Plan Your Visit

At the MSV

Standard lunch items available in the Tea Room Café include soup, salads, sandwiches, and quiche. Lunch, desserts, and more than two dozen varieties of tea are served Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.

 

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The Museum Store offers a wide variety of items unique to the Shenandoah Valley.

 

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The picnic area outside the garden entrance is available Tuesday through Sunday, March through October.

 

 

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Let your friends and family know you've experienced the MSV! Send them a postcard now available in the Museum Store.

The MSV Store

You could easily spend the better part of a day at this museum site. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is open year-round and the gardens are open spring  through fall (March 1 through October in 2012). The historic house is now closed until 2014 for a preservation project. You could easily spend the better part of a day at this Museum site. Plan for at least one hour to explore the gardens and another hour or more in the Museum galleries. One good approach is to experience the gardens in the morning, have lunch in the Museum Café, and see the galleries in the afternoon. Or vice versa. Open from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., the Museum Café is also a good place for afternoon tea. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Museum Store offers an array of unique Valley gift items. You can shop the store online now, too!

From March through October, there is also a nice picnic area available on site.  Offering seven tables with umbrellas, the picnic area is near the entrance to the gardens. Feel free to bring your own picnic lunch (or get lunch "to go" from the Café) and enjoy this pleasant spot.