September 17 is the 161st anniversary the Battle of Antietam and Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 19-20, mark the anniversary of the Battle of Shepherdstown, which was the final battle of Robert E. Lee’s 1862 Maryland campaign. Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17 the Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association will be setting up a table in front of the museum on German Street to give visitors […]

The bloodiest day in American military history took place on Sept. 17, 1862, in Maryland just across the river from Shepherdstown. To mark the Battle of Antietam's anniversary, on Sunday, Sept. 17 , the Shepherdstown Opera House will host the first theater screening of "Shepherdstown Remembers Antietam", an original film written and produced by local history […]

A fun filled scary adventure....

you will hear about some of our most prominent spirits — the lady in white, the amorous Frenchman, Civil War soldiers, and the unlucky duelist. 

A Halloween tour and investigation at the very haunted Entler Hotel sponsored by Historic Shepherdstown

You will hear about some of our most prominent spirits — the lady in white, the amorous Frenchman, Civil War soldiers, and the unlucky duelist. 

April 17. Addison Reese, Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commissioner, will share her extensive knowledge of African American cemeteries in the local area

Historic Shepherdstown Museum is open for the 2024 season

Dr. Carole Nash, James Madison University, archaeologist, principal investigator Shenandoah National Park, will discuss Native Americans in the Shenandoah Valley