join a special guided tour focusing on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored in the Presbyterian Manse where Woodrow Wilson was born. Offered Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Admission is $25 per person with no discounts or special offers. Your ticket also includes a self-guided tour of the museum, which includes the WWI trench exhibit and the Pierce-Arrow limousine.

Tickets may be purchased in our gift shop upon arrival. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early if you wish to take this tour.