Fall Homeschool Open House, Friday, October 17, 2025 10:00AM

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Date

Friday, October 17, 2025

Name

Fall Homeschool Open House

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Join us for a day of free homeschool fun from 10 am to 5 pm.

Virginia History Day Workshop (10:30 to 11:30 am)

Learn more about Virginia History Day – a student led research project with competitions throughout the state that can lead to national prizes! Think a science fair…but for history. The 2026 theme is “Revolution, Reaction, & Reform” and is open to 4th-12th grade students.

Exhibits

Explore our temporary anniversary, “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation” to learn more about the role that Virginians played in the American Revolution. All other exhibits are also open to visitors. 

Crafts & Stories

Read stories and complete crafts that connect to our exhibitions! Try your hand at making a tricorn hat & rosette cockade, your very own ball & cup game, and even design your own stamp after learning more about the Stamp Act in the exhibit upstairs.  Please Note - Crafts are first come, first served and may run out towards the end of the day. 

Living History Interpreter

Chat with a living history interpreter about what life was like for a soldier during the mid-1700s!

Hands-On Stations

Stop by and touch our replica artifacts to learn about popular 18th century games, as well as smell popular examples of herbs & spices that would have been used by soldiers for medicinal remedies. Please Note: these stations will end at 2:00.

 
Scavenger Hunts

Completed scavenger hunts get a 10% discount in our café or shop! (one discount per adult)

Introductory Film

Our 15-minute Virginia History overview film is a great way to begin or end your experience at the museum! It plays every twenty minutes (on the hour, twenty past, forty past, on the hour)

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