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,...
Now bypassed by Route 50, the bridge was built in 1802 as part of Ashby’s Gap Turnpike. It is one of the last four arch stone bridges in Virginia, and was the scene of a cavalry and artillery duel on June 21, 1863. Civil War interpretation is available at the site.
The Ball’s Bluff preserves the site of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Loudoun County’s largest Civil War engagement. The battle was a result of a faulty report and bad judgement. The park has hiking trails and interpretive signs to explore the area and its history. At the center of the park lies the Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery. Directions: To reach Ball’s...
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...
The grounds of Morven Park include over 1,000 acres of lawns, fields, and wooded areas, along with the boxwood gardens. Much of the property has been placed in conservation easements in order to preserve the open space for future generations. Indeed, Morven Park has been called an “oasis” in the midst of Northern Virginia’s rapid development. Areas that once saw slaves...
Dodona Manor is the former home of General George C. Marshall, one of the most significant and influential individuals of the 20th century. Dodona Manor has been restored to document how the Secretary of State, head of the American Red Cross, author of the Marshall Plan, and receiver of the Nobel Prize lived. George C. Marshall International Center at Dodona Manor 217 Edwards...
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...
Constructed in 1886, Mountain Gap School was Loudoun County’s last operational one-room school when it closed in 1953. It survives as the sole remnant of the small village of Mountain Gap, and was originally painted white. Location south of Leesburg off Rt. 15 Leesburg, VA south of Leesburg off Rt. 15
One of Virginia’s most vibrant and attractive communities, Leesburg was founded in 1758. Originally called George Town after the reigning monarch of Great Britain, the name was changed to Leesburg in honor Virginia’s influential Lee family. Currently the seat of government for Loudoun County,...
Named after owner Charles Mercer’s Scottish ancestral home Aldie Castle, Aldie Mill survives as one of the best outfitted early mills in Virginia. The mill was built in 1807 by Mercer’s partner William Cooke. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation acquired landmark in 1981 for restoration as an operational example of an early 19th-century wheat and corn mill. 39401 John...