Welcome!

Regular Museum hours: 10 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

The Museum will be closed on Saturday, May 25, for the holiday weekend. Join us for the Van Tour!

Please note that the Museum is usually closed on the Saturday of a holiday weekend.

Going on...

• Van Tour on Saturday, May 25, at 9 a.m. - We will do tour #3 from Sunday Drives, leaving from the County Administration Building. To reserve your space on the van, call 946-9068.
• Sunday Drives, the newest book in our Gift Shop, is available again! It is $20, and postage and handling is $4, if ordering by mail. (VA residents add 5% tax).
• We have a Facebook group!
• The Muse: February 2013 (Our newsletter)
• See our growing catalog on LibraryThing (an external site).
• See more items of general interest and some of our digitized collections.

Mission

Founded in 1976, the Amherst County Museum & Historical Society collects and preserves the heritage of Amherst County, VA.

The mission of the Amherst County Museum & Historical Society is to discover, collect and preserve objects related to the history and genealogy of Amherst County. The Museum & Historical Society shall exhibit, interpret and offer those collections to provide educational experiences for people of all ages.

To contact us by phone: (434) 946-9068

To contact us by mail: P.O. Box 741, Amherst, VA 24521

To contact us by email: For research inquiries, please consult our research request page first. (Please note that this is not a free service.) staff@amherstcountymuseum.org.

The Amherst County Museum & Historical Society is a private non-profit and is supported by memberships and donations. You can support us by making donations or registering with Shop for Museums when you do your online shopping!

Updated 05/22/2013