It's Gonna Be May!

May is Preservation Month

Lantz Mills Deaf Village

Open through May 17 

At Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center

Open Wednesdays through Mondays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Explore the history of the Lantz Mills Deaf Village in Shenandoah County, Virginia in the traveling exhibition from the Library of Virginia.

ASL Interpreters will join us Saturday May 3 to welcome visitors to the exhibition. 

Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House re-opens for FREE tours in May! 

Open the second and last Saturdays of the month, May - October, Noon- 3 p.m.

Join us May 10 and 31 for docent led tours of the oldest house in Old Town Fairfax.

BONUS: We'll be open for short tours as part of Asian Festival on Main, May 18, 1 - 4 p.m.

May 17, 2 pm

at Historic Blenheim

Free Talk: "The Preservation of Family Cemeteries in Fairfax County"

Dolly Davis, the not-quite 6 year old daughter of CF and Ellen Davis is buried at Wakefield Chapel in Fairfax. Her stone is hand-carved in a folk-art style on soapstone.

Fairfax County Senior Archaeologist Aimee Wells will discuss the ongoing preservation of family cemeteries in Fairfax County and share information about the care of cemeteries and gravestones. A short tour of the family cemetery at Historic Blenheim will follow the talk.

Historic Fairfax City Inc. also has May events!  Be sure to check out their public Annual Meeting, May 14, and the first free Old Town Fairfax Walking tour of the season, May 31.

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