Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum

Discover 250 years of Loudoun County, Virginia’s agricultural heritage.  The museum interprets the experiences of 10 generations of Loudoun County residents and connects them to the farming community still thriving in the county.  We are located within the grounds of Claude Moore Park.

Discover over 250 years of Loudoun County, Viriginia's agricultural history.

Tuesday - Saturday:  9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday:  11:30am - 4:30pm
Monday:  CLOSED

Last Admission:  4:00pm

Adults:  $5.00
Seniors and Active Military:  $4.00
Children (Ages 3-12):  $3.00
Children 2 and Under:  Free

We offer free admission to the nation's active duty military personnel and including National Guard and Reserve and their families each summer from Armed Forces Day through Labor Day.

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Museum Overview

George Bodmer, Prussian Wheelwright - 1880

Discover the story of George Bodmer, a Prussian Wheelwright.  In 1866, he arrived in Aldie, Virginia when all of Virginia was rebuilding after the Civil War.  He set up shop to fix wheels and three years later was able to build his house next door.  In addition to repairing wagons wheels, he also made implement handles and shingles.  George Bodmer passed his business to his son, who repaired wagons until the 1930s.   

When Bodmer arrived in Aldie, it was a good place to set up a wagonwright shop.  However, starting in 1873, prices for farm goods started to fall and they continued downward for the next quarter century.  For many, income fell by a third or even half.  Through the depression, Bodmer advertised that he would rent out his wagon for oats, corn, or beef at six cents a pound.  

George Bodmer

An interactive rural farm house kitchen prior to the electrification of farm houses.

This exhibit features an farmhouse kitchen ca. 1910 before the electrification of farm homes.  Rural farm kitchens would not have had electricity or indoor plumbing.  While Thomas Edison brought electricity to parts of Manhattan in 1882, electricity was not widely used and progress was slow.  Most people still used gas lighting and/or candles for light in their homes.  Only half the homes in the United States had electricity by 1925.

Turn of the Century Kitchen Appliances and Gadgets

Discover how no electricity and running water changed the way you live.  How would you keep food fresh, done the dishes, cooked or baked, or even washed your clothes?  There are turn of the century versions of modern appliances in this kitchen.  Many of these devices in this 1910 kitchen were meant to make a women’s work more efficient.  By organizing the kitchen a certain way and using tools and gadgets, women had more time out of the kitchen to focus on other household chores

Want to learn more?  Check out this activity!  

Grandma's Kitchen

Meet the Legard Family who have been farming for over a century and still continues today.

Discover the story of the Legard family, whose descendants are still alive today and involved in the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum.  The Legards own Glenmore Farm, a Century Farm.   A Century Farm is one that has been recognized as continuously operating for 100 years or more by the same family.  

International Harvester Farmall Model H Tractor

You can view the Legard’s first tractor, a 1940 International Harvester Company Farmall H tractor.  This model tractor started with gasoline but ran on kerosene.  With the purchase of this tractor, the farm was industrialized.  The tractor took over the work of horses and the land that was used to feed work animals shifted to livestock grazing or growing crops.  The current Legards carry on the family tradition of sustainable agriculture through adaptation to change.  

Legard Family

Before entering the museum, interact with genuine farming tractors.

Before you enter the museum, there are two tractors outside the front doors.  You are able to sit on the tractors.  There is a John Deere tractor and an Allis Chalmers tractor.  

The John Deere Model A Tractor were manufactured between 1934 to 1952.  The distinctive green and yellow coloring is trademarked.  The model A was the first true row-crop tractor.  This model led to the production of entire lines of two-cylinder tractors.  Today, the Model A is a collectors item.

The orange Allis Chalmers tractor Model CA was manufactured between 1950 to 1958.  Allis Chalmers introduced this model to compete with other modern tractors of its time in the 20 horsepower range.  The Model CA had 23 hp, four-speed transmission, clutch system, and power shift wheels.  

Tractors

A 1909 one-room schoolhouse highlighting how education in Virginia has changed over the last century.

Built to represent a 1909  one-room schoolhouse, this exhibit highlights how education in Virginia has changed over the last century.

There would be one teacher for all the students who could range in age from elementary grades up through high school.  The younger students would sit up front near the teacher and the older ones would sit in the back.  Because of farm life and the work that needed to be done on the farm, as many as one-third of eligible students in Loudoun County did not attend school. It wasn’t until 1922 that attendance became mandatory in Virginia.  

In Virginia, there were separate one room schoolhouses for African American Children.  This continued until 1954 when the Supreme Court mandated desegregation.  

The teacher would oftentimes be a former student of the one-room schoolhouse and most likely a female.  The teacher would have to teach all the subjects to everyone.  The older children would often help the younger children with their work, which reinforced what they had already learned.  The most common teaching tool was the McGuffey Readers and individual slate boards.  Subjects taught were reading, writing, arithmetic, history, and geography.

Want to learn more?  Check out this Schoolhouse Activity!

Ms. Su's Schoolhouse

The Waxpool General Store and Post Office has been preserved as a time capsule of days gone by.  It operated from about 1880 to the early 1940s.  The Waxpool General Store was owned and operated by S.E. Munday, Sr. and his descendants.  The store sat at the intersection of Waxpool and Belmont Ridge Road.  The Mundays owned and lived at the farm located across the street.  Many of the objects that you see in the store are original and were left behind when the store closed its door in the early 1940s.  

The general store for many years was the place where you bought or bartered for anything you needed such as produce, candy, household goods, material to make your own clothes, and patent medicine and home remedies.  

The Waxpool General Store also served as the Post Office for the area.  The only phone located in Loudoun County was in the Waxpool General Store.  It was a meeting place and central location where people could gather and catch up on news and gossip.  The store was open six days a week but if you stopped by on a Sunday, the family would gladly open the store.  The store was also a voting precinct; a Democratic ballot box, a voting screen, and ballot cards dating back to 1919 were found in the store.

Want to learn more?  Check out these Waxpool General Store activities!

Waxpool General Store and Post Office

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Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum

Museum Overview

Museum Overview

George Bodmer

George Bodmer

Grandma's Kitchen

Grandma's Kitchen

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Legard Family

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Tractors

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Ms. Su's Schoolhouse

Waxpool General Store and Post Office

Waxpool General Store and Post Office

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