Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is a museum complex located in Winchester, Virginia, that opened in 2005. The institution comprises the museum building designed by architect Michael Graves, the historic Glen Burnie House, and a surrounding landscape of formal gardens.Photo: GustaveCourbet, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: regional museum in Winchester, Virginia
- Address: 901 Amherst Street, Winchester, VA 22601
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glen Burnie and Hexagon House.
Glen Burnie
Historic building
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glen Burnie is a historic home located at Winchester, Virginia. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story central section built in two sections about 1794, with flanking two-bay, two-story wings built in 1959. Glen Burnie is situated 760 feet northeast of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Hexagon House
Heritage site
Photo: Joel Bradshaw, CC0.
Hexagon House is a historic home in Winchester, Virginia built between 1871 and 1873 and is a two-story, hexagon floor-plan, brick dwelling, with semi-hexagonal ground-floor projections and an ornate three-bay veranda-style porch on the principal façade. Hexagon House is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Handley Library
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Handley Library is a historic library building located at 100 West Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Completed in 1913, construction of the Beaux-Arts style building was funded by a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman. Handley Library is situated 3,800 feet east of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albin and Kernstown.
Albin
Hamlet
Albin is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Albin lies to the northwest of Winchester on North Frederick Pike. It was also known as Bryarly. Albin is situated 2½ miles north of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Kernstown
Locality
Kernstown is an unincorporated community within the independent city of Winchester, Virginia, United States. Parts of Kernstown also lie within Frederick County. Kernstown is situated 3 miles south of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Nain
Hamlet
Nain is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Nain is located northwest of Winchester along the North Frederick Pike. The community is situated within a gap in Little North Mountain and Flint Ridge. Nain is situated 4 miles north of Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
- Categories: botanical garden, regional museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Winchester, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.18543° or 39° 11′ 8″ northLongitude
-78.17989° or 78° 10′ 48″ westOpen location code
87F35RPC+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 357013049OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q6941117
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In Other Languages
From German to Slovenian—“Museum of the Shenandoah Valley” goes by many names.
- German: “Museum of the Shenandoah Valley”
- Slovenian: “Museum of the Shenandoah Valley”
- Slovenian: “Muzej doline Shenadoah”
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