On your School Day off, come to the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center for activities, crafts, and to visit our latest exhibitions. For more information: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/20354/19?selcat=125
Discover the past and protect our future! This city event will combine living history presenters and music with learning and exploratory activities celebrating both Fairfax history and Earth Day. More information: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/20086/308
Join the City of Fairfax in commemorating Juneteenth in Old Town Square. A formal ceremony at 10 a.m. will be followed by entertainment, food trucks, and activities for all. Fairfax City Historic Resources and other local history groups will be on hand to share information.
Federal soldiers left their names, writing and drawings on the walls of the Historic Blenheim in 1862-63. Join us on the landscape to express yourself with drawings and words and make something to take home! Local muralists will guide and create a graffiti mural with visitors to be displayed onsite. Visit the graffiti left by […]
Historic Blenheim became a thriving dairy farm after the Civil War. What do we get from cows? MILK. What can we make from milk? ICE CREAM and BUTTER. Learn about the former dairy farm and have fun making ice cream and butter at this family friendly event.
Bring your painting and drawing materials and join local artists on the Historic Blenheim landscape! Have your face painted and paint pumpkins! Take a tour in the Historic Blenheim House to see the plein air watercolors created by the last descendant of the house, Barbara Scott. She invited her friends over for plein air parties! Limited art canvases will […]
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