Heritage Farm Museum

Heritage Farm Museum Preserving the past and educating the future! The Museum's Gift Shop also offers a variety of unique and Virginia-made items.
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Located within Claude Moore Park in Sterling, Virginia, the Heritage Farm Museum lets you explore over 250 years of Loudoun County agriculture history through traditional, as well as, family friendly interactive exhibits. The Waxpool General Store and Farm Kitchen exhibits allow visitors to experience first hand what rural life was like 100 years ago. The Heritage Farm Museum also offers a variety

of school, scout and family programs. Special seasonal events are scheduled throughout the year such as our Autumn Apple Festival and Tractorpalooza.

Come out to Apple Festival on Saturday, September 30th and enjoy locally grown food from Happy Family Ranch.  Pre-purcha...
09/23/2023

Come out to Apple Festival on Saturday, September 30th and enjoy locally grown food from Happy Family Ranch.

Pre-purchase tickets now to avoid the long ticket lines. Tickets available at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023



Looking for a reason to party? Come celebrate with us!It's the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum.  Si...
09/22/2023

Looking for a reason to party? Come celebrate with us!
It's the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Signature apple wine tasting, light hors d'oeuvres, live music, caricatures, and a silent auction. $25 Admission ($20 for LHFM members). Friday, September 29, 2023, 6-8 PM
Register here: https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/cheers-to-20

It's Fall, Y'all! Celebrate the museum's 20th birthday with us next Friday
09/22/2023

It's Fall, Y'all! Celebrate the museum's 20th birthday with us next Friday

In honor of the museum's 20th anniversary and our Apple Festival, Fabbioli Cellars has made an apple wine for us.  Come ...
09/22/2023

In honor of the museum's 20th anniversary and our Apple Festival, Fabbioli Cellars has made an apple wine for us.

Come celebrate our 20 years at a Friday evening reception with a
• signature apple wine tasting
• light hors d'oeuvres
• live music
• caricatures
• silent auction
Tickets available at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/cheers-to-20

You can also taste the wine at the Fabbioli Cellars booth at our Apple Festival the next day. Tickets available at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023



Thank you, Renewal by Andersen of the Capital Region for being an Apple Festival sponsor taking place Saturday, Septembe...
09/21/2023

Thank you, Renewal by Andersen of the Capital Region for being an Apple Festival sponsor taking place Saturday, September 30th!

Purchase your tickets now to avoid the long ticket lines the day of the festival. With a pre-purchased ticket, you can check in faster at the welcome gate. https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023

Be sure to stop by their table to learn how you can stay warmer this winter and improve your home's energy efficiency.



Have littles ones that love to play in moon bounces?  We will have these two moon bounces back this year at our 19th Ann...
09/20/2023

Have littles ones that love to play in moon bounces? We will have these two moon bounces back this year at our 19th Annual Apple Festival on Saturday, September 30th. Don't wait in line to purchase tickets the day of our event, buy now and and be able to just check in at the entrance. https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023



Thank you,  for being an Apple Fest sponsor!  Farm Credit can help you have a place to hang out as well! They are ready ...
09/19/2023

Thank you, for being an Apple Fest sponsor!

Farm Credit can help you have a place to hang out as well! They are ready to work with you on a loan for your farm, land, or rural home and make your dream of being in the country a reality.

Our 19th Annual Apple Festival is a full day of all things apples. Come see how apple cider was pressed and our 40 gallon apple butter copper kettle in use making apple butter. Enjoy our 21+ wine, cider & beer garden. For those that don't imbibe, enjoy an apple mocktail. Little ones can play in our apple pie sensory bin, new sensory garden, and on two moon bounces.

Apple Festival tickets are available now! https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023

We would love to see your smiling face at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum's 19th annual Apple Festival, Saturday, September...
09/18/2023

We would love to see your smiling face at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum's 19th annual Apple Festival, Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:00AM - 4:00PM. Live music, cider pressing and apple butter demos, apple games, moon bounce, food trucks ...... and for those 21 and over ...... a cider, wine and beer garden! Great fun for the entire family!
Pre-Purchase tickets here to avoid the long lines at the gate:
https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023

Don't forget to pre-purchase your tickets to the 19th Annual Apple Festival at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum! Saturday, S...
09/16/2023

Don't forget to pre-purchase your tickets to the 19th Annual Apple Festival at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum! Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:00AM - 4:00PM. Live music, cider pressing and apple butter demos, apple games, moon bounce, food trucks ...... and for those 21 and over ...... a cider, wine and beer garden! Great fun for the entire family!
Purchase tickets here: https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023

Have you bought your ticket yet? This is a great opportunity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage F...
09/15/2023

Have you bought your ticket yet? This is a great opportunity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. The evening includes the debut of an apple wine developed by Fabbioli Cellars. Other features of the event include Live Music, Local Artisans and Partners, and a Silent Auction of items from some of our favorite local businesses!
Register here: https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/cheers-to-20

There are a few individual tickets left for this Saturday's 20th Anniversary Gala at Kalero Vineyard! Follow the link fo...
09/11/2023

There are a few individual tickets left for this Saturday's 20th Anniversary Gala at Kalero Vineyard! Follow the link for more info about the menu and our cause.

The Short Hill Mountain Boys play their own blend of bluegrass, old-time, cajun, classic country, and folk music with a rare passion.

Last chance to register your children (ages 6 and up) for our Little Forest School, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m - ...
09/07/2023

Last chance to register your children (ages 6 and up) for our Little Forest School, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m., September 11 - December 13, 2023. Cost is $480 per person for the entire session. Bi-weekly classes with the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum and Claude Moore Park. We will explore the natural world both past and present. Take part in gardening projects while working towards Junior Master Gardener certification, wilderness survival activities, animal explorations, visit historic sites, and more. For registration forms, payment and information, email [email protected].

Our indoor observation hive will be uncovered for viewing Thursday, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM.  Stop by to see our busy bees and...
09/04/2023

Our indoor observation hive will be uncovered for viewing Thursday, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Stop by to see our busy bees and ask your bee-related questions.

Will we see you at the New Ag School Country Market on September 3rd?  We will be there! Come on out to support some gre...
08/31/2023

Will we see you at the New Ag School Country Market on September 3rd? We will be there! Come on out to support some great local vendors.

You won't want to miss the 19th Annual Apple Festival at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum! Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:...
08/30/2023

You won't want to miss the 19th Annual Apple Festival at Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum! Saturday, September 30, 2023, 10:00AM - 4:00PM. Live music, cider pressing and apple butter demos, apple games, moon bounce, food trucks ...... and for those 21 and over ...... a cider, wine and beer garden!
Purchase tickets here: https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/apple-festival-2023

Come celebrate with us!Join us for an evening reception  to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage Farm ...
08/29/2023

Come celebrate with us!
Join us for an evening reception to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. The evening includes the debut of an apple wine developed by Fabbioli Cellars. Other features of the event include Live Music, Local Artisans and Partners, and a Silent Auction of items from some of our favorite local businesses!
Register here: https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/cheers-to-20

Come join us   We are pressing apple cider and cooking apple butter.  The mill is grinding wheat today.  Come have fun a...
08/26/2023

Come join us We are pressing apple cider and cooking apple butter. The mill is grinding wheat today. Come have fun and get some free samples of cider and bread.

Come join us tomorrow Burwell Morgan Mill.  We will be pressing apple cider and cooking apple butter!  Get a taste of fr...
08/25/2023

Come join us tomorrow Burwell Morgan Mill. We will be pressing apple cider and cooking apple butter! Get a taste of freshly pressed cider!

HUNGRY FOR HISTORY 📖

Date: August 26th�Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.�Location (one of many): Burwell-Morgan Mill�Admission: FREE! (Donations gladly accepted)

WHAT IS IT?

CCHA is joining with other historic organizations and museums throughout the area on a week of events centered on historic cooking🧑‍🍳! The Loudoun Farm Heritage Museum will join us this day to cook apple butter in our hearth 🍎. The Locke Store will also bake bread using locally grown wheat that is ground at the Mill! In addition, Clarke County high school students Madison McMullen, Cal Beckett, Ronnie Martin, and Makenna Scaia will be selling baked goods created from the grain and cornmeal ground from the Burwell-Morgan Mill. (This will raise funds for the CCHA!) This group of students are incredibly passionate about preserving and protecting our county’s history which is why they chose to aid with this event for their International Baccalaureate project! Come out and support these local students by buying some delicious treats on your way in!��✴️ The Burwell-Morgan Mill will be one of many stops during this week that include the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Belle Grove, The Patsy Cline House, Newtown History Center, Josephine School Community Museum, and more.

We’re so honored to be able to bring this to our Clarke County community and can’t wait to see y’all there! 🤗

Will we see you at the New Ag School Country Market on September 3rd?  We will be there! Come on out to support some gre...
08/24/2023

Will we see you at the New Ag School Country Market on September 3rd? We will be there! Come on out to support some great local vendors.

Just 2 weeks away till The New Ag SchoolCountry Market at Fabbioli Cellars !! Mark your calendars!!

Join us 11-5 for live music, fun vendors, farm produce, and a food truck!!

We hope you'll join us for a wonderful day spent in a beautiful place with amazing people to support the wonderful mission of The New Ag School!

Have kids (6 and over) who love to learn outdoors? Register them for the Fall session of our Little Forest School, Monda...
08/23/2023

Have kids (6 and over) who love to learn outdoors? Register them for the Fall session of our Little Forest School, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m - 2:00 p.m., September 11 - December 13, 2023. Cost is $480 per person for the entire session. Bi-weekly classes with the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum and Claude Moore Park. We will explore the natural world both past and present. Take part in gardening projects while working towards Junior Master Gardener certification, wilderness survival activities, animal explorations, visit historic sites, and more. For registration forms, payment and information, email [email protected].

The farm museum has one of these fascinating maps on view! The Taylor family farmed for many generations in the Lincoln ...
08/22/2023

The farm museum has one of these fascinating maps on view! The Taylor family farmed for many generations in the Lincoln area. In addition to his postal and agricultural work Yardley Taylor was a staunch abolitionist. A pro-slavery critic even called him the "president of the underground railroad."

Yardley Taylor’s 1853 Map of Loudoun County is a well-known and useful resource for historians and genealogists. Did you know that Taylor raised funds for his map through subscription? Along with working as a letter carrier and professional horticulturalist, Taylor was well known for his work as a surveyor and mapmaker. This advertisement from a July 1852 issue of the Washingtonian newspaper offers subscriptions for the “Map of Loudoun County, Virginia, from Actual Surveys” and offers the opportunity to acquire a “first rate county Map” for only three dollars. For an additional dollar, subscribers could have their land marked on the map. Taylor went on to publish the Memoir of Loudoun County Virginia to accompany the map. The Memoir describes in detail the physical features of Loudoun County, the value of its land and products, and comments at length about its population. Yardley Taylor’s Map, Memoir and original land surveys are all available to view at Thomas Balch Library.

Pictured along with July 1852 advertisement from The Washingtonian:
Background: Yardley Taylor Map, 1853
Memoir of Loudoun County, Virginia. To Accompany the Map of Loudoun County, by Yardley Taylor, Leesburg, VA
Portrait of Yardley Taylor (1794-1868) [VC 106]

Hope to see you at the   on September 3! Word has it, it will be Harry Potter-themed!
08/17/2023

Hope to see you at the on September 3! Word has it, it will be Harry Potter-themed!

Come by Thursdays, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM to see our indoor observation hive uncovered.  Watch the bees work and try to spot ...
08/15/2023

Come by Thursdays, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM to see our indoor observation hive uncovered. Watch the bees work and try to spot the queen bee..

What will you do while friends and family are visiting? Bring them to the Farm Museum!
12/21/2022

What will you do while friends and family are visiting? Bring them to the Farm Museum!

12/15/2022

Schools may be closed but the museum is OPEN! Come get out of the rain and enjoy your favorite hands-on exhibits

Sterling and Ashburn residents don't have to drive to Purcellville to pick up locally blended tea- we have Dominion Tea ...
12/13/2022

Sterling and Ashburn residents don't have to drive to Purcellville to pick up locally blended tea- we have Dominion Tea black tea, mulling spices, and hot toddy mix for sale at the museum! 🫖

210 N 21st Street, Suite F, Purcellville, VA 20132 www.Dominiontea.com| 540-999-8327   Loose leaf tea in bulk and sachets and tea accessories, Tea Flights, Cups of Tea to drink at the shop or to-go, and pots of tea to drink at the shop.   Hours: Sunday – 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., Monday-Wednesday 10 a...

12/09/2022

The farm museum will close at 2pm on Sunday, December 11 for a staff appreciation event

What surprises are in store at this Saturday's free Holiday in the Park Event??? Join us from 4-7pm for goodies and holi...
12/01/2022

What surprises are in store at this Saturday's free Holiday in the Park Event??? Join us from 4-7pm for goodies and holiday cheer!
(Disclaimer: The Farm Museum and Claude Moore Park would like to remind all visitors not to lick the wildlife)

THE HEAVENS—Touting His latest majestic creation as the ideal recipe for wintertime fun, the Almighty God, He Who Reigneth Omnipotent in Heaven and Earth, released new peppermint-flavored chipmunks on Wednesday. “Just in time for the holidays, these festive yuletide chipmunks are the perfect tre...

A little 'Monday is almost over' humor for you
11/28/2022

A little 'Monday is almost over' humor for you

Holiday season is here!  Come to Claude Moore Park and check out the holiday lights and decorations.  For this Saturday ...
11/28/2022

Holiday season is here! Come to Claude Moore Park and check out the holiday lights and decorations. For this Saturday night only:
- hot chocolate and toasting marshmallows (outside)
- crafts inside the museum
- mulled cider samples inside the museum

The holiday lights and decorations will be available daily through December 24th. Park will close promptly at 7pm.



On this Black Friday, stop by the museum for some holiday gifts.  We are all ready with $10 gift bundles for you.  The v...
11/25/2022

On this Black Friday, stop by the museum for some holiday gifts. We are all ready with $10 gift bundles for you. The value of these bundles is over $10, so you are getting a discount. Many of these items also make great for hostess gifts.

Shop with us and support local businesses! Dominion Tea custom blended a tea for the museum as well as made our mulling spices and hot toddy spices. The soap is handmade by Parsonage Soap out of Lovettsville. The apple butter is also made locally in Frederick.



Happy Thanksgiving!  The museum will be closed tomorrow while our staff spends time with their loved ones.  We are grate...
11/23/2022

Happy Thanksgiving! The museum will be closed tomorrow while our staff spends time with their loved ones. We are grateful for all our visitors and will be back open on Friday!

Did you know? The Potomac River has supported agricultural communities for thousands of years! American Indians fished, ...
11/16/2022

Did you know? The Potomac River has supported agricultural communities for thousands of years! American Indians fished, hunted, and grew corn along the riverbanks, and many farmers do the same today. Our rivers and waterways are truly highways to the past

Look at this view over the Potomac in Leesburg 😍🍁
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11/10/2022

The Farm Museum will be closed Friday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day

Hey Loudouners, don’t forget to vote today- and check out this year’s sticker! Hops, grapes, wheat, and dairy cows all r...
11/08/2022

Hey Loudouners, don’t forget to vote today- and check out this year’s sticker! Hops, grapes, wheat, and dairy cows all represent the importance of Loudoun agriculture

Loudoun has hundreds of miles of rural roads, perfect for leaf or farm peeping!
11/04/2022

Loudoun has hundreds of miles of rural roads, perfect for leaf or farm peeping!

We just {fall} in love with these backroad views 🍁😍
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Address

21668 Heritage Farm Lane
Sterling, VA
20164

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 11:30am - 4:30pm

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(571) 258-3800

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One of our regular volunteers is working on cleaning up the boards from the Nokes Manure Spreader. When the manure spreader was in use, car oil was poured onto the boards to prevent manure from eating into the wood. Fred is working on scraping the oil off the boards.



Dirt Day fun happening now! We will be here until 4pm.

Tomorrow is Dirt Day! Don't miss out on all the fun getting messy and dirty. Pre-registration will be open until 5pm today. If you miss pre-registering, you can still walk in at pay at the front desk. Register now at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/dirt-day



Come out this Sunday for our final free Garden Talk of the Spring Season. Learn how to keep your soil healthy with the Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation. ⁠⁠



Did you know that 52% of the world's agricultural soil is already degraded? Come visit Save Soil at our Dirt Day event and learn about ways to save agricultural soil. Register now at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/dirt-day



Dairy Day is back! Come on out and have fun while learning all about dairy! We will have live music, food trucks, children's activities, dairy animals, and more. Our featured drink will be beer floats (extra drink fees apply for 21+). Learn more and register at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/dairy-day



One week until Dirt Day! Don't miss out on all things soil. Come out and learn how to make seed balls, play in a big dirt pile, learn about composting, and many more activities. Register now at https://heritagefarmmuseum.org/dirt-day



Spring Fest is happening right now inside the
Our family friendly Spring Fest is still happening despite the rain! The event will now be inside the . Come out and enjoy a glass of wine (drink fees apply), get some food truck food, listen to music, draw some chalk art, enjoy children's crafts and other activities.

Join us on Fridays at the Farm Museum for a quilting bee (materials fee apply). Learn how to quilt a 12" quilt square. Squares will be joined and quilted for donation to The Homeless Remembrance Project for an art installation at the US Capitol on December 12, 2022. Quilts will then be given to those in need.

We will also accept donations of completed squares made on your own time. Finished quilt squares must be donated no later than November 1st.



We are happy to announce that will be one of the wineries in our wine garden during (drink fees apply). Free family event on May 7th from 10am-3pm with live music & performances, moonbounces, children's games, food trucks, nature activities and more! For Facebook event information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1853920824816118⁠



We are happy to announce that will be one of the wineries in our wine garden during (drink fees apply). Free family event on May 7th from 10am-3pm with live music & performances, moonbounces, children's games, food trucks, nature activities and more! For Facebook event information:
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