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Historic Tours

Free Weekly Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House guided tours:  
Second and Last Saturdays of the month, May – October, noon - 3 p.m.  Please check Tours and Programs page for any schedule changes. 
Open for short tours during many city special events: Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House tours on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 11:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Free Old Town Fairfax Guided Walking Tours, are offered by Historic Fairfax City Inc. the last Saturdays of the month May - October. 

Self-guided tours of Old Town Fairfax are available with A Walk Through History, a free brochure available on the city website (click here) and from the Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St.
Group Tours
Guided adult tours for groups of eight people or more at any city historic sites may be reserved for a $25 fee per group.
Guided youth tours for students and scouts are available; please make reservations at least one month in advance. Cost is $3 per child, chaperones free, no charge for schools located within the City of Fairfax. Programs are tailored for different age groups and educational needs, and incorporate hands-on activities. Space and staff scheduling limits apply.
  • Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center tour information: email, 703-385-8414
  • Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center tour information: email, 703-591-6728
  • Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House tour information: email, 703-385-8414

 

Traveling Exhibit: "Virginians and the Vietnam War"

  • Date: -  
  • Location: Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
    10209 Main Street
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
  • Introduction: This traveling exhibit from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath.

FREE. Closed Tuesdays. Call 703-385-8415 for further information.

More than 230,00 Virginians served in Vietnam and 1,490 Virginians died there.  Virginia is also currently home to 60,000 Vietnamese Americans .For many Virginians, however, there remained a feeling of disconnectedness which was to endure for decades.  The traveling exhibit "Virginia and the Vietnam War," from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, will explore the choices, perspectives, and experiences of Virginians during the Vietnam War era to help facilitate untapped understandings about this tumultuous time.  .

This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath. Visitors will tap into the hopes and fears of those connected to the war by exploring the personal items they carried and engaging with multiple oral histories. 

 

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Traveling Exhibit: "Virginians and the Vietnam War"

  • Date: -  
  • Location: Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
    10209 Main Street
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
  • Introduction: This traveling exhibit from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath.

FREE. Closed Tuesdays. Call 703-385-8415 for further information.

More than 230,00 Virginians served in Vietnam and 1,490 Virginians died there.  Virginia is also currently home to 60,000 Vietnamese Americans .For many Virginians, however, there remained a feeling of disconnectedness which was to endure for decades.  The traveling exhibit "Virginia and the Vietnam War," from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, will explore the choices, perspectives, and experiences of Virginians during the Vietnam War era to help facilitate untapped understandings about this tumultuous time.  .

This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath. Visitors will tap into the hopes and fears of those connected to the war by exploring the personal items they carried and engaging with multiple oral histories. 

 

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