Various Dates Available
New! Seniors are invited to visit the galleries one hour before the Museum opens.
Buy your tickets online and save 20% off admission to the MSV (gardens & house closed for the winter season; reopen April 1, 2023).
Tuesday, March 28 • 6:30–7:30 p.m.
This online program led by MSV Curator of Collections Nick Powers pairs a discussion of works on view in the exhibition With Lyric Brush: John Chumley’s Valley with Kool-Aid, one of John Chumley’s favorite beverages.
Wednesday & Thursday, March 29–30 • 6–8 p.m.
Learn to paint a still life during this two-session, oil-painting workshop.
Wednesday, April 5 • 9–10 a.m.
Enjoy an expert-led tour of the formal gardens highlighting spring plants and blooms. The walk will also feature new plantings in recently renovated garden areas.
Thursday, April 6 from noon–1 p.m.
During this virtual program, MSV Curator of Collections Nick Powers will discuss some early figures in the history of Valley medicine and what surviving objects tell us about their lives and the lives of their patients.
Friday and Saturday, April 7 & 8 • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Enjoy a display of prize-winning orchids, browse orchids available for purchase, and learn about growing and caring for orchids from the experts in the Lord Fairfax Orchid Society.
Wednesday, April 12• 1–11:30 a.m.
Join us for this popular monthly story time for kids! Katie Moss, Handley Regional Library youth services manager, will present stories, songs, and more in the Glen Burnie House.
Wednesdays and Thursdays, April 12–27 • 6–8 p.m.
Explore the art of pottery during this three-week, six-session program that focuses on hand-building and wheel-throwing inside the MSV Makerspace Studio.
Thursday, April 13 • 10–11 a.m.
Designed especially for individual visitors with memory loss and their care partners.
Thursday, April 13 • 4:30–6 p.m.
Students ages 13 and up will look at the painted works of John Chumley (1928–1984) in the exhibition With Lyric Brush: John Chumley's Valley and discuss this local artist and his place in the American Realism movement.
Saturday, April 15 or Tuesday, April 18
Ages 5 and older will explore the painted works of John Chumley on display in the galleries, then head to the Learning Center.
Saturday, April 15 • 3–4 p.m.
Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.
Sunday, April 16 • 2–3 p.m.
Explore the joy of backyard beekeeping at the MSV apiary with experts from the Beekeepers of the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Thursday, April 20 • noon–1 p.m.
Between 1790 and 1860, Shenandoahans of all walks of life bought tea, coffee, and drinking chocolate as well as ceramic vessels for preparing and serving these beverages. What did hot beverages mean to them?
Stop by the MSV to see this Standard Flower Show presented by the Winchester Council of Garden Clubs. Admission to the show is free.
Wednesday, April 26 • 6–8 p.m.
Get ready for the Bloom at the MSV! Design and create and your own Apple Blossom tabletop centerpiece.
April 29 or 30
Enjoy Haydn and Mozart’s piano works performed as they intended them to be heard — in a private home on a period instrument. Enjoy a wine-and-cheese reception and classical music from Austrian fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz.
Wednesday, May 10 • 11–11:30 a.m.
Join Handley Regional Library Youth Services Manager Katie Moss as she reads stories about painting.
Wednesday, May 10 • 6–7 p.m.
Explore the paintings and life of John Chumley during this panel discussion that will include his children Jeff, Bonnie, and Kathy Chumley.
Thursday, May 11 • 10–11 a.m.
Designed especially for individual visitors with memory loss and their care partners, Memories at the MSV is an opportunity to socialize, enjoy history and art, and create together.
Saturday, May 27 • 9–11 a.m.
Just for MSV members, this special, family-friendly morning in the gardens celebrates the opening of Nature Connects and offers attendees the opportunity to see this fun exhibition before it opens to the public.
Thursday, June 8• 10–11 a.m.
Designed especially for individual visitors with memory loss and their care partners, Memories at the MSV is an opportunity to socialize, enjoy history and art, and create together.
Wednesday, June 14• 11–11:30 a.m.
Hear stories about connecting to nature, inspired by the Nature Connects exhibition in the MSV Gardens, with Handley Regional Library Youth Services Manager Katie Moss.
Wednesday, July 12 • 11–11:30 a.m.
Help kick off Handley Regional Library’s youth summer reading program, “All Together Now,” with this story time at the MSV!
Thursday, July 13• 10–11 a.m.
Designed especially for individual visitors with memory loss and their care partners, Memories at the MSV is an opportunity to socialize, enjoy history and art, and create together.
Wednesday, August 9 • 11–11:30 a.m.
Join Katie Moss, Handley Regional Library youth services manager, in the Glen Burnie House for this story time inspired by the Trails at the MSV. For ages 2–5 with an adult.
Wednesday, September 13 • 11–11:30 a.m.
Hear stories celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and Library Card Sign-Up Month read by Katie Moss, youth services manager, Handley Regional Library. For ages 2–5 with an adult.
Give a Year of Fun!
A great gift for friends, neighbors, co-workers, or loved ones, a gift membership to the MSV will give that special someone a year full of fun!