The Only Recreation We Had
Exhibit season opening day: April 19, 2024. Final out: November 5, 2024, but a new virtual tour provides an instant replay! In 2024, the Rockingham County Baseball League celebrated 100 years!…
Exhibits
A Tip of the Hat: Rocktown History Celebrates 125 years!
On view October 2023 – February 2024 Rocktown History is celebrating 125 years with a new exhibition! Come and explore how the organization has collected, maintained, and recorded the history…
A Dying Art
Coverlets in the Collection A plan to review and assess the Rocktown History coverlets created an opportunity to share the entire colorful collection with visitors. Come see the intricate patterns…
Folk Art
This distinctive collection carefully weaves a story that spans more than two centuries and focuses on folk art from this cultural region of the Shenandoah Valley. Included are examples of…
The Cromer-Trumbo House
The Cromer-Trumbo House is the largest artifact in the Historical Society collection. The historic home was gifted to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society by the estate of Shannon Trumbo. Trumbo’s grandmother…
Invincible Spirit: History in the Heart of the Shenandoah
“Invincible Spirit: History in the Heart of the Shenandoah” tells the history of Rockingham County and Harrisonburg from pre-Columbus times to the recent past. Here, you can learn which Native…
Coverlets
By popular demand, the coverlet exhibit will return for the month of March. A plan to review and assess the Rocktown History coverlets created an opportunity to share the entire…
Home Inventory plat, Harrisonburg
WWII home inventory for air raid warden included number of residents, exits, and candles.
Melodious Marketing
Shape-notes as tools for music and business. Using unique marketing strategies, one local family business spread shape-note singing traditions from the Shenandoah Valley throughout North America in the late nineteenth…
The Strickler Collection: To Preserve a Community, curated by Jeffrey S. Evans: November 14, 2019, extended to July 2021
Robert Hopkins “Twig” and Lorraine Warren Strickler represent philanthropy in the truest sense of the word. Their generous support of the local community has been well documented. Less well-known is…