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Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center is dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of our community through education and engagement. Our mission is to inspire curiosity and foster a deeper appreciation for the diversity of human culture.
We will hold an online auction starting Oct. 17 and ending on Nov. 3rd. Anyone is welcome to register & bid on our Bidding Owl site. Link to Auction posted soon Cape Charles Rail Yard items & more. Items must be picked up at the Museum Nov. 4-7 time to be determined.
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Located inside a historic power plant are displays of photos & artifacts depicting the history of Cape Charles and the railroad and ferry service, a large model collection of Chesapeake Bay steamboats. The campus has a collection of rail cars, a locomotive, jetty house, pilot house of Capt. Edward Richardson RR barge.
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Memories from Patty McKlusky in late 2022, before she moved to Florida to be near her daughter Cindy. Patty passed away in April of this year. We miss your smiling face Patty. R.I.P. at Cape Charles Cemetery.
This popular book by Jim Lewis has long been out of print.. Xenophon Press has re-published it for us. It is for sale in Hard Cover or Soft Cover versions.
This engine and generator supplied power to the town and local area during periods of peak demand from 1947 until the mid-1980s.
An extensive model collection of Chesapeake Bay ferries and steamboats from the mid-19th Century until the opening of the Bridge-Tunnel. Use the button to see Jim Garrison's video series on the Virginia Ferry Corporation (VFC). SEE MORE ON VFC BELOW
Photographs and artifacts depicting the extensive history of Cape Charles, the railroad and the ferry service across the Bay to Norfolk. Also, see a videos related to the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and core samples taken during its investigation.
Jim Garrison continues work on his video series on the ferries, and he is looking for more images and film. If you have something you would be willing to share for future productions he would be very grateful.
Our locomotive and freight cars were donated to the museum at the closure of the Cape Charles rail yard. Moving them to our site strained our finances in 2019, and now we have to begin their restoration. Meanwhile, we receive, archive and display many artifacts related to the history of Cape Charles, as well as maintain an extensive library of historical photographs. Please consider a donation to help us continue to preserve the history of this historic Eastern Shore town..
Photos of the Cape Charles Museum, Bloxom Railway Station, The Jetty House, and Train cars copyright Ron Wrucke, Eastern Shore Imaging
All other images are by Museum staff and volunteers, archival, or public domain. Please credit the Cape Charles Historical Society as source. Thank you!
A new walking tour: "The Invisible History of African Americans in Cape Charles" launched by the Cape Charles Rotary Club, Link below. Contact the Rotary Club with questions cape.charles.rotary@gmail.com