Recent News
King and Queen Historical Society Presents Speakers on African American History (July 2012)
The King and Queen Historical Society met at the newly renovated Marriott School on Sunday, July 22. The guest speakers were Dr. Lauranette Lee, curator, and Paige Newman, archivist, from the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia. They explained the new database about African American history at the Virginia Historical Society, “Unknown No Longer – Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum Opens Exhibit on May 12 featuring Colonial King and Queen Sundial. (May 2012)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum opens its exhibit on the colonial “Uper Church of St. Stephens Parish” featuring the sundial given to the upper church of St. Stephens Parish, King and Queen County in 1715 by Col. James Taylor of King and Queen. Col Taylor was the son of James Taylor 1 who Read the full article…
Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Legacy Project to Visit King and Queen County: Goal to digitize Civil War era documents for research purposes. (April 2012)
The Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and the Library of Virginia have partnered to create a state-wide online collection of original Civil War manuscripts that still remain in private hands. The Civil War 150 Legacy Project Document Digitization and Access focuses on manuscript materials created during the period 1859-1867 that reflect social, Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum Opens Exhibit on March 25th of Renowned Ivor Noël Hume Personal Bottle Collection dating from 1650 to 1976. (March 2012)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum opens its exhibit of the Renowned Ivor Noël Hume Bottle Collection on March 25th. Respected archeologist and writer Ivor Noël Hume, retired “antiquarian” from Colonial Williamsburg, assembled a personal collection of some sixty bottles. He started collecting when examining archaeological digs in London that showed remains from the Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Hosts Holiday Open House Sunday, December 4th. (December 2011)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum will hold its fifth annual old-fashioned Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 4th, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Museum at King and Queen Court House. The Children’s Choir from Aylett Country Day school will be on hand to bring the spirit of the holidays to Read the full article…
Thomas Cluverius of King and Queen comes home to King and Queen Tavern Museum on Sunday, October 9. (October 2011)
Thomas Cluverius of King and Queen County will come home to the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on October 9 at 2 pm. Who is Thomas Cluverius? Born in King and Queen in 1861 of a prominent family, he was well educated and eventually went to law school. However, in 1885 he allegedly murdered Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum is given Historic 1857–9 King and Queen Quilt Face. (January 2011)
At the meeting of its Museum Council on January 26th the King and Queen Historical Society was presented an historic 1857–9 King and Queen quilt face by Mrs. Helen Marion McNeely Brown of Hanover County, Virginia. What is a quilt face? What is its connection to King and Queen County? Why is it historic? A Read the full article…
Belle Boggs to discuss her new book, Mattaponi Queen, at King and Queen Tavern Museum on Sunday, November 7. (November 2010)
Belle Boggs, winner of the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Bakeless Prize for her new book, Mattaponi Queen, will talk about her book of short stories at the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on Sunday, November 7th, at 3 pm. Belle was born in King William County, grew up in Walkerton in King and Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum to feature Speaker on Caring and Preserving Family Textile Treasures on September 19th. (September 2010)
Colleen Callahan, a noted costume and textile historian and curator with experience in conservation will deliver an enlightening program on the care and preservation of family treasures such as grandmother’s wedding dress, a family christening dress, or a beloved quilt at the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on Sunday, September 19th at 3 pm. Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Hosts Holiday Open House Sunday, December 6th. (December 2009)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum will hold its third annual Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 6th from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Museum at King and Queen Court House. Children’s choirs will be on hand to bring the spirit of the holidays to the neighborhood. Outside the Museum there will Read the full article…