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Model Trains

Step inside the Bluemont Community Center (second floor) to visit our extensive model train display! Children love to see the running trains and investigate the interesting layouts. We are delighted to have Northern Virginia NTRAK with us.              
 

Petting Zoo

Included with Fair admission is entrance to our petting zoo. Kids can step inside and pet their favorite critters!    
 

United Methodist Church of Bluemont

The Bluemont United Methodist Church, the lovely stone church across from the Community Center, will again be serving as a Hospitality Center with tents and seating on our front lawn. Guests are welcome to take a rest and visit the quilt show inside or see the videos on the history of Bluemont running on the ... Read More
 

Snickersville Academy

Be sure to visit the Snickersville Academy log cabin, c. 1825. Enjoy a walk up the Turnpike and over the creek (look for signs!) to visit Bluemont’s first school/church, set up as it would have been in its schoolhouse days. Stroll back in time to relax in the shade of the beautifully restored cabin, read ... Read More
 

Plaster Museum of Bluemont’s Heritage

Bluemont has a museum in the E.E. Lake Store that presents stories and memorabilia relating to the history of Bluemont. Come visit our current exhibit—we feature a new aspect of Bluemont each year! Docent tours each day as posted. While you are here, try opening the antique post office boxes still lining the walls of ... Read More
 

Gardener’s Shed

Stop by the Gardener’s Shed behind the Bluemont Community Center for gardening inspiration or garden-inspired goods. We offer native plants, cut flowers, art and furniture inspired by the garden, and products made from local plants.
 

Fiber Arts

Many of us associate wool with sheep, but other farm animals — including alpacas, bunnies and goats — also produce fibers that can be spun into yarn and then woven, knit, or made into other creative items. Visit Creekside Fiber Arts Field  to see and pet local fiber animals; view demonstrations of spinning, weaving and ... Read More
 

Caboose

Come inside a real caboose! See where the conductor ate and slept and used the bathroom. The caboose behind the Bluemont Community Center will be open for exploration at designated hours during each day of the Fair. Please refer to the Fair Schedule for details.
 

Bluemont Documentaries

When your feet grow tired, stop in to the fellowship hall downstairs in the Bluemont United Methodist Church, the lovely old stone church in the center of town. (The entrance is around on the left side of the church.) We have two documentaries that present some highlights of Bluemont history: Snickersville 1864 and When the ... Read More
 

Blacksmith Demonstrations

We are fortunate to have Eric Zieg as the blacksmith at the Bluemont Fair—he is also the demonstrator at Mt Vernon! So he has years of experience teaching visitors about the role of the blacksmith in earlier days. Come visit him in Stone’s Field.