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Deltaville Maritime Museum

The Keeper of Chesapeake Bay’s
Watermen’s Heritage.

Nestled in the heart of the historic “Boatbuilding Capital of the Chesapeake,” the Deltaville Maritime Museum & Holly Point Nature Park (DMM & HPNP) celebrates the region’s nautical history and so much more. Learn about boatbuilding and see skilled craftsmen producing boats modeled after the signature vessels that plied the bay’s waters.

Urbanna Museum

When a young nation rose to power and tobacco was king, a map became one of the most important documents in American history.

Home to the Mitchell Map, considered the most important map in American history, the Scottish Factor Store in charming Urbanna is a journey back into colonial America. The circa 1766 brick warehouse was once the meeting place of tobacco growers and merchants trading goods and news of the day in pre-Revolutionary War America. Today you can find the remarkable 1755 Mitchell Map and other historic exhibits that tell the story of the rise of the New World.

Saluda Museum

Imagine yourself wearing the clothes of the 19th and early 20th centuries that are on display and “shop” for goods in the large selection of General Store merchandise.

Learn about Civil Rights pioneer Irene Morgan and see her Medal of Freedom that’s on display. For map lovers, find an extensive selection of historical maps for cartographic exploration!

In addition to the main museum, a short walk away is the Historic Clerk’s Office that is housed in the original 1852 Middlesex County Clerk’s office building. The exhibit explores a typical court day in old Middlesex and traces 200 years of county history through historical documents, many hid from marauding Union forces in 1863 through the foresight of County Clerk P.T. Woodward.