Exploring HISTORY in a new, fun way will have you scanning QR codes, snapping photos and answering trivia questions on the Scavify phone app.

Each challenge earns you points and rewards you with a gift when you’re complete!

Play the MOM Scavenger hunt anytime during August 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019.

Start at any of the 3 museums, go in any order you choose and take as long as you need.  Visit all 3 locations to complete all the challenges – approximately 10+ questions at each museum.  You have one chance to get the answer correct; they are multiple choice questions.  All participants will receive a gift upon completion of the hunt.  The gift can be picked up at any of the museums.  Your email will be put into a drawing for the cash prize drawings of $100, $50 and $25.  Drawing will be on May 1, 2019.

These are the museum addresses that are participating in the scavenger hunt:

Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson Creek, Deltaville, VA 23043  (804) 776-7200 Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm & Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 pm

Middlesex County Museum 777 General Puller Hwy., Saluda, VA 23149   (804) 758-3663 Open Saturdays 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Urbanna Museum 140 Virginia Street, Urbanna, VA 23175  (804) 758-8181  Open Thursday – Saturday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm & Sunday 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Print PDF Flyer:  ScavengerHUNT_Flyer_8.5x11_2018-rd2

Lecture by Eric Jacobson
$5 Admission Fee
2pm-3pm

The Kilmarnock Brewhaus will feature Mercy Creek on Thursday, February 14th,  Show starts at 7:30!

Join the participating wineries of our Trail for a “Wine & Cherries Weekend” to celebrate Valentines/ Presidents Day Weekend!

Start your journey at the Dog and Oyster Vineyard in Irvington, then head over to Good Luck Cellars, approximately 5 miles away. A perfect long weekend here in the River Realm!

Participating wineries:

Caret Cellars – Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

Dog and Oyster Vineyard – Cherry Treats

General’s Ridge Vineyard – Merlot Cherry Brownie Bites

Good Luck Cellars – Cherry Pie and Cherry Brownies

Ingleside Vineyards – Maraschino Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
(*Jacey will participate on Saturday, Feb. 16 only)

Vault Field Vineyards – Cherry Fudge Cake

Master Storyteller Sheila Arnold returns with an all-new program, sharing dramatic, historical tales about Virginia’s waterways that were part of the Underground Railroad. The stories are derived from an 1870s book written by William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad and Secretary of Philadelphia Abolitionist Society. His book shares the stories of over 500 people who ran from slavery, including some who used Virginia’s locks, canals and waterways to escape. Free admission but $10 donation suggestedto benefit nonprofit sponsor Lancaster Va Historical Society. RESERVATIONS REQUESTED TO ENSURE SEATING 804-462-7280 orhistory@LancasterVaHistory.org.

Related book available:
Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad 
by Dr. Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, PhD.

Published 2017. Enslaved Virginians sought freedom from the time they were first brought to the Jamestown colony in 1619. Acts of self-emancipation were aided by Virginia’s waterways, which became part of the network of the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War. Watermen willing to help escaped slaves made eighteenth-century Norfolk a haven for freedom seekers. Famous nineteenth-century escapees like Shadrack Minkins and Henry “Box” Brown were aided by the Underground Railroad. Enslaved men like Henry Lewey, known as Bluebeard, aided freedom seekers as conductors, and black and white sympathizers acted as station masters. Historian Cassandra Newby-Alexander, professor of history and director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for the African Diaspora at Norfolk State University, narrates the ways that enslaved people used Virginia’s waterways to achieve humanity’s dream of freedom. Softcover, 192 pages.  $23 ($21 members) includes tax.  Please call or email to reserve a copy so we can ensure enough inventory, or buy online at www.mkt.com/maryball (online price may vary).