Resilience Amid Resistance
History Made by Students—History Told by Students May 17, 2025 – September 20, 2025 Now in its tenth year, the Farmville Tour Guides Project, a student-led independent study in Rockingham…
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The Art of Community
On view Feb 15 – Apr 12, 2025 Art — like beauty, is often said to be in the eye of the beholder and thus, indefinable. We invite you to…
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The Only Recreation We Had (Virtual)
Exhibit season opening day: April 19, 2024. Final out: November 5, 2024, but a new virtual tour provides an instant replay! In 2024, the Rockingham County Baseball League celebrated 100 years!…
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A Tip of the Hat: Rocktown History Celebrates 125 years!
On view October 2023 – February 2024 Rocktown History is celebrating 125 years with a new exhibition! Come and explore how the organization has collected, maintained, and recorded the history…
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Coverlets
By popular demand, the coverlet exhibit will return for the month of March. A plan to review and assess the Rocktown History coverlets created an opportunity to share the entire…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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At Play: Dolls, Toys, and Trains: November 25, 2016 – January 31, 2017
An exhibition that recalled the joys of childhood playtime, but revealed many themes of history (manufacturing, materials, education, immigration, business, gender bias, and concern for the environment) through a display…
