Steamboat Era Museum

Category: Exhibits

  • Getting Ready for 2021!

    Getting Ready for 2021!

    During the winter we have been busy getting ready for the 2021 season.

    While we are not sure what the season will bring as far as Covid restrictions, we are hopeful to open in the spring.

    New exhibits include the completely restored pilothouse and a wall hung with sections of the pilothouse in their original state. Visitors will get an appreciation of the work involved in bringing the pilothouse back to its beautiful “like new” condition.

    A new video, about the restoration of the pilothouse, will be shown in one of the crew quarters!

    Click through the presentation below to see a preview of what is to come

    If you’re on mobile, you can scroll to the lower right of the presentation to make it full screen, or click here, then swipe to navigate.

  • Thank You for Your Support in 2020!

    Thank You for Your Support in 2020!

    To view a preview of what’s to come in 2021, click through the slideshow below!

    If you’re on mobile, you can scroll to the lower right of the presentation to make it full screen, or click here, then swipe to navigate.

  • It’s Been A Long Road But We’re Almost There!

    It’s Been A Long Road But We’re Almost There!

    The work on the Potomac Pilothouse is coming into the final stretch.
    The wheel is installed, there is glass in the windows and the canvas is going on the new roof.

    We anticipate it will be installed in mid May. Visitors to the museum will be able to view the finishing work, which will take place after the Pilothouse is placed in the museum.

    New exhibits for the museum are in the finishing stages of design and fabrication.
    Visitors will learn about the history and importance of steamboats in the Northern Neck and Chesapeake Bay.

    The museum will be open to visitors in early June. Detail work on new exhibits and the Pilothouse will continue throughout the season. Our visitors will have a chance to experience first-hand the work it takes to tell the story of the importance of steamboats to the towns and communities around the Bay.

    Keep checking back to this website for updates!

    Below: an example of one of our new exhibits.

  • Children’s Dress-up Trunk

    Children’s Dress-up Trunk

    We have great children’s activities! Come to the Steamboat Era Museum and check out our Children’s Dress-up Trunk!



  • Steamboat Era Museum to host author and unveil 2017 exhibit

    Steamboat Era Museum to host author and unveil 2017 exhibit

    The Steamboat Era Museum will welcome Dr. Julie Sullivan, author of Against the Tide: The Turbulent Times of a Black Entrepreneur, for the opening of the new 2017 exhibition.

    Pictured: The Dr. W. J. Newbill was the largest of Capt. Hansford C. Bayton’s boats. It was built in Urbanna in 1905 at the cost of $22,000. ($596,000 today). Photo courtesy of the Steamboat Era Museum

    Read the entire story in the Rappahannock Record; Click Here

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