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Please enjoy this brief history of the Chesterfield County, VA, area.

A Brief History of Chesterfield County, Virginia

Changing exhibits, such as antique toys, woodcarvings, Victorian clothing, photographs and electric trains lure visitors back time and time again. The museum portrays the evolution of Chesterfield from a once agricultural county into the present-day suburban community.

The museum is a replica of the county's colonial courthouse of 1749. Its collections include articles dating from pre-historic fossils into the 20th century. Artifacts from the Appomattucks and Monacan Indians native to the area, items pertaining to Sir Thomas Dale's English settlement of 1611 and the 18th century French Huguenot settlers, and items portraying the devastation of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War battles within the county await you. 

The Old Jail, adjacent to the Museum, was built in 1892 and housed prisoners for 70 years. The upstairs, with its original iron-barred cells, has been virtually unchanged. Downstairs houses historical exhibits from the County’s Police and Fire departments.