A Dying Art
Coverlets in the Collection A plan to review and assess the Rocktown History coverlets created an opportunity to share the entire colorful collection with visitors. Come see the intricate patterns…
Exhibits
Folk Art
This distinctive collection carefully weaves a story that spans more than two centuries and focuses on folk art from this cultural region of the Shenandoah Valley. Included are examples of…
The Cromer-Trumbo House
The Cromer-Trumbo House is the largest artifact in the Historical Society collection. The historic home was gifted to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society by the estate of Shannon Trumbo. Trumbo’s grandmother…
Invincible Spirit: History in the Heart of the Shenandoah
“Invincible Spirit: History in the Heart of the Shenandoah” tells the history of Rockingham County and Harrisonburg from pre-Columbus times to the recent past. Here, you can learn which Native…
Coverlets
A plan to review and assess the Rocktown History coverlets created an opportunity to share the entire colorful collection with visitors. Come see the intricate patterns that were handwoven into…
Home Inventory plat, Harrisonburg
WWII home inventory for air raid warden included number of residents, exits, and candles.
Melodious Marketing
Shape-notes as tools for music and business. Using unique marketing strategies, one local family business spread shape-note singing traditions from the Shenandoah Valley throughout North America in the late nineteenth…
The Strickler Collection: To Preserve a Community, curated by Jeffrey S. Evans: November 14, 2019, extended to July 2021
Robert Hopkins “Twig” and Lorraine Warren Strickler represent philanthropy in the truest sense of the word. Their generous support of the local community has been well documented. Less well-known is…
Allen Litten, The Valley’s Observer: April 2019 – September 2019
Allen Litten has been photographing the events of Harrisonburg and the surrounding area for over 60 years, spending much of that time with the Daily News-Record newspaper. Guest Curator Daniel…
Inventors & Innovators of Harrisonburg and Rockingham: November 28, 2018 – March 30, 2019
During the 19th and 20th centuries, residents of Rockingham County earned 380 patents from the United States Patent office. Their inventions were surprisingly diverse—from butter churns and poultry brooders to…