



Bring your story and step inside.
More than 80 years of memories, in the historical context of our day, live and grow within our museum. Ours is the history of four counties of African American citizens and the school that shaped an entire region. What is that school? The George Washington Carver Regional High School in Rapidan, Virginia. What were the four counties? Culpeper, Orange, Rappahannock, and Madison.​
CELEBRATING through JULY

We Declare
We Declare affirms every American's natural rights as citizens by examining the history of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. Enjoy the slide gallery below.

Welcome to our new exhibit; on view until July 11, 2026

Virginia's place in history; adopting the VA Declaration of Rights ~ one month before the United States was officially formed in Philadelphia

New Yorker cover (July 3, 2023) illustration by Kadir Nelson and painting (1817) of the signing by John Trumbull

Welcome to our new exhibit; on view until July 11, 2026


Liberty, Labor and Langston
In 1936, Langston Hughes published in ESQUIRE magazine the poem, Let America Be America Again. For a preview of the exhibit, click on the PDF icon and view the slide gallery below.


Washington Dc


And SO MUCH MORE
Our Documentary,
"Citizens All"
Traveling Exhibits
"ON THIS LAND"
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COMING SOON
One in each of our four counties throughout the year​​
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