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MUSEUMS AND OTHER HISTORICAL PLACES
The Bedford Museum

The building was built in 1895 as a Masonic Temple. This is the only example of Romanesque Revival architecture in Bedford and is impressive with its multi-colored brick, stone archways, terra cotta ornamentation and bay windows. The museum showcases Bedford's history from early native American life through the War Between the States and into the twentieth century. It is also headquarters for the Bedford Genealogical Society and library.

The Museum and Its Mission

The Mission of the Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library is to develop and maintain files for genealogical and historical research and to collect, preserve and interpret objects of historical significance to the City of Bedford and Bedford County, Virginia. Objects of historical significance are defined as objects that were made and / or used by inhabitants of Bedford or are deemed to have been an integral part of the lives and environs of the inhabitants of the City of Bedford and Bedford County, Virginia. Objects of historical significance interpret and substantiate the existence and survival of inhabitants of Bedford, Virginia from prehistoric times to present.

For more information about the Bedford Museum, please click here.

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