Recent News
Thomas Cluverius of King and Queen comes home to King and Queen Tavern Museum on Sunday, October 9. (October 2011)
Thomas Cluverius of King and Queen County will come home to the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on October 9 at 2 pm. Who is Thomas Cluverius? Born in King and Queen in 1861 of a prominent family, he was well educated and eventually went to law school. However, in 1885 he allegedly murdered Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum is given Historic 1857–9 King and Queen Quilt Face. (January 2011)
At the meeting of its Museum Council on January 26th the King and Queen Historical Society was presented an historic 1857–9 King and Queen quilt face by Mrs. Helen Marion McNeely Brown of Hanover County, Virginia. What is a quilt face? What is its connection to King and Queen County? Why is it historic? A Read the full article…
Belle Boggs to discuss her new book, Mattaponi Queen, at King and Queen Tavern Museum on Sunday, November 7. (November 2010)
Belle Boggs, winner of the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Bakeless Prize for her new book, Mattaponi Queen, will talk about her book of short stories at the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on Sunday, November 7th, at 3 pm. Belle was born in King William County, grew up in Walkerton in King and Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum to feature Speaker on Caring and Preserving Family Textile Treasures on September 19th. (September 2010)
Colleen Callahan, a noted costume and textile historian and curator with experience in conservation will deliver an enlightening program on the care and preservation of family treasures such as grandmother’s wedding dress, a family christening dress, or a beloved quilt at the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum on Sunday, September 19th at 3 pm. Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Hosts Holiday Open House Sunday, December 6th. (December 2009)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum will hold its third annual Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 6th from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Museum at King and Queen Court House. Children’s choirs will be on hand to bring the spirit of the holidays to the neighborhood. Outside the Museum there will Read the full article…
King and Queen Dedicates Carriage House and Stevensville P.O. Restoration. (July 2009)
Recently the King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum dedicated its new Carriage House and Stevensville Post Office Restoration at a ceremony held at the Museum. Museum Chair Jack Spain began by saying this was a ceremony to show how many hands and how much cooperation it takes to make a project, like the new Carriage Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Opens Exhibit on West African Art and Artifacts. Kay and Larry Grahl to Speak on October 26th. (October 2008)
Art and Artifacts from the countries of Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa and its connection to King and Queen County will be the focus of the talk of Kay and Larry Grahl of Mattaponi on Sunday, October 26th, in connection with the opening on the same day of Read the full article…
King and Queen Historical Society Endowment Donors Retrace Dahlgren’s Civil War Raid on Richmond. (April 2008)
Donors to the King and Queen Historical Society Endowment Fund and their guests ventured on Saturday, April 19th, to retrace Union Col. Ulric Dahlgren’s 1864 raid on Richmond. The raid is significant to King and Queen County history because the raid failed and Dahlgren escaped to King and Queen County where he was killed near Read the full article…
Expert on Virginia Quilts to Speak at K&Q Museum on March 9. (March 2008)
Paula Golden, noted expert on Virginia quilts, and co-author of the handsomely illustrated Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899, will give a lecture and slide show on Virginia quilts at the King and Queen County Courthouse Tavern Museum on March 9th at 3 pm. The public is invited and there is no charge. After the lecture, Mrs. Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum Hosts Christmas Open House December 9th. (December 2007)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum will hold its first Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 9th, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Museum at King and Queen Court House. Children’s choirs from Bruington Church and Aylett Country Day School will be on hand to bring the spirit of Christmas to the Read the full article…