Weekly Fieldtrip - Wilderness Road Regional Museum

I woke up suuuppeerr early at Meghann's house, needless to say I was pretty exhausted! We made sure to pack a lunch and we caught a ride to the community college with her older sisters, and from there we got picked up by Ginger, who surprisingly took us out to eat that morning, it was nice :) 







A whole group of us homeschoolers met at the Wilderness Road Regional Museum for our weekly fieldtrip! There was at least 30 of us in total, if not more, it was a huge group! 


"Located in an 1800's era house;  owned and operated by The New River Historical Society and contains local area books, records and exhibits." is just a brief description of where we went. 





The enormous old house is filled with tons and tons of artifacts that were from this area. We learned all about the people who lived in this area of Virginia, the clothes they wore, the food they ate, how they lived their lives. 

accurate representation of our relationship

some of the kids making butter!

After our several hour long interactive fun fieldtrip, we headed over to the park for lunch :) It made me really happy to spend time with friends! We all ran around and hung out for awhile. Meg, Austin (my boyfriend), Jess, and I went for a walk in the woods before Meggie had to leave :( 
Later on we played a game of catch and hung out at the playground before it was time to go home for the day.

homeschool train

Glencoe Museum

I'm always willing to explore new places, and this place in particular is somewhere I've driven by many times, but for some reason our family has never stopped there. This place is called the Glencoe Museum. I actually had no idea what this place was about until we visited it just recently.

• Glencoe gives visitors a fascinating look back at the Victorian way of life during the post-Civil War years. Built by Confederate Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton, the house and grounds provide an intimate view of a lost way of life.

I learned a lot from going to the museum, and I'm glad we finally took the trip inside!

The doorways and ceilings are so huge and tall, not to mention all of the many windows of this house, it is so bright inside. My mother said it reminded her of her great-aunt's house :)

A courting chair, how times have changed...

This house was filled with such elegance, and housed many things that seem so foreign but yet at the same time familiar. Many of the things I recognized, and even my mother used when she was a girl.

This house is different from a modern day home- they have a fire place in many of the rooms, also there was no indoor bathroom or running water. Our guide was very informative and answered any questions we had! (We've also seen him before, he works at the local library as well!)

The upstairs had a bedroom, but also had many different kinds of artifacts and information.

We learned about Native American history, and also go to see items the Native American Indians in this area would have used. Another thing we learned about was the Civil War and the railroad history of Virginia.

•  A purple heart. A military decoration for those wounded or killed in action. My grandfather received one of these.

We also ventured downstairs, to a room which is now used as an art gallery, the art shown was quite interesting and I enjoyed looking at the gallery. Before the tour was over, there was one more stop to take- the one room outdoor school house!

The cone of shame...

I really enjoyed our time here at the Glencoe Museum and we all learned so many new things!