The Fredericksburg Area Museum invites veterans and their families to a special reception celebrating the opening of our newest exhibition, Virginia and the Vietnam War.

Join the Fredericksburg Area Museum and Masonic Lodge No. 4 for What Remains: Masonic Lodge, a special exploration of Freemasonry’s legacy in Fredericksburg.

Join our monthly book club at the Fredericksburg Area Museum exploring the people, ideas, and events that shaped the American Revolution.

Discover fascinating artifacts that shed light on Fredericksburg’s pivotal role in the American Revolution.

Join FAM at the museum on off-site at Ferry Farm for a full day of activities for the whole family!

Join the Fredericksburg Area Museum and Masonic Lodge No. 4 for What Remains: Masonic Lodge, a special exploration of Freemasonry’s legacy in Fredericksburg.

Join the Fredericksburg Area Museum for Juneteenth: Celebrate the Storytellers, a special community event hosted by Eunice Haigler in Market Square.

Join our monthly book club at the Fredericksburg Area Museum exploring the people, ideas, and events that shaped the American Revolution.

Step into the stories of the women who shaped Fredericksburg during the Revolutionary era on this engaging walking tour.

Join our monthly book club at the Fredericksburg Area Museum exploring the people, ideas, and events that shaped the American Revolution.

Step into the stories of the women who shaped Fredericksburg during the Revolutionary era on this engaging walking tour.

Join us for a Puerto Rican Plena Dance Workshop with master dancer and choreographer Raúl De La Paz coming to us directly from Puerto Rico!

Join the Fredericksburg Area Museum and the City of Fredericksburg for a meaningful community event recognizing the powerful work of Anthony Cohen. His project retraces the routes of freedom seekers and brings history to life through immersive storytelling and scholarship. 

Come to a special free Homeschool Historians: Colonial Cooking program! The FAM is partnering with a University of Mary Washington Historic Preservation student to develop a new homeschool program for the museum. Homeschool families are invited to attend and provide valuable feedback.

Through artifacts, personal stories, and community memory, discover how the city helped forge a nation, and how it continues to reflect on its Revolutionary past from battlefield to bicentennial to today.

Step into the stories of the women who shaped Fredericksburg during the Revolutionary era on this engaging walking tour.

The Fredericksburg Area Museum is bringing a day of hands-on discovery to Market Square! Free and open to the public. Bring the whole family and explore, create, and discover together.

Please join us for a fascinating evening with author and historian Kate Haulman, whose work brings fresh perspective to Mary Ball Washington’s complex legacy.

Join the FAM team for the Coldest Night of the Year walk.

In honor of Black History Month, join us for a facilitated community discussion of the film Sinners. Participants will watch the movie in advance and then gather for a guided, book-club–style conversation led by Juno Pitchford.

This guided tour will take place at 5:00pm. Free and open to the public.

This guided tour will take place at 11:00am. Free and open to the public.

Join the Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) for Homeschool Historians, an engaging and interactive program specially designed for elementary aged homeschool students and their families. Dive into the fascinating stories of Fredericksburg’s past and beyond through hands-on activities.

Join FAM for a lecture with David Marsich of Germanna Community College as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. Marsich will examine how Paine’s work in the early United States connected to and influenced his later writings in France and Britain.

A joy-forward celebration created for Black women to come together, connect, and celebrate the simple power of being in community.

Join us for a community roundtable to help shape our new food-focused exhibit, Shared Tables, Shared Stories coming to FAM in October 2026.