Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

   A museum, a house built in 1794, and a six acre garden are included in the entrance fee. The house is undergoing preservation and is closed until 2014.  Julian Wood Glass Jr., a decedent of the original builder and founder of Winchester, Virginia, was the last resident of the house. He set up a foundation and stipulated in his will that the gardens and house be opened to the public and that a museum be built for his art collections. Besides the art collection the museum has displays covering the history of the Shenandoah Valley and examples of decorative arts made in the valley.

  The museum is mostly accessible but the admissions desk is very high. The only handicapped parking spaces are close to the gardens where there is a curb cut to the sidewalk. From there it’s an uphill push to the museum entrance. Parking closer to the museum requires using the street to get to a curb cut. The parking lot is surfaced with medium size crushed stone which is very hard to push through. The gardens are minimally accessible. The paths that have paving are uneven and many have steps.

The parking lot is large enough for any RV.  Museum
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