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Recent Accession: Raymond W. Burrell Sr.’s WWII Memorabilia

Recent Accession: Raymond W. Burrell Sr.’s WWII Memorabilia

World War II veteran Raymond W. Burrell Sr.’s family has donated his personal memorabilia into our permanent collection here at the museum. A graduate of Middlesex High School, Mr. Burrell was inducted into World War II from Baltimore, Maryland, to become one of many...

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Museum Display and Exhibit Updates

Museum Display and Exhibit Updates

There has been lots of action in the museum and the visitor center this month as we make way for the new floor plan and layout of the emerging displays. Many items from the General Store will go into storage. Here we see Museum Board member Scott Krejci listing,...

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Zoar Baptist Church History

Zoar Baptist Church History

1808 – 2008 Zoar Baptist Church was constituted on November 4, 1808 when members of Hermitage Baptist Church living in the lower part of Middlesex County felt an impelling need for a church in their own area.   Hermitage recognized the situation as an opportunity for...

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New Accession – Minerals, Gems & Fossils

New Accession – Minerals, Gems & Fossils

After reading a Southside Sentinel article about our upcoming fossil exhibit, the museum was contacted by Nancy Gibbs, a rock hound from Toano. She had been collecting Virginia specimens for over 40 years and was looking for a home for her minerals, gems and fossils....

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Little Brandon

Little Brandon

The history of Middlesex lies hidden in objects, photographs, people and homes such as “Little Brandon” that was recently purchased and restored with loving care. Originally, the structure was one of two wings built off the rear of the imposing brick mansion, Brandon...

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New Exhibits Moving Forward

New Exhibits Moving Forward

Pulling together an exhibit is very time-consuming. A birthing of sorts. There is the period of research and selection of an overall theme. Then identifying of the objects that will help tell that story followed by the gathering of those objects. Photos and...

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Middlesex County’s First From-Here

Middlesex County’s First From-Here

February 24, 1650 was a prestigious day in Middlesex history for it was the birth of the firstfrom-here. Little Richard Parrott, Jr. let out his first cry on the banks of Parrott Creek just off ofthe juncture with the Rappahannock River near the northern end of our...

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“My Village Saluda” by Joyce Milby (Green) Reisinger

“My Village Saluda” by Joyce Milby (Green) Reisinger

Written by Joyce Milby (Green) Reisinger, this book is a reminiscence of her 1940s childhood spent in Saluda. The book is laid out as if one is on a walk through the village. She shares stories of the families that reside in the homes of the era that she passes on the...

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New Exhibition Coming In March 2022

New Exhibition Coming In March 2022

Middlesex in the 1600sThe Saluda Cultural and Historic District will be celebrated in a series of displays as part of anexhibition opening in March in the Visitor Center of the Museum. A Timeline, divided intocenturies, will overview different central themes taking...

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2021 Annual Report

2021 Annual Report

Despite the year’s unexpected challenges, the Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society, Inc. was able to set a course to navigate the new reality. The Museum was open Thursday through Saturday starting the end of May and continuing through Labor Day Weekend with...

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