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Five Fun Festivals
Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival, May & October
Wintergreen Summer Music Festival, month of July
Virginia State Fair, late Sept.-early October, Caroline County
Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival, Rebec Vineyards, Amherst, Oct. 12-13
Richmond Folk Festival, Oct. 11-13
More festivals on page 216 and at Virginia.org
TRANSPORTATION

Virginia Department of Transportation
800-367-7623; www.virginiadot.org.

Amherst

Includes Madison Heights, Sweetbriar

Amherst County Chamber of Commerce

154 S. Main St., Amherst 24521; P.O. Box 560;
434-946-0990; www.amherstvachamber.com.
Blue Ridge Parkway, festivals, parks & lakes,
museums, antiques, B&Bs, Sweet Briar College,
golf courses. I
ATTRACTIONS

Amherst County Museum

154 S. Main St., Amherst 24521;
434-946-9068; www.amherstcountymuseum.org
Changing exhibits on the history of Amherst
county. Genealogical files. I

Monacan Indian Ancestral Museum

2009 Kenmore Rd., Amherst 24521;
434-946-5391;
www.monacannation.com/museum.shtml.
Houses artifacts from one of the oldest groups
of indigenous people in Virginia.

Sweet Briar Museum

134 Chapel Rd., Sweet Briar 24595;
434-381-6246; www.museum.sbc.edu/.
Exhibitions of decorative arts and historic
house and ghost tours.
HOTELS/MOTELS

Americas Best Value Inn

5016 S. Amherst Hwy., Madison Heights
24572; 434-845-7041;
www.AmericasBestValueInn.com.

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Appomattox
Appomattox Visitor Information Center
214 Main St., Appomattox 24522;
P.O. Box 246; 434-352-8999;
www.tourappomattox.com.
Displays, video and brochures on local and
regional destinations. Ijb
ATTRACTIONS

"Turn of the Century" Walking Tour

Visitor Infomation Center, Appomattox 24522;
Main St.; 434-352-8999;
www.tourappomattox.com.
Experience 50 stops including historic homes,
buildings and heritage markers.jb

Appomattox County Historical Museum

337 Court St., Appomattox 24522;
P.O. Box 253; 434-352-3910;
www.tourappomattox.com.
Historic original jailhouse, housing interesting,
unique memorabilia from the county.b $

Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park

Hwy 24, Appomattox 24522; 434-352-8987;
www.nps.gov/apco.
Historic site of surrender bringing an end to
Civil War.jb $

Carver-Price Legacy Museum

102 Carver Ln., Appomattox 24522;
434-352-8999; www.tourappomattox.com.
Showcasing local African-American history and
heritage in education exhibits.b

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TONY HALL

Central Virginia

Richmond Folk Festival

Bell Tower/Capitol Square
Travel Information Center
Virginia Tourism Corporation
101 N. 9th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-545-5584

Clover Hill Village Living History
Museum

Appomattox Historical Society, Appomattox
24522; 5747 River Ridge Rd.; 434-352-8999;
www.tourappomattox.com.
Living history village depicting life in the
1800s. Open daily.jb $

Cub Creek Pottery

2411 Wheeler Springs Rd., Pamplin 23958;
434-248-5074; www.cubcreek.org.
Experience pottery made at this fascinating
residential, apprenticeship studio.jb

Hazel Moon Resource Center
and Museum

401 Confederate Blvd, Appomattox 24522;
434-352-5806; www.tourappomattox.com.
Houses the fascinating African artifact
collection of missionary Hazel Moon.b

Lee-Grant Civil War Gift Shop
& Museum

7532 Richmond Hwy, Appomattox 24522;
434-352-5234; www.tourappomattox.com.
U.S. and Confederate Civil War souvenirs,
relics and battle maps.b

Museum of the ConfederacyAppomattox

159 Horseshoe Rd., Appomattox 24522;
855-649-1861 or 855-649-1861;
www.moc.org/appomattox.
Virginia's newest Civil War museum. Of
special interest General Lee's sword. Ib $

Pamplin Pipe Factory

Business 460, Pamplin 23958; 434-352-8999;
www.tourappomattox.com.
Original 1800s clay pipe kiln. National
Register of Historic Places.b

Steins Unlimited Museum

616 Swan Rd., Pamplin 23958;
434-248-6114; www.tourappomattox.com.
Largest collection of antique and collectible
steins in the world.
OUTDOOR RECREATION

Holliday Lake State Park

2759 State Park Rd, Appomattox 24522; Rt.
2, Box 622; 434-248-6308 or 800-933-PARK
or 800-933-7275; www.virginiastateparks.gov.
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