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Lovettsville Historical Society Museum

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The museum preserves and promotes the history and heritage of the Town of Lovettsville and its surrounding area. We offer a number of displays of historical items and provide information regarding Lovettsville’s past and present families, homes, buildings, business, and organizations.

http://www.lovettsvilleva.gov/

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Loudoun Museum

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When was the last time you visited a museum that made history fun? And really interesting? And had a special place for kids?

That’s what the Loudoun Museum is all about. Loudoun is growing and changing so fast (we’re one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States!) that it’s easy to lose sight of its rich history and character. That’s our job—to bring Loudoun’s history to life, right before your eyes.

Where and When

The Museum is conveniently located on Loudoun Street in historic downtown Leesburg. You’ll find plenty of parking around the Museum, and in the public parking lot right next door. We’re open Mondays, Wednesdays–Saturdays 10-5, Sundays 1-5, and by appointment on Tuesdays.

16 Loudoun Street Leesburg, Virginia 20175

http://www.loudounmuseum.org/

Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum

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The Heritage Farm Museum is Loudoun County’s museum of agriculture. We preserve, promote and bring to life Loudoun’s rich agricultural heritage and the history of rural life. Owned by the County of Loudoun, the Museum is supported by the 501(c)3 advisory board Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, Inc.

Our permanent exhibit, It’s Just a Way of Life, chronicles 250 years of agricultural history or the ten generations of people who have lived and worked in this area. At the Claude Moore Children’s Farm, your child can be a farmer for a day in the safety of an indoor interactive play area. Meet Milkie the Cow, collect eggs from the play chickens and ride the Kentucky Derby on Loudoun’s most famous horse, Genuine Risk. Step back in time at the Waxpool General Store to learn about life 100 years ago using authentic objects and records from the original store.

The Museum specializes in programs that support the Standards-of-Learning for Virginia schools. We offer programs for scouts and host special events year-round.

Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
21668 Heritage Farm Lane
Sterling, Virginia 20164

http://www.heritagefarmmuseum.org/

Smithsonian Naturalist Center

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Maximize your students’ engagement in hands-on research with the Naturalist Center’s 36,000 object hands-on collection of natural history objects, 6,500 books, and scientific equipment.

Students explore collections to do scientific investigations similar to those done by Museum scientists. Through individual investigation, students can become true scientists, uncovering exciting natural history secrets. By working first-hand with animals, rocks, minerals, bones, and other objects in the collections prepared specifically for scientific study, students expand their curiosity and their skills in conducting investigations.

741 Miller Dr., SE, Suite G2
Leesburg, VA 20175

http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/fieldtrip/planned_programs/naturalist_center/

National Air and Space Museum

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The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The museum provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, Virginia 20151

Hours:
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Extended Summer Hours
May 22 through Sept 6:
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
Some exceptions

http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy/

Winmill Carriage Museum

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Take a trip into the past by visiting the Winmill Carriage Collection at Morven Park. You will see a wide variety of antique vehicles used between the mid 1800’s and the early 1900’s. See how suburbanites commuted to the city in Dennett and Stanhope Gigs. These vehicles were donated by the late Voila Townsend Winmill of Warrenton, Virginia in 1967 and include many of the 120 carriages she collected over a period of forty years.

17263 Southern Planter Ln
Leesburg, VA 20176

http://www.morvenpark.org/