Family Holiday Weekend at the Steamboat Era Museum
The Steamboat Era Museum is hosting special activities for children and families during the July Fourth Holiday Weekend. On Thursday, June 29, the museum will offer extended hours for a special viewing of the new exhibit Children’s Lives Around the Northern Neck: 1880’s to 1930’s. Visitors will learn about what
Steamboat Era Museum Announces New Board Members and Officers
Mary Burgess and Ollen Richey have been elected to the Board of Directors at the Steamboat Era Museum. Burgess graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. In the late 90s she moved to Richmond and built a successful real estate business. Granddaughter of steamboat historian and author, Robert H. Burgess, she heard
Steamboat Era Museum Begins Summer Hours on June 2
The Steamboat Era Museum will be open June 2- September 5 Thursday-Saturday and Monday 10am-4pm and Sunday 1-4pm. It will be closed July 4. Activities at the museum include docent-led tours and a children’s scavenger hunt, including a new hunt for younger children. Discover the Stories of the Steamboat Era.
Museum Welcomes New Executive Director
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce Steve Humphrey as the museum’s new Executive Director. Humphrey served 29 years as the executive director of the National Canal Museum and Hugh Moore Historical Park in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was responsible for a six-mile-long historical park where he oversaw the restoration