We added one more “Summer” Hangout to our calendar this year, but this time we’ll welcome the first day of fall! Enjoy this final hangout of the year, featuring lawn games, guided tours of the ruin, and hands-on activities for families! Menokin Hangouts are free and open to the public.
Location: Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road)
Chill out at Menokin Summer Hangouts featuring lawn games, guided tours of the ruin, and hands-on activities for families! Menokin Summer Hangouts are free and open to the public.
2022 dates: June 30, July 28, August 25 from 5pm-7pm at the Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road)
Join us for a guided morning paddle along the magical Cat Point Creek. Alice French, Director of Education and Programs, will lead the paddle.
Tickets are $40 per person and include a kayak, paddle, and personal floatation device. Please meet at the Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road in Warsaw). The paddle is subject to cancellation due to inclement weather.
Registration is now closed! Join us for our next guided paddle on September 9 at sunset.
Join us for a guided morning paddle along the magical Cat Point Creek. Alice French, Director of Education and Programs, will lead the paddle.
Tickets are $40 per person and include a kayak, paddle, and personal floatation device. Please meet at the Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road in Warsaw) by 8:45am! The paddle is subject to cancellation due to inclement weather.
Registration is now closed. We’ll see you at the next guided paddle on August 13!
Menokin was the home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Join us over July 4 weekend to commemorate Independence Day. Take a tour, walk the trails, or stop by the Visitors Center to check out the gift shop.
The Visitors Center will have special extended hours on Sunday, July 3. Guided tours will be available from 10am to 3pm. Walk-ins are welcome, but we encourage you to book in advance to secure your preferred tour time.
Note: the Visitors Center will be closed on Monday, July 4, but the landscape will be open for hiking, kayaking, and other recreation.
Menokin was the home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Join us over July 4 weekend to commemorate Independence Day. Take a tour, walk the trails, or stop by the Visitors Center to check out the gift shop.
On Saturday, July 2, guided tours will be available from 10am to 3pm. Walk-ins are welcome, but we encourage you to book in advance to secure your preferred tour time.
Note: the Visitors Center will be closed on Monday, July 4, but the landscape will be open for hiking, kayaking, and other recreation.
Chill out at Menokin Summer Hangouts featuring lawn games, guided tours of the ruin, and hands-on activities for families! Menokin Summer Hangouts are free and open to the public. Our June 30 date will feature Micah’s Ice Cream Truck- enjoy free ice cream on us!
2022 dates: June 30, July 28, August 25 from 5pm-7pm at the Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road)
Join us for a guided sunset paddle along the magical Cat Point Creek. Alice French, Director of Education and Programs, will lead the paddle.
Tickets are $40 per person and include a kayak, paddle, and personal floatation device. Please meet at the Menokin Visitors Center (4037 Menokin Road in Warsaw) by 5:45pm! The paddle is subject to cancellation due to inclement weather.
Registration is now closed. Our next guided paddle is on July 9, 2022.
Menokin celebrates the building arts every day, but once a year we bring makers from our community to Menokin to celebrate the maker movement with Makers Day. This year, we return with many more makers than ever before!
On Saturday, June 4, join us for a FREE family day of fun at Makers Day 2022. Learn from makers in every field as they share their talents and ingenuity. Plus, we'll have special guided tours of the ruin, where you can hear the latest progress with the Glass House Project.
September 24 to December 19, 2021
South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape’s upcoming art exhibition calls to the elements: earth, wind, fire, and water…summoned in various languages from West and Southern Africa, and features new works spanning video, sculpture, installation, and animation. The exhibition, opening on September 24th at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, pays homage to those who were taken, those who struggled, those who fled, and those who still seek sanctuary in the liminal spaces between captivity and an illegal freedom. By transforming soil samples from Virginia, Louisiana, Senegal, Ghana, and South Africa into material for sculpture and video, Bopape highlights the connectedness of the disparate places—historically and materially. She forges harmonic conversations with ancestral pasts, presences, and futures.
For inspiration and exhibition materials, Dineo travels to Menokin to meet with Menokin’s Descendant Collective who represent those that were descended from enslaved laborers at the Warsaw, VA plantation. Menokin’s history, the legacies of the enslaved community, and modern descendants will be featured in the new exhibition.
Read the full description of the exhibition here.
To RSVP to the exhibition opening celebration on September 24, visit the ICA website.
Free Family Lessons & Paddle - Two sessions at 11am and noon
On October 10th, join us for an early guided paddle on Cat Point Creek! From 8am to 11am, enjoy this pristine tributary of the Rappahannock River with your guide Alice French.
