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Featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, you can see me at the Isle of Wight County Museum, Smithfield, Va., or via my HamCam: http://www.hamcamva.com.
Thanksgiving cheer to all! #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Young visitors from Maryland stopped by to visit me! #newfriends
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
New artifact in the collection: Double Eagle plate commissioned by the U.S. Bicentennial Society. 5,000 were made, numbered and registered by the Bank of Virginia. #plate #artifact
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
St. Nick visited the museum Friday night. Everyone was on the Nice List! #ChristmasList
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy 49th Birthday to the Isle of Wight County Museum! #happybirthday
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Grad and undergrad students in @olddominionu.bsky.social's GEOG 409 Drone Applications Proseminar with Dr. Tom Allen met at Isle of Wight County Carrollton-Nike Park to scan, map and model the Nike-Ajax missile as a hands-on component of their course. #handsonlearning #community
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Rubber Duckie, you're the one!
Ducks and other farm animals on sale in our gift shop.
#rubberduckie #museumgiftshop #jeep
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
One needle in the collection.
Not in the haystack.
That's different.
#artifact
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Is it real, or is it Memorex?
Below is the 17th century Delftware salt cellar from 44IW0013. Above, courtesy of Virtual Curation Laboratory at VCU, is a 3D-printed and painted version of this artifact. Print your own version via Sketchfab: tinyurl.com/3j3xkk94.
#salt #3DPrinting
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Field Trip Friday! A fantastic visit from all my friends at Rockefeller Library Colonial Williamsburg! #newfriends
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
From our program The Air Age Comes to Smithfield to commemorate National Aviation History Month. A discussion of 1918 when U.S. Army aviators dropped into @smithfieldva.bsky.social in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny and the 1918 Inverted Jenny. #NationalAviationHistoryMonth #stamp
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Congratulations to Curator Rachel Popp who got married last week. She took 3D-printed me along for the big day! #weddingday #love
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A successful scavenger hunt with Smithfield homeschoolers on Thursday morning! #homeschooling
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Windsor High School girls basketball champions, Isle of Wight County Schools, Virginia, 1945. #basketball
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In need of a beach getaway?
Morgart’s Beach Hotel Bath House, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, circa 1920.
#vacation
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Images from yesterday's U.S. Marine Corps birthday event. The cake-cutting ceremony--with a Mameluke sword--featured the sharing of a piece of cake from the oldest to the youngest Marine symbolizing the passing of wisdom and experience. #USMarines #birthday
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Friends from Suffolk and Texas came to visit on Saturday! #newfriends #museumadventure
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Josiah Parker (1751-1810) was an American politician, Revolutionary War officer and planter who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia in the First through Sixth United States Congresses. His VDHR highway marker is located in Carrollton, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. #sign
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New t-shirts in our gift shop!
#museumgiftshop #tshirt #moods
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank your lucky stars!
#WednesdayWisdom
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Need some inspiration from our collection for your lunchbox today?
#lunch
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
During Smithfield's Safe Trick-or-Treating, museum staff met many critters, superheroes, fighter pilots and witches! #community #Halloween @smithfieldva.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A visit from Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department!
#volunteerfiredepartment #community @smithfieldva.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Tonight's trick-or-treating in @smithfieldva.bsky.social begins at 5 p.m. Stop by the museum for treats! #HappyHalloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
1911 postcard in the museum's collection.
#happyhalloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM