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🔍Get a clue and solve some mysteries at this Thursday's Thoroughgood House Focus Tours! A crime has been committed! A bo...
06/23/2026

🔍Get a clue and solve some mysteries at this Thursday's Thoroughgood House Focus Tours!

A crime has been committed! A body was found at the Thoroughgood House. It’s up to you to travel through the house and interrogate suspects to figure out who did it, where it occurred, and with what weapon. Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by solving this mystery. Those who correctly deduce the solution will win a prize.

Colonial Clue Focus Tours run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this Thursday, June 25, at the Thoroughgood House, 1636 Parish Rd. Get tickets online at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1163/2185 or at the door.

06/19/2026

marks the day in 1865 that enslaved people in Galveston, TX, the last of the former Confederate states to abolish slavery, heard that the Civil War had ended and learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had made them free nearly two years earlier.

In observance of Juneteenth, most City offices and facilities are closed today, June 19. Solid waste and recycling collection remains unchanged for Friday. Read more: https://bit.ly/3FRIwns

To learn about several special events celebrating Juneteenth in Virginia Beach, visit https://bit.ly/4k0aQCl

👇Today at Virginia Beach History Museums! 👇Lynnhaven House Preservation ToursNoon at Lynnhaven House, 4409 Wishart Rd. T...
06/18/2026

👇Today at Virginia Beach History Museums! 👇

Lynnhaven House Preservation Tours
Noon at Lynnhaven House, 4409 Wishart Rd.

Thoroughgood House Focus Tours: Indigenous Pathways
5:30 to 7 p.m. at Thoroughgood House, 1636 Parish Rd.

Register online for both programs at Culture.VirginiaBeach.gov/events. Registration will also be available at the door for both events as space allows.

🌟Join us at noon this Thursday, June 18, for our next Lynnhaven House Preservation Tour!During these free, 30-minute gui...
06/16/2026

🌟Join us at noon this Thursday, June 18, for our next Lynnhaven House Preservation Tour!

During these free, 30-minute guided tours, become part of our restoration journey and enjoy a unique opportunity to discover architectural secrets once hidden beneath the plaster, take a firsthand look at past and present preservation work, and learn more about our continuing efforts to protect and preserve the over 300-year-old Lynnhaven House for future generations.

Lynnhaven House is located at 4409 Wishart Rd. Register for free tickets online at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1165/1380 or at the door.

Come out to the Thoroughgood House from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this Thursday, June 18, and learn about Virginia’s Indigenous Peo...
06/15/2026

Come out to the Thoroughgood House from 5:30 to 7 p.m. this Thursday, June 18, and learn about Virginia’s Indigenous Peoples, including their environment, customs and history. You can also handcraft your own pinch pot (like pictured here), which are traditional Native American clay pottery pieces.

Purchase tickets online for Indigenous Pathways Focus Tours at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1163/2184. Tickets will also be available at the door as space allows.

⚠️The Francis Land House and Thoroughgood House will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, June 19.
06/15/2026

⚠️The Francis Land House and Thoroughgood House will be closed for the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, June 19.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Lynnhaven House today at noon for our next free History Lunch and Learn: The H...
06/11/2026

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Lynnhaven House today at noon for our next free History Lunch and Learn: The History of African American Communities in Princess Anne County!

Register online at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1701/1705 or at the door.

🌟 Pack your lunch and join us at noon on June 11 at the Lynnhaven House, 4409 Wishart Rd, for our next free History Lunch and Learn! Learn about the formation of African American communities in Princess Anne County from the Civil War through the 1950s from local historian and author Edna Hawkins-Hendrix.

Register for free tickets at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1701/1705.

With a passion for preserving stories of Black communities in Princess Anne County that might otherwise be forgotten, Hendrix authored Black History Our Heritage: A Pictorial History of Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach, Virginia; has co-authored Black Law Enforcement Pioneers in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach, Virginia with Deputy Chief Patrick Gallagher; and has collaborated with Dr. Joanne Lucas and Jacqueline G. Malbon to create the two-volume History of African American Communities in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach.

🌟Meet our headliner for this Saturday's African American Music Month Celebration!🌟🌍Tidewater African Cultural Alliance (...
06/11/2026

🌟Meet our headliner for this Saturday's African American Music Month Celebration!🌟

🌍Tidewater African Cultural Alliance (TACA) brings the spirit of Africa and the African Diaspora to life through song and traditional dance in a special appearance with the Boys Choir of Hampton Roads.

Together these dynamic performers invite you to explore the origins of Afro-beats to the modern day music in America at this year's African American Music Month Celebration, 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the Susan S. Goode Fine & Performing Arts Center, 5817 Wesleyan Dr.

Purchase tickets at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/2166/2167.

African American Music Month Celebration is presented in partnership with the Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Alumni and Friends Association (PACTS/UKHS). Visit the PACTS/UKHS Museum, 5100 Cleveland St., for free on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Reminder that tomorrow's History Lunch and Learn event will be held at noon in the Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center, ...
06/10/2026

Reminder that tomorrow's History Lunch and Learn event will be held at noon in the Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center, in front of the Lynnhaven House at 4409 Wishart Rd., Virginia Beach.

If you have not already registered, please do so at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1701/1705. Registration will also be available at the door on a first come, first served basis as space allows.

🌟 Pack your lunch and join us at noon on June 11 at the Lynnhaven House, 4409 Wishart Rd, for our next free History Lunch and Learn! Learn about the formation of African American communities in Princess Anne County from the Civil War through the 1950s from local historian and author Edna Hawkins-Hendrix.

Register for free tickets at https://culture.virginiabeach.gov/1701/1705.

With a passion for preserving stories of Black communities in Princess Anne County that might otherwise be forgotten, Hendrix authored Black History Our Heritage: A Pictorial History of Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach, Virginia; has co-authored Black Law Enforcement Pioneers in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach, Virginia with Deputy Chief Patrick Gallagher; and has collaborated with Dr. Joanne Lucas and Jacqueline G. Malbon to create the two-volume History of African American Communities in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach.

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4409 Wishart Road
Virginia Beach, VA
23452

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 1pm - 5:15pm

Telephone

(757) 385-5100

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