The Woodstock Museum            

IN THE NEWS!

4th Annual Antiques Appraisal Fair & Chocolate Festival!!:

Sunday, February 19th, 2012 (if snow: 2/26th)

Noon - 4pm

AT The Woodstock Museum                         104 South Muhlenberg St, Woodstock VA 22664

FREE ADMISSION - Open to the Public

APPRAISALS:  $10 each item, $25/3 items              Bring photos of large items.  Appraisals are verbal only!

THANKS to our VOLUNTEER Appraisers: 

Mark Grove, MA, AAA, ASA, MRICS, Accredited Sr Appraiser   Jeff Bradfield, Rolling Hills Antique Mall, Harrisonburg VA        Hoyle Laughlin, Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg VA                           Philip Lively, Catoctin View Antiques, Stephens City VA              Barbara Kesser, Spring Hollow Antiques, Woodstock VA

Chocolate Festival

Enter to win a ribbon OR Vote for you FAVORITE

Donate entries to the Museum :                 FUDGE, BROWNIES, CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, or anything CHOCOLATE!

Contact Anne @ 540-459-9558 or email the Museum at info@woodstockmuseumva.org  

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 2012 Program Speaker Dates:

The 4th Thursday of March, May, August & October at 7pm, speakers & location to be announced.

March 22, 2012

May 24, 2012

August 23, 2012

October 25, 2012 - Annual Docents' Dinner

 Email any questions to:  info@woodstockmuseumva.org

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PROGRAM SPEAKER, October 27, 2011:

"Col. E.E. Stickley, Of the Fifth Virginia - Local Hero" ~ Speaker:  Woodstock Mayor Jeremy McCleary

Mayor McCleary & his family live in Stickley Hall in Woodstock, which peaked his interest in the Civil War veteran who had built the grand brick home.  Col. Stickley was wounded at Antietam, losing an arm.  In 1883 the colonel participated in the return of the regimental flag that had been captured by the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment to the veterans of the 28th New York Volunteers from whom it was taken during the war.  the two groups met in Niagra Falls, NY.  This was done to foster good relations in the still healing nation.  Col. Stickley spoke stirringly at the reunion of Federal and Confederate veterans. 

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PROGRAM SPEAKER, May 26, 2011:

"The MSV:  Building on the Past, Moving to the Future" ~ Speaker:  Ms. Dana Hand Evans

Ms. Evans, the Executive Director of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) in Winchester, VA, was the guest speaker on Thursday May 26th, despite tornado warnings in the area!  She spoke about the facilities, exhibits, available services, and historical development of the Museum of The Shenandoah Valley.

Ms. Evans also shared a slide presentation about exciting future plans for a series of gardens and period outdoor exhibitions which will be completed over the next few years.  These will include log cabins, meadows & casual gardens scattered along a walking trail.

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 Program Speaker ~ March 24, 2011:

"Shenandoah County RETROspective ~ Selected Images from The Morrison Collection"

John Adamson, who is currently a guest curator of the "As Good As Can Be, Shenandoah County Through the Lens of Hugh Morrison, Jr." exhibit of  photographs at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV), narrated a wonderful selection of slides from the Shenandoah Historical Society's Morrison Collection of glass plate negatives.  The photos date from the very late 1800's until Morrison's death in 1950.

About 40 people encouraged Mr. Adamson to continue showing additional slides, beyond the 291 shown as part of his presentation!  He was happy to do so & the Woodstock and Shenandoah County natives in the crowd eagerly shouted out names of those in the photos shown.  

Among the people and places displayed were two photos of the Woodstock Museum's Marshall House, one exterior view and another of  a walnut Hepplewhite sideboard proudly on display in front of the Marshall House North Gallery fireplace mantle.  This second photo was previously unidentified by the Historical Society!  The Museum will be purchasing copies of these photos for their archives (copies are available thru the Shenandoah County Historical Society)

Please join us at the next Program Meeting on May 26th @7pm    The speaker and subject are to be announced...

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                                                                                                       EXTRA!

 PBS " Shenandoah Valley Museums":

DVD to be on sale soon! (in case you missed it...)

 The Woodstock Museum is one of several Valley museums featured in a half hour show, produced by Oak Tree Productions, which appeared on local PBS station WVPT on Thursday May 19th.   Oak Tree produced the popular 'Road Trip to History' series on Shenandoah County towns & local history.  The 'Shenandoah Valley Museums' show is the latest in the 'Road Trip..' series.

 The Woodstock Museum's portion of the program was funded in full by SHENTEL 

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~ April 2011-Nov. 2014 ~

The Season of the Horse!:

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) in Winchester has placed on loan at the Woodstock Museum a wonderful piece of Shenandoah County folk art, a late 19th century carved wooden carousel horse attributed to James Sheetz of Edinburg, VA.  The horse is said to have been part of a traveling carousel that roamed Shenandoah County at the end of the 19th century& into the early 20th century.  MSV has the mate to this horse on display in it's permanent gallery.

The Sheetz carousel horse will be on exhibit at the Woodstock Museum through 2014.

It is hoped that this is just the first of many exchanges of artifacts between the Woodstock Museum & the Museum of the ShenandoahValley! 

 MSV Exec Director Dana H Evans (L) & Exhibits Manager Corwyn Garman (R) with the visiting Sheetz carousel horse, during the Preview Celebration at the Woodstock Museum's Marshall House.

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Morrison Studio Exhibit:

The Woodstock Museum, for the first time, has collaborated with another museum, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA (MSV).  Several artifacts from the Woodstock Museum were  on loan to the MSV for display in an exhibit on Woodstock photographer Hugh Morrison, Jr., including Morrison's large oak studio camera! 

Upon the closing of the Morrison exhibit, the MSV staff carefully returned all the artifacts that had been loaned.  The MSV went so far as to create an acid free box in which they  professionally packed the 1890's cloth banner that Hugh Morrison, Jr., used on his wagon early in his career.

Visit MSV's website:   Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. 

Above:  MSV staff prep 'Baby Charlotte' for her trip to Winchester 

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Marshall House Restoration

The repair and painting of the Marshall House wood trim & facade has been finished.  This is just the tip of the iceberg in the complete restoration of this great 18th/19th century building.

Several Museum supporters helped to underwrite the cost of doing these much needed repairs & we THANK YOU!

There is still much more restoration to be done both inside & outside ALL the Museum buildings, Marshall, Wickham & the Annex- Please help the Museum in this ongoing effort!

The Woodstock Museum is a 501 (3)(c) Non-Profit Organization.  Your donation is Tax Deductible!

Contact Us Today!!!!

(Above)  Third generation painter Garry Orebaugh, Jr.works to repair & paint the trim & windows of the Marshall House on a blazing hot day.