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10/13/2026

𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗨𝗠 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘

Big conversations about the future of museums are coming to our small town!

October 24–26, the Robert Russa Moton Museum and Longwood University will help welcome representatives from 30 organizations across the Mid-Atlantic region to Farmville, Virginia, for the Museum Store Association's Mid-Atlantic Chapter Fall Meeting.

We're especially proud that Moton's own Sherre Oke, Assistant Director for Visitor Engagement and Operations, serves as President of the MSA Mid-Atlantic Chapter and is helping bring this regional gathering to our community.

Under the theme Seizing the Moment: Designing Museum Experiences that Ignite the Next Generation, museum professionals will come together for professional development, collaboration, and conversations about museum retail, visitor engagement, and inspiring future generations.

Here at Moton, participants will have an opportunity to experience our history firsthand and explore how the stories museums preserve can inspire meaningful products and experiences for younger audiences.

And while the professional connections will be valuable, we're just as excited about what our visitors will discover beyond the meeting rooms!

From our rich history and cultural landmarks to our locally owned businesses and welcoming community, Farmville has a story worth sharing. This gathering is an opportunity to introduce museum professionals from across the region to the people, places, and experiences that make our town special.

To our visiting museum colleagues, welcome to Farmville! We're delighted to have you here and look forward to sharing a little of what makes this community so special.

And to our Farmville neighbors, we hope you'll join us in extending a warm welcome to our guests!

Learn more about the gathering:
https://members.museumstoreassociation.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2054463&group=

09/29/2026

Event Postponed! See post for more info.

🚨𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 | 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗗

We’ve just received word that, due to unforeseen circumstances, The Making of Being Eddie with Angus Wall, scheduled for this Thursday, October 1, will need to be postponed.

We know many of you were looking forward to this evening at Moton. So were we.

Plans are already underway to find a new date, and we’ll share it as soon as it’s confirmed.

Thank you for understanding—and please help spread the word to anyone who planned to join us Thursday.

09/28/2026

I am concerned about winter 2026 and Im thinking a Boxes of Blessings may be needed.

09/28/2026

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗕𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗔𝗬! 👋🏾

Smile. Say hello. Meet someone new. Check on a neighbor. Share a little kindness.

The spirit of neighboring runs throughout the Moton story. We know the difference people can make when they show up for one another, open doors, lend a hand and care about what happens in their community.

What are some ways we can be good neighbors today?

Need a few ideas? National Good Neighbor Day has plenty—from Neighborhood Bingo and postcards to 101 small ways to connect.

Take a look and have a little fun with it:

https://www.nationalgoodneighborday.org/resources/⁠

07/05/2026

"America, be true to what you said on paper."
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

As we commemorate America250 and celebrate the Fourth of July, we honor the enduring promise of liberty—and the generations of Americans who have worked to ensure that promise belongs to everyone.

If you're looking for a meaningful stop during your Fourth of July celebrations, we'd love to welcome you to the Robert Russa Moton Museum. With today's heat wave, it's the perfect time to step inside, cool off, and discover the powerful story of the students whose courage helped change our nation.

We're open today from 12–4 PM. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

05/18/2026

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐲 🌍

Today, museums around the world are being recognized for the role they play in preserving history, inspiring dialogue, and helping communities better understand one another.

This year’s theme, “Museums Uniting a Divided World,” feels especially meaningful here at the Robert Russa Moton Museum.

While the museum celebrates 25 years in 2026, the Moton story began generations before the museum itself.

In 1920, during the Jim Crow South, Black women in Prince Edward County organized the Farmville Council of Colored Women under the leadership of Martha E. Forrester. They advocated for better educational opportunities for Black children at a time when segregation and inequality shaped nearly every part of daily life.

Their efforts helped lead to the construction of Robert Russa Moton High School in 1939.

Then in 1951, students inside this very building helped change the nation.

Led by 16-year-old Barbara Rose Johns, Moton students organized a strike protesting overcrowded classrooms and unequal conditions. Their courage led to Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, one of the five cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Then came Massive Resistance.

Rather than integrate, Prince Edward County closed its public schools from 1959 to 1964, leaving many Black students without formal education for years. Yet the community continued fighting for education, justice, and opportunity.

And this building survived.

In the 1990s, when the former school faced possible demolition, the Martha E. Forrester Council of Women stepped forward once again to help preserve the building and protect the history connected to these halls.

Today, the building itself is the artifact.

On April 23, 2001, exactly 50 years after the student strike, the Robert Russa Moton Museum officially opened as a place of education, reflection, and dialogue.

What began as a former segregated school building is now:
▪️ A National Historic Landmark
▪️ Located on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
▪️ An affiliated area of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park through the National Park Service
▪️ Home to the permanent exhibition “The Moton School Story: Children of Courage”
▪️ Home to the award-winning Barbara Rose Johns Story digital project
▪️ A Virginia History Affiliate with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
▪️ Part of an ongoing UNESCO World Heritage nomination effort recognizing nationally significant Civil Rights sites across the United States

But beyond the designations and honors, Moton remains what it has always been at its core, a place of courage, learning, reflection, survivorship, and hope.

Students still walk these halls and discover the power of young voices. Families reconnect with stories once nearly erased. Visitors from across the country and around the world step inside a building where ordinary people helped change American history.

As we celebrate International Museum Day, we also celebrate every museum, archive, cultural center, and historic site working each day to preserve our shared human story.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭.
𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

📍 Plan your visit: motonmuseum.org/visit
📍 Learn more: thebarbarajohnsstory.org

03/14/2026

When our wonderful Alpha Gams show up, we know it’s going to be a successful day. Thank you Alpha Gamma Delta! Your philanthropy focus on fighting hunger is a perfect fit for FACES.

03/14/2026

We are so thankful to John Hrubos and Loose Shoe Brewing Company for their donation to Better Days Farmville .
John won (for the second time!) the annual chilli cook-off and chose our organization to recieve the cash prize. We will put it to good use loving our neighbors!

03/06/2026

02/01/2026