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Tompkins Cottage Museum Open House
43 Brickbat Rd. | Mathews, Va.
Saturday, December 11th
10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tompkins Cottage Museum will be open for visitors during the Holiday Farmers Market on Saturday, December 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The new Christmas ornament of the Mathews County Historical Society will be available for purchase. The 2021 ornament features the New Point Comfort Lighthouse, first illuminated in 1805, the third oldest surviving lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, and the tenth oldest in the nation. Other items for sale include New Point Comfort photo notecards, all MCHS publications and Captain Sally Tompkins dolls. Martha W. McCartney will be on hand to sign her book Mathews County Virginia: Lost Landscapes, Untold Stories.
43 Brickbat Rd. | Mathews, Va.
Saturday, December 11th
10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tompkins Cottage Museum will be open for visitors during the Holiday Farmers Market on Saturday, December 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The new Christmas ornament of the Mathews County Historical Society will be available for purchase. The 2021 ornament features the New Point Comfort Lighthouse, first illuminated in 1805, the third oldest surviving lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, and the tenth oldest in the nation. Other items for sale include New Point Comfort photo notecards, all MCHS publications and Captain Sally Tompkins dolls. Martha W. McCartney will be on hand to sign her book Mathews County Virginia: Lost Landscapes, Untold Stories.
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Historical Society Archives
In 1999, the Society established a partnership with the Mathews Memorial Library to house their respective collections of archival research materials and memorabilia related to Mathews County, the Chesapeake Bay and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
These two collections are housed in the Chesapeake Room and the Herman Hollerith Archival Room at the Mathews Memorial Library. The collections are cataloged and can be accessed by the public using the Library's online public catalog system.
The archives contains published works, history and genealogy files, maps, and a special collection of rare documents and photographs pertaining to the county. The archivist and library staff help with historical information and suggest references on genealogical inquiries.
In 1999, the Society established a partnership with the Mathews Memorial Library to house their respective collections of archival research materials and memorabilia related to Mathews County, the Chesapeake Bay and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
These two collections are housed in the Chesapeake Room and the Herman Hollerith Archival Room at the Mathews Memorial Library. The collections are cataloged and can be accessed by the public using the Library's online public catalog system.
The archives contains published works, history and genealogy files, maps, and a special collection of rare documents and photographs pertaining to the county. The archivist and library staff help with historical information and suggest references on genealogical inquiries.