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Join us this Saturday at 3:00!

To kick off a big year for commemorating American history, we invite you to join us on February 28th for a discussion about the early days of the American Revolution. Representatives from the Essex County Museum and Historical Society, and the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society will talk about how these two neighboring counties had two very different approaches to the idea of rebelling against England and King George.

One county was the first in Virginia to send aid to Massachusetts after the British closed Boston Harbor, while the other favored a much more restrained approach.

The panel discussion will take place at the Essex County Museum on Saturday, February 28th at 3:00 pm. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to communications@ecmhs.org

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Essex County Museum & Historical Society Building

ABOUT OUR MUSEUM

Essex and its county seat, Tappahannock, lie on the beautiful Rappahannock River in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. The Essex County Museum, founded in 1996, and the Essex County Historical Society joined forces in 2006 to celebrate the heritage of the town, county, river, and its people and is now the Essex County Museum and Historical Society (ECMHS).

The museum houses a number of exhibits that include pre-historic through modern displays of life in Essex and on the Rappahannock River. In addition to these collections, the museum has a research room with a small library as well as a Gift Shop with handcrafted jewelry, home accessories, art, books, children’s toys and games, and more! All proceeds from the shop benefit ECMHS’s programs and operations.

Outreach is an important component of the museum’s mission and ECMHS collaborates with other museums on the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula to bring a “History on the Go” program to local elementary schools. The Essex County Museum also has a variety of other educational programs that are offered either at the museum or in another venue as well as live and virtual programs throughout the year that are offered to the community.