The Frontier Culture Museum is the biggest open-air living history museum in the Shenandoah Valley, as well as one of the highest rated family-friendly attractions and one of the top tourist destinations in Virginia. Costumed historical interpreters show the life and customs of the indigenous Native American tribes in Virginia, the arrival of the German, English and Irish settlers along the Great Wagon Road, and the painful journey of the enslaved Africans to the first permanent British colony in North America.
Visitors may also interact with a blacksmith at an Irish Forge, woodworkers, tailors, and yarn spinners, and learn how the early settlers of America cooked and worked the land.
Directions from Camp Parsons - 1 hr 46 min (80.6 mi)
- Camp Parsons - 214 Wood Haven Trail, Cumberland, VA 23040
- Head north on Wood Haven Trail - 1.1 mi
- Turn Left on US-60W - 11.9 mi
- Turn righ onto US-15 N - 1.4 mi
- Turn left onto VA-20 N - 25.4 mi
- Turn left onto Plank Rd - 19.8 mi
- Turn left onto US-250 W - 0.7 mi
- At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto US-250 - 3.4 mi
- Turn left onto the ramp to Staunton - 0.1 mi
- Merge onto I-64W - 12.1 mi
- Take exit 87 to merge onto I-81N toward Staunton/Winchester - 1.0 mi
- Take exit 222 to merge onto US-250 W toward Staunton 0.9mi
- Follow US-60 W to Sprouses Corner and State Hwy 24 W to State Rte 1008/Ferguson St in Appomattox - 48 min (41.0 mi)
Continue on State Rte 1008/Ferguson St. Drive to VA-719/Purdum Mill Rd - 3 min (1.4 mi) - Continue on Frontier Dr to your destination
- Frontier Culture Museum - 1290 Richmond Rd, Staunton, VA 24401
Highlights:
- Offers tours
- Live performances
- Fee
Address: 1290 Richmond Rd, Staunton, VA 24401
Hours: Opens 10 AM Sat
Phone: (540) 332-7850
