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Look what rolled into town yesterday! The VA250 Mobile Museum opens to the public at 10 a.m. Wednesday. #VA250

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Researching your genealogy? Visit the museum's website for resources to guide you in your search. #genealogy #research www.historicisleofwight.com/genealogy.html

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Spied just now on my Ham Cam: www.hamcamva.com Loving my visitors! #FridayFun

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A visit from Classical Conversations Homeschool Group of Yorktown, Virginia! #homeschool #museumguests

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My museum is cool AND quirky! #SmallMuseumsRock

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Courtesy of Isle of Wight County Emergency Management, an AED is now mounted inside the museum's front entrance. We are hopeful that it is never needed, but our staff is ready to assist in an emergency. #AED #emergency

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The Browns from Alabama were super-excited to meet me! #newfriends #Alabama #FunWithHam

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If you missed our Windsor Castle walking tour yesterday, mark your calendar to join us on June 1. #guidedtour #SmithfieldVirginia

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A visit from Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia! #visitors #newfriends #fieldtrip

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May is National Posture Month. Celebrate by becoming aware of yours. Straight advice from me! #NationalPostureMonth #StraightUp

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A little hat trick to keep you feeling fedora-ble! #hatstretcher #inthecollection

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Bicentennial souvenir program, Smithfield, Virginia, 1952. #bicentennial #SmithfieldVirginia

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On Friday, Isle of Wight County Schools hosted a panel discussion with Windsor and Smithfield High School students as the culmination of a cross-curricular #VA250 project. Additionally, Isle of Wight County Schools presented the museum with a SUCCEED award. #localhistorymatters

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From our LUNCH & LEARN: National Arbor Day event on Friday. It was informative and verdant! #ArborDay #trees

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Virginia Beach visitors--with their sweet girl Eva--stopped by this morning before continuing onward in their search of mead, ham and outdoor adventures! #visitors #smallmuseumsrock

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Learn more about farming in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, with our latest episode of MY ISLE featuring Peyton Barlow and his memories of growing up at Oakwood Square. Visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kpCfRPqcLE&t=3s. #farming #videoseries #IsleofWightCounty #Virginia

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Design your own ham bag in one of the museum's hands-on exhibits! #virginiaham #handson #art

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Volunteers make it happen. Chris Claud is prepping genealogical documents for digitization. #genealogy #digitization #volunteers

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Tasty Tuesday. Recipe from De Virginia Hambook, 1946. #recipe #VirginiaHam #TastyTuesday

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Margaret Finucane and Drew Densmore of Richmond, Virginia, stopped in for a joyful visit on Saturday! #visitors #newfriends

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A visit from the Tidewater MG Classics Car Club! #visitors #tour

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In conjunction with the American Revolution 250 Commission, the museum is aglow for Two Lights For Tomorrow to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride. #va250 #TwoLightsForTomorrow

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The Woman's Club of Windsor, Virginia, field tripped to the museum for a visit! #community #guidedtour #civicorganization

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During our time with Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation's Spring Break Camp yesterday at Carrollton-Nike Park and Windsor Town Center, we hosted a program about cows highlighting bovine and dairy history. Plus, we made our own butter from cream! #butter #SpringBreak

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From yesterday's well-attended LUNCH & LEARN: Steamer Trunks, the Sinking of RMS Titanic and the Scuttling of the SS United States. #Titanic #lecture

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Don't take any wooden nickels. Although these are probably safe since they commemorated the museum's 20th anniversary. #woodennickels #anniversary

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Members of the Gwaltney Family were in town this weekend and took a moment to pose for a photo with P.D. Gwaltney Jr. and me! #SmithfieldHam #family

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Community outreach at the opening of #GOCarWash in Carrollton yesterday!

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Tune in to Facebook on Thursdays for our weekly LIVE feature! #video #museumfun #smallmuseumsrock

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From Sunday's Jamestown-Scotland Ferry: A History lecture. If you missed this wonderful lecture by the great-grandson of the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry's first captain, Albert F. Jester, our recording will be produced and posted on Friday. @vadot.bsky.social #ferry

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Visitors this weekend were able to participate in Slow Art Day and spend some time contemplating several pieces of artwork that are not regularly on exhibit. Our event, scheduled for Saturday, extended into Sunday. The more time to consider art, the better! #SlowArtDay

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Cold War history at Carrollton-Nike Park! On Friday, 6th graders from Westside Elementary School of Isle of Wight County Schools field tripped to Carrollton-Nike Park in Isle of Wight County, Va., for the culmination of their rocketry studies. STEM studies AND local history! #smallmuseumsrock

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James Bryant of Suffolk and his sister Barbara Priester of Jacksonville, Florida, hammed it up with the World's Oldest Ham today! A fun adventure for James' birthday! #birthday #museumfun

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Today is opening day for the Smithfield farmers market's 2025 season. Once you adopt your veggies, bring them to the museum so that they can learn about their roots! #farmersmarket #SmithfieldVa

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I might not be gigil, but my fuzzy friends are! #NewWordsInTheOED

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Farming statistics in southeastern Virginia, 1925-1970. #agriculture #farming

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Ice Ice Baby. #inthecollection

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A 1909 postcard in our collection in honor of National Card and Letter Writing Month. (A little late for George's birthday, but right on time for sending a note to your bestie.) #georgewashington #postcard

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From our VIETNAM VETERANS DAY: Welcome Home event on Saturday featuring Sgt. Major Bill Wiggins. #welcomehome #VietnamVeteransDay

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David and Lisa Colangelo of Ashland, Va., came to the museum today to visit me and the amazing artwork their daughter Maggie created featuring my ham history! #artwork

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Yesterday, the town of Windsor began the move of a 1927 CG Class cupola Norfolk & Western caboose from Suffolk, Va. Once restored, it will be placed to interpret the town's railroad history. #allaboard

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Yesterday, sixth graders at Westside Elementary School field tripped to Windsor Castle Park for a guided tour of the site and to downtown Smithfield in their pursuit of local colonial history. #fieldtrip #VA250

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Town of Smithfield residents brought their Californian relatives to visit their favorite local museum yesterday afternoon! #visitors

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Middle schoolers from Isle of Wight County Schools — learning more about the commemoration of the American Revolution — visited both last week and this week to gather info they need for themed projects to be showcased at their upcoming Gifted and Talented Night. #localhistorymatters #VA250

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Young archaeologist Walter Forsythe of @Smithfieldva unearthed a find in his yard and brought it to the museum hoping to learn more about what it might be! #smallmuseumsrock

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Timothy and Jennel Burns of Smithfield, Texas, visited the museum today! #visitors #smallmuseumsrock

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LUNCHTIME! Lunchroom cafeteria tray from the South Plant of Smithfield Foods. The South Plant closed in 2009. #LunchBreak

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Indigenous Perspectives highlights the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Indigenous history and how the tribes remain a vital part of Virginia today. This touring exhibit from the Library of Virginia will be here through April 27. #exhibit

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My new kicks have teeth. Compliments of #ShintaroYamamoto! #newshoes

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From our festive celebration of the Town of Windsor's birthday on Saturday during HAPPY 123rd Birthday, Town of Windsor! Cake, guest lecturer and historian Clyde Parker, frogs and fun! #birthday #community

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