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- EIN 54-1017712
- info@rocktownhistory.org
- (540) 879-2616
- PO Box 716 Dayton VA 22821-0716 USA
- https://www.rocktownhistory.org/
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Historical Societies & Historic Preservation
Mission: The society collects, preserves, displays, and interprets archives and artifacts of historical and cultural significance to the shenandoah valley as the heritage museum and maintains a genealogy research library, so that present and future generations may learn of the rich traditions and heritage of the shenandoah valley.
Programs: The society collects, preserves, and displays archives and artifacts of historical and cultural significance to the shenandoah valley, with an historic house, and a bookstore/giftshop. Education programs include lectures, tours, and workshops for members, school groups, and the public, as well as original publications of local history. The museum and genealogy library are open to members (free) and to the public (fees). Volunteers maintain the library, answer research questions, and continuously add to the digital resources. The museum is open daily most of the year, presenting exhibitions of the history of the central shenandoah valley from the first settlers, a folk art collection of rockingham county treasures, a renovated civil war gallery plus featured exhibitions. In 2014, "rockingham railroads: a 100 year review" was mounted with great success. Additional programming includes monthly lectures and special events. The society also researches, compiles, and publishes local history books such as the 300+ page "death notices in extant issues of the rockingham register" in 2009, a significant record for the central shenandoah valley and the reprint of "lake's 1885 atlas of rockingham county" with improved indexing in 2013. Hrhs books and many other local history and genealogy titles are on sale in the bookstore and through the museum website.