Frontier Culture Museum
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open-air museum in the Shenandoah Valley. The museum operates on 188 acres of land in Staunton, Virginia, United States, which includes 1.8 miles of paved walking trails.Photo: Woody Hibbard, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “American Frontier Culture Museum” and “Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia”
- Address: VA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents and Staunton National Cemetery.
Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents
Hospital
The Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, formerly known as The DeJarnette Center for Human Development, is a children's mental hospital located in the city of Staunton, Virginia, in the United States. Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Frontier Culture Museum.
Staunton National Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Strawser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Staunton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Shenandoah Valley, in Staunton, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses just over a single acre, and as of the end of 2005 had 994 interments. Staunton National Cemetery is situated 1 mile north of Frontier Culture Museum.
Staunton Mall Shopping Center
Commercial area
Staunton Mall was a shopping mall in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Opened in 1968 as Staunton Plaza, it originally featured JCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Woolworth, and Safeway as its major stores. Staunton Mall Shopping Center is situated 1 mile west of Frontier Culture Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jolivue and Staunton.
Jolivue
Village
Jolivue is a census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Jolivue had a population of 1,168. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area. Jolivue is situated 2 miles southwest of Frontier Culture Museum.
Staunton
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Staunton is a city in the Shenandoah Valley in the US state of Virginia. Although small, it is very distinct from neighboring cities such as Harrisonburg, Roanoke, and Waynesboro, in part due to the city government's emphasis on tourism and the very distinct downtown district.
Fishersville
Town
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fishersville is a census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,629 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area. Fishersville is situated 4 miles southeast of Frontier Culture Museum.
Frontier Culture Museum
- Categories: museum of culture, museum, tourism, and recreation area
- Location: Augusta, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.12735° or 38° 7′ 39″ northLongitude
-79.04642° or 79° 2′ 47″ westElevation
1,490 feet (454 metres)Operator
Commonwealth of VirginiaOpen location code
87C24XG3+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 837928813OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5505982
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In Other Languages
“Frontier Culture Museum” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia”
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