Best places: Historical place museums in Virginia

Multimedia museum exploring the American Revolution with costumed interpreters on the battlefield.

Historic home & picturesque gardens offering a fine art collection, professional program & classes.

This 18th-century planation was the site of a slave rebellion & a former Civil War headquarters.

Reconstruction of the first English settlement includes a fort, village & characters in costume.

Furnace ruins & glassblowing demonstrations in a reconstructed glass factory from the early 1600s.

Charming old mill in scenic surrounds offering cultural demonstrations, mountain music & trails.

Working farm since 1619 with tours of an antebellum mansion, formal gardens & on-site museum.

Former home of Robert E. Lee, this Greek Revival mansion features a flower garden & on-site museum.

An 18th-century mansion & gardens, home to a former governor, now a museum & equestrian center.

Tours of a landmark 1726 plantation house with 18th-century furnishings, plus gardens & a farm.

Circa-1715 wood-frame former home of a prominent colonial family, now a museum with guided tours.

👍👍 If you are visiting Mount Vernon this is a definite must to visit. It is included in the price of admission to Mount Vernon, you just hop on their complementary bus that takes you straight there. The people there are friendly and knowledgeable about their Mill and about the products that they produc...

Guided tours through the artifact-filled house where the Civil War general worked in 1861 & 1862.

Living-history museum depicting an English settlement with Colonial buildings & costumed actors.

Elegant 1753 manor home featuring lush gardens & guided tours, plus special events.

House with workshop & farm, re-creating the original with tours, artifact displays & a graveyard.

😠 This museum should have never changed its name from the Museum of the Confederacy as it is very slanted (and seemingly sympathetic) to the confederate cause. One of the "hardships" endured at the hands of the "cruel" Union troops was the "loss of farm laborers and household servants" as slaves were...

Civil War memorial & site of Lee's Retreat covers 370 acres, with a visitor center & hiking trails.

History museum exploring the Civil War from 3 perspectives: North, South & African-American.

👍👍 A piece of Richmond history that is well preserved. There is so much history to learn at here. The gift shop has a lot to offer.