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Museum of Culpeper History

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113 Commerce Street
Culpeper, VA 22701 Get Directions
Phone 5408291749
Website https://culpepermuseum.com/?fbclid=IwAR0VfYIAbuunyI-Q5DLdZxbNYrs-3IXy28gC0S7OO8lH_lgkQ9F9uAbB5jg
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Culpeper Minutemen Reunion – Battle of Hampton and Great Bridge Tour

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

This Culpeper Minutemen Reunion Battle of Hampton and Great Bridge Tour will visit sites which made the Culpeper Minute Battalion famous.  The Culpeper Minutemen played the key role in defeating British and Loyalists forces at Hampton and at Great Bridge, which directly led to Virginia’s, and America’s Independence. This full day tour will leave the... Read more »

$80
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The Road to Freedom Started Here: Culpeper County’s “Culpeper Minutemen” Leaders Bus Tour

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

This “Minutemen” Culpeper County Leaders Tour will visit many of the most important historic homes and homesites, while hearing important detailed stories, of Culpeper County’s “Minutemen” leaders along the way. The Culpeper Minute Battalion was like no other, as they were the only Minute Battalion in Virginia to fully form and then respond quickly and... Read more »

$50
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The Road to Freedom Started Here: Orange County’s “Culpeper Minutemen” Leaders Bus Tour

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

This “Minutemen” Orange County Leaders tour will visit many of the most important historic homes and homesites, while hearing important detailed stories of Orange County’s “Minutemen” leaders along the way. The Culpeper Minute Battalion was like no other, as they were the only Minute Battalion in Virginia to fully form and then respond quickly and... Read more »

$50
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The Road to Freedom Started Here: Fauquier County’s ‘Culpeper Minutemen’ Leaders Bus Tour

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

This “Minutemen” Fauquier County Leaders Tour will visit many of the most important historic homes and homesites, while hearing important detailed stories of Fauquier County’s “Minutemen” leaders along the way. The Culpeper Minute Battalion was like no other, as they were the only Minute Battalion in Virginia to fully form and then respond quickly and... Read more »

$50

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Lecture Series – George Washington’s Rocky Path Toward Leadership

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

Join us on Tuesday, September 30, at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! Bestselling Historian Peter Stark joins the Museum of Culpeper History to discuss his book YOUNG WASHINGTON: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father. By weaving together Washington’s harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context, Peter Stark celebrates... Read more »

$5
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How Culpeper (and the Country) Survived World War II: Rationing and the Home Front 1941-45

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

Join us on Tuesday, September 2, at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! Many of us are aware that food and gasoline were rationed in the United States during World War II, but did you know that bicycles and typewriters were rationed, too? American industry shifted from consumer to wartime production for... Read more »

$5

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TEMPORARY EXHIBIT The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette: A Traveling Exhibit Sunday, August 17 – Friday, August 29

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

The American Friends of Lafayette’s six-banner traveling exhibit tells the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy, including his participation in the American Revolution, his critical role in cementing the Franco-American Alliance, his lifelong passion for human rights, including the abolition of slavery, support for women's rights and women authors, religious tolerance, and support for... Read more »

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LECTURE SERIES: Lafayette: Idealist General

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

Join us on Tuesday, August 12, at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! August is the 200th Anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Culpeper in 1825 as a guest of the nation. Join us this month as journalist and historian Marc Leepson discusses the life of the Marquis de Lafayette... Read more »

$5

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Culpeper Wizarding Express Mini Escape Room

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

Magic is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Culpeper's Wizard Weekend. It's an event like no other, and we want you to be there! The Culpeper Wizarding Express Mini Escape Room! You have taken the Culpeper Wizarding Express to the World Hexball Championships, only to realize you left your... Read more »

$15 – $75
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Lecture Series – The Road to Freedom Started Here

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

Join us on Tuesday, July 1, at 6:30 PM as the museum continues its lecture series! During Virginia’s struggle for independence in 1775, Virginia’s Third Convention established Sixteen Virginia Military Districts, including the Culpeper District (Counties of Orange, Culpeper, and Fauquier). Culpeper’s District quickly formed the Culpeper Regular Rifle Company and Minute Battalion in the... Read more »

$5

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Exhibit Opening Reception Culpeper Hosts a Hero: Lafayette in Culpeper

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

The Museum of Culpeper History presents Culpeper Hosts a Hero, the first exhibit to highlight General Lafayette’s historic visit to our town in August 1825. Rarely noted in official records of his tour of the United States, the Frenchman’s short stop in Culpeper was documented in detail by Capt. Philip Slaughter, Culpeper native and Revolutionary... Read more »

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The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette: A Traveling Exhibit EXTENDED until October 1

Museum of Culpeper History 113 Commerce Street, Culpeper, VA

The American Friends of Lafayette’s six-banner traveling exhibit tells the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy, including his participation in the American Revolution, his critical role in cementing the Franco-American Alliance, his lifelong passion for human rights, including the abolition of slavery, support for women's rights and women authors, religious tolerance, and support for... Read more »

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