Recent News
King and Queen Dedicates Carriage House and Stevensville P.O. Restoration. (July 2009)
Recently the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum dedicated its new Carriage House and Stevensville Post Office Restoration at a ceremony held at the Museum. Museum Chair Jack Spain began by saying this was a ceremony to show how many hands and how much cooperation it takes to make a project, like the new Carriage Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Opens Exhibit on West African Art and Artifacts. Kay and Larry Grahl to Speak on October 26th. (October 2008)
Art and Artifacts from the countries of Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa and its connection to King and Queen County will be the focus of the talk of Kay and Larry Grahl of Mattaponi on Sunday, October 26th, in connection with the opening on the same day of Read the full article…
King and Queen Historical Society Endowment Donors Retrace Dahlgren’s Civil War Raid on Richmond. (April 2008)
Donors to the King and Queen Historical Society Endowment Fund and their guests ventured on Saturday, April 19th, to retrace Union Col. Ulric Dahlgren’s 1864 raid on Richmond. The raid is significant to King and Queen County history because the raid failed and Dahlgren escaped to King and Queen County where he was killed near Read the full article…
Expert on Virginia Quilts to Speak at K&Q Museum on March 9. (March 2008)
Paula Golden, noted expert on Virginia quilts, and co-author of the handsomely illustrated Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899, will give a lecture and slide show on Virginia quilts at the King and Queen County Courthouse Tavern Museum on March 9th at 3 pm. The public is invited and there is no charge. After the lecture, Mrs. Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Hosts Christmas Open House December 9th. (December 2007)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum will hold its first Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 9th, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Museum at King and Queen Court House. Children’s choirs from Bruington Church and Aylett Country Day School will be on hand to bring the spirit of Christmas to the Read the full article…
King and Queen Historical Society completes Index for Bulletin (September 2007)
The King and Queen Historical Society has announced the completion of its Index for issues 51–100 of its well-regarded Bulletin of articles about King and Queen County History. The Bulletins have been issued twice each year, so the index for Issues 51–100 covers Bulletins for the years 1981–2006. The index was prepared through a generous Read the full article…
King and Queen Historical Society produces Schools Coverlet (September 2007)
The King and Queen Historical Society is selling a King and Queen Schools Coverlet that features sketches of thirteen early King and Queen County public schools and the Courthouse Tavern Museum superimposed over an outline of the County, framed by the names of many other county schools. The thirteen schools that are sketched are Newtown, Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Opens Exhibit on John Smith’s Travels in Middle Peninsula on April 21st
John Smith’s Shallop, Explorer, also to be on hand for festivities that carry over to April 22nd (April 2007) “Did you know that John Smith came to what is now King and Queen County in 1607?” “It is true, however, John Smith did not come of his own free will!” This will be the focus Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum and Historical Society on the Internet. (June 2006)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum and the King and Queen County Historical Society have established a website on the Internet. Its call letters are www.kingandqueenmuseum.com or www.kingqueenhistsoc.com The Website provides information on the Museum, its exhibits and activities, information on the activities of the Historical Society and applications for membership, as well as Read the full article…
Book Signing for Dr. Malcolm Harris’s History of Homes to be Held at K&Q Courthouse Tavern Museum. (March 2006)
Many knew Dr. Malcolm Harris as the beloved physician in West Point. What many people don’t realize is that he was also an accomplished author. The King and Queen County Historical Society has obtained a limited number of copies of Dr. Harris’s long out-of-print Old New Kent County: Some Account of the Planters, Plantations and Read the full article…