COVID-19 Reopening Information

Know Before You Go:
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In May 2021, we will be open for walk-in tours on Thursdays and Fridays, 10am-2pm. We can also accommodate tours outside of those hours by appointment.​
Call (276) 223-3484 or email info@edithbollingwilson.org to schedule.
Health & Safety Protocols in Place:
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Masks are required at all times while in the museum and birthplace home.
Social distancing will be observed.
Hand sanitizer and disposable masks are available. 
Seating and high-touch surfaces will be cleaned between each tour group. 
Please postpone your visit if you have recently experienced any COVID-like or flu-like symptoms, or have been exposed to someone who has.

History Hunt SWVA Participating Location
​Memorial Day through Labor Day 2021

Virginia is celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Batts & Fallam expedition, some of the earliest European explorers to map the western part of the state. You can explore Virginia history just like these intrepid adventurers with our History Hunt SWVA Scavenger Hunt program! Visit five or more of the museums or historic sites listed below and complete their scavenger hunt challenge. At the fifth site you visit, museum staff will record your information and submit it for a prize drawing! Every five museums will count as an entry, so visiting more museums increases your chances of winning!

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Discover Edith Bolling Wilson’s birthplace, family home, and presidential historic site in downtown Wytheville, Virginia.

As one of only eight historic sites across the country dedicated to the interpretation of a First Lady, this museum tells the story of the overlooked, yet vitally important role Edith Bolling Wilson played in the White House at a pivotal moment during World War I. 

​Visit the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum and tour the historic Bolling Family Home to discover how Edith Bolling Wilson's early life in the town of Wytheville, Virginia, prepared her for life as First Lady and learn how her stewardship of governmental duties earned her such labels as “The Secret President” and “The First Woman President.”

Join our Team

We're looking for some great individuals to join Team Edith as volunteers. If you can offer a few hours per month, contact us now.

Collections

Check out the special objects held in the museum's collections.
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First Lady's Patch Girl Scout Program

A patch program celebrating the first honorary Girl Scout President
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Girl Scouts & WWI

What were Girl Scouts doing 100 years ago to get badges? 
GIRL SCOUTS DURING 'THE GREAT WAR'

Museum Wish List

Do you have historic photos of the Bolling Building or period antiques like those that would have furnished the Bolling home?
WISH LIST

Edith's 1904 Driver's License

This endangered artifact has a special story.
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NEWS

A Note from the Museum's Founder...

In 1989, Bill and I purchased the Bolling Family Home in Wytheville. At that time, we had an idea, a dream if you will, to somehow share the Edith Bolling Wilson story that began in this small rural Virginia town... Read More