Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia

April 1 through November 15
Closed on Mondays
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

November 16 through March 31
Closed for the Winter
(will open for groups by appointment only)

The Settlers Museum offers full hands on tours for public, private and home school groups.

Activities include a 1/2 day at the one room school house where students learn about a typical school day, including reading lesson from McGuffey readers, rules and punishments and "recess". Children also have an opportunity to make a craft to take home, typically a bean bag, to help illustrate the making of things as opposed to the buying of things.

Once class is dismissed from the school house, students can enjoy lunch at the picnic shelter.

After lunch, students then walk down the farm lane to the 1890s farmhouse to spend the rest of the day. Here they tour the farmhouse and farm yard in order to better understand how people lived and worked in the 1890s.

Various hands on activities take place on the farm. Some of these include, egg gathering, hand tool demonstrations, butter making and getting water from the well.

After this part of the tour, the groups are usually led back to the parking area by hiking a short section of the Appalachian Trail.

The Settlers Museum does follow Virginia SOL guidelines.

Prices for group tours are $3.00 per child.

Chaperones are FREE and ENCOURAGED!!