World's Oldest Ham
@worldsoldestham.bsky.social
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
Thanksgiving cheer to all! #Thanksgiving
Young visitors from Maryland stopped by to visit me! #newfriends
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Young visitors from Maryland stopped by to visit me! #newfriends
St. Nick visited the museum Friday night. Everyone was on the Nice List! #ChristmasList
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
St. Nick visited the museum Friday night. Everyone was on the Nice List! #ChristmasList
Happy 49th Birthday to the Isle of Wight County Museum! #happybirthday
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy 49th Birthday to the Isle of Wight County Museum! #happybirthday
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
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
Rubber Duckie, you're the one!
Ducks and other farm animals on sale in our gift shop.
#rubberduckie #museumgiftshop #jeep
Ducks and other farm animals on sale in our gift shop.
#rubberduckie #museumgiftshop #jeep
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Rubber Duckie, you're the one!
Ducks and other farm animals on sale in our gift shop.
#rubberduckie #museumgiftshop #jeep
Ducks and other farm animals on sale in our gift shop.
#rubberduckie #museumgiftshop #jeep
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
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
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
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
Field Trip Friday! A fantastic visit from all my friends at Rockefeller Library Colonial Williamsburg! #newfriends
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Field Trip Friday! A fantastic visit from all my friends at Rockefeller Library Colonial Williamsburg! #newfriends
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
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
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
Congratulations to Curator Rachel Popp who got married last week. She took 3D-printed me along for the big day! #weddingday #love
A successful scavenger hunt with Smithfield homeschoolers on Thursday morning! #homeschooling
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A successful scavenger hunt with Smithfield homeschoolers on Thursday morning! #homeschooling
Windsor High School girls basketball champions, Isle of Wight County Schools, Virginia, 1945. #basketball
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Windsor High School girls basketball champions, Isle of Wight County Schools, Virginia, 1945. #basketball
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
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
Friends from Suffolk and Texas came to visit on Saturday! #newfriends #museumadventure
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Friends from Suffolk and Texas came to visit on Saturday! #newfriends #museumadventure
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
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 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank your lucky stars!
#WednesdayWisdom
#WednesdayWisdom
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thank your lucky stars!
#WednesdayWisdom
#WednesdayWisdom
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
During Smithfield's Safe Trick-or-Treating, museum staff met many critters, superheroes, fighter pilots and witches! #community #Halloween @smithfieldva.bsky.social
A visit from Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department!
#volunteerfiredepartment #community @smithfieldva.bsky.social
#volunteerfiredepartment #community @smithfieldva.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A visit from Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department!
#volunteerfiredepartment #community @smithfieldva.bsky.social
#volunteerfiredepartment #community @smithfieldva.bsky.social
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
Tonight's trick-or-treating in @smithfieldva.bsky.social begins at 5 p.m. Stop by the museum for treats! #HappyHalloween2025
1911 postcard in the museum's collection.
#happyhalloween2025
#happyhalloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1911 postcard in the museum's collection.
#happyhalloween2025
#happyhalloween2025