The Jefferson County Museum contains artifacts from the early Native Americans up to World War II. There is something for everyone: Civil War relics and uniforms, fine silver and china, photographs, antique dolls and toys, engravings and many other beautiful and...

The park includes the historic town of Harpers Ferry, notable as a center of 19th century industry and as the scene of John Brown's abolitionist uprising. Consisting of almost 4,000 acres (16 km2), the land marks the site on which Thomas Jefferson once said, "The...

The John Brown Wax Museum is not unlike its counterparts around the world. The life and times of John Brown is told through a multitude of wax figure displays. The figures are full size and quite lifelike and the displays well done.

The Kennedy Farm is an American landmark where John Brown planned and began his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. Also known as John Brown's Headquarters and Kennedy Farmhouse, the log, stone and brick building has retained its historical integrity and is...

In 1983 the Historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded to preserve and display artifacts, furniture, and historic documents that might otherwise have been lost.

Artifacts on display in the museum’s three rooms include the money chest from Lord Fairfax’s Greenway Court land office, a pistol carried by a member of Company D, 6th Virginia Cavalry (the “Clarke Cavalry”), a Chinese ceramic punch basin that once belonged...

We are dedicated to the purpose of preserving and promoting the history and heritage of the Town of Lovettsville and its surrounding area. Our main function is the collection and display of objects pertaining to a past way of life in the Lovettsville area!

The one-story, two-room frame building was originally constructed in 1882 with donations of local labor and cash. It served as an elementary school until 1930 when it was relocated a short distance to become part of the Clarke County Training School. The building was...

For over 30 years, the Museum has preserved the history of Brunswick. Known during the Civil War as Berlin, this small town along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was incorporated as Brunswick in 1890. That same year the Baltimore & Ohio...

Items on permanent exhibit include early surveying equipment, flax and wool spinning wheels, quilts, railroad items, and various items related to the industrial, social, and cultural history of the town from the 1800s to the early 1900s. Also on display are fossils,...