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Springfield, Virginia

City of Fairfax

Fairfax, Virginia

History

City of Fairfax in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Fairfax County Public Library

Fairfax, Virginia

Library

Fairfax County Public Library in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

History

The Museum and Visitor Center and City of Fairfax provide a strategic base for visiting Washington, D.C., Manassas, the Tysons Corner area, and Northern Virginia including the Shenandoah Valley and Skyline Drive.The Visitor Center offers information about lodging, restaurants, transportation, historic and natural attractions, and special events for tourists and residents. Volunteers are needed and welcome.

Friends of the Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station, Virginia

History

A reconstructed Southern Railway depot rich in Civil War and local History. Clara Barton nursed here after the second Battle of Manassas. Model trains shown on the third Sunday of each month.

Historic Fairfax City, Inc.

Fairfax, Virginia

History

Historic Fairfax City, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

National Women's History Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

Culture, General, History, Library, Specialized

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Pohick Episcopol Church

Lorton, Virginia

Church

Pohick Episcopol Church in Lorton, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Ratcliffe-Allison House

Fairfax, Virginia

History

Ratcliffe-Allison House in Fairfax, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

History, Military

The museum interprets the site's history and offers exhibitions, Civil War topics, education and interpretive programs. Tours, lectures, and living history activities are available.

Green Spring Gardens Park

Alexandria, Virginia

Historic House, Nature Centers, Science

The park has demonstration gardens, a nature center, a greenhouse, and an 18th century house. Operated by the National Park Service.

General, Nature Centers, Park, Science

Welcome to the City of Alexandria's Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities website. The Department offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities for all ages, including afterschool programs for youth, sports opportunities, senior events, and our popular ethnic festivals. Our parks and trails network provides countless ways to enjoy Alexandria outdoors. Look for information on the George Washington and St. Patrick's Day parades coming this winter and don't forget to join us for some exercise at one of our indoor facilities. The long-awaited renovation of the Jerome 'Buddie' Ford Nature Center is scheduled to take place this year. This project will take several months to complete, during which time the Nature Center will be closed.

History

North American Tiddlywinks Association in Alexandria, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Ramsey Nature Center

Alexandria, Virginia

History

Ramsey Nature Center in Alexandria, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

History

US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Alexandria, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

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MUSEUM CONFERENCES

October 13 - October 14, 2025

2025 Annual Florida Association of Museums Conference & Expo titled: Preserving Paradise

Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort

Daytona Beach, Florida

We are excited to INVITE you to join us for the FAM Expo, October 13-14, in Daytona Beach. Join your colleagues and welcome the FAM attendees as we all talk about and share our strategies to keep Florida a Paradise.

For more information, please call !!!.

October 13 - October 15, 2025

2025 Michigan Museum Association Conference: The Future is NOW

Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center

East Lansing, Michigan

The conference Keynote Speakers will address the conference theme of The Future is Now.

Four sets of concurrent sessions provide the opportunity for members of the Michigan museum community to share their expertise and resource

The Museum Cafe is a general session that provides the opportunity for participants to explore a variety of topics in short, small-group discussions

Returning this year is the newly named Slide Sprint Session, a set of PechaKucha-style presentations which will give five conference attendees the chance to reflect on the conference theme using 20 slides shown in 20 second intervals.

Monday and Wednesday Drop-In Activities and Workshop

All conference attendees are invited to show your conference name badge to visit area museums and explore Greater Lansing during the block sessions on Monday morning and afternoon, and on Wednesday afternoon. All of these drop-in activities are included in your conference registration.

Participants are also invited to sign up for small-group workshops. Advance registration is required and an additional fees range from $15 to $50 to cover expenses.

For more information, please call !!!.

October 1 - October 4, 2025

Western Museums Association’s (WMA) 2025 Annual Meeting

TBA

Reno, Nevada

Save the Date for WMA 202

As we celebrate our 90th anniversary, join us to build relationships and soar higher than ever before. With the theme of ELEVATE, WMA 2025 will explore ways to lift up the experiences of cultural professionals and the communities they serve.

In Reno, Nevada, 4,400 feet above sea level, we will forward the progress of museums by looking to the future.

September 10 - September 13, 2025

2025 Am Assoc for State and Local History Annual Conference

TBD

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 2025 AASLH Annual Conference, in partnership with Ohio Local History Alliance, will take place as the history field makes the final preparations to kickoff off the 250th commemoration of the founding of the United States.

The 2025 conference theme, inspired by AASLH’s Making History at 250: The Field Guide for Semiquincentennial, is an opportunity to broadly explore one of the guide’s themes, The American Experiment. For many in the American colonies in 1776, independence from Britain represented a “leap into the dark” into an unknown future

We are excited for you to join us in Cincinnati as we encourage discussion about our democracy and civic institutions and how they can help strengthen understanding, inspire action, and reveal ways that all of us can participate in and shape the ongoing American experiment.

For more information, please call 615-320-3203 or email info@aaslh.org.

September 5 - September 8, 2025

Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) 2025 Conrference

Moscone Center

San Francisco, California

ASTC 2025 Annual Conference September 5–8, 2025 San Francisco Bay Area ASTC 2025 will be held primarily at the Moscone Center in the SoMa/Yerba Buena neighborhood of San Francisco with other events throughout the area. The ASTC Annual Conference is one of the premier annual events for science-engagement professionals and leaders in science and technology centers and museums as well as allied organizations across North America and around the world. ASTC 2025 is being hosted by a consortium of ASTC members in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each year, this event brings together more than 1,600 professionals working in science and technology centers and museums and allied organizations. This includes not only experts and practitioners in informal science education, but also science communication, STEM learning, public engagement, and the broader intersections between science, technology, and society.

For more information, please call 202-783-7200 or email conference@astc.org.