Leesburg Heritage Museum

12/01/2025

05/20/2025

If you haven't been by the museum lately, you should stop by. Our dear darling Nicole has been reinventing or floor space. Come by and check it out!

01/29/2025

Here is another item you won't want to miss. The upcoming Leesburg Heritage Society meeting is happening on Tuesday, February 4th at the Roger's Park Pavillion and will have a presentation on the "History of Firefighting in Leesburg". Doors open at 3:30 PM with yummy refreshments provided by our friends at Beyers Funeral Home and the meeting will start promptly at 4:00 PM.
If you've been watching the Leesburg Memories FB page, you will have seen quite a few pictures that are in the files at the Leesburg Heritage Society Museum down on 6th Street.

01/29/2025

Mark your calendars folks because you are invited to take part in the Liberty Tree Dedication Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Leesburg on Monday, February 17th at 10:00 AM. You are sure to enjoy this and won't want to miss the opportunity to witness such a special local historic event!

01/08/2025

If you are ever wondering why I stick like glue to the Museum....here are some of the reasons why! This little group gets together once a month and discusses the good, bad and ugly of the museum and works very hard to put our best foot forward.
Left to Right standing...Elvin, our Art Curator, Nicole, the Museum Curator, Francis, the H.S. Treasurer, Mrs. Bailey, Mote-Morris House Guru, Margaret Branhan, Librarian Extraordinaire, Glorianne, former Curator of both Museum/ Mote-Morris House/Leesburg Historian, Jim, President of the H. S. Society, Mr. Bailey, Mote-Morris House Guru and our Dr. Joe Branham...the walking encyclopedia of history.
Such a nifty and feisty group!

01/07/2025

If you are a fan of orchids, you won't want to miss today's Leesburg Heritage Society meeting at the Rogers Park Pavillion. Our very own Goodwin Orchids will be there discussing their 50 years of growing gorgeous Vandas and more. The doors open at 3:30 pm with light refreshments courtesy of Beyers Funeral Home. Tuesday, January 7th.

12/14/2024

I'm going to throw something out here and see who bites. Do you honestly know if your family's history in Leesburg is recorded or stored anywhere other than in that long-forgotten box on the top shelf of a closet? Good question Lisa...I have no idea!
Well just don't sit there like a bump on a log...get busy and grab that box off the shelf and see what is in there...and consider donating it to the Leesburg Heritage Society Museum!
We do not have a ton of room for large displays, but we definitely would love to add to our file records of Leesburg Families, Businesses, Schools, Churches and other files. Family trees are most welcome too, especially if they show how your family got here and successive lineage.
Help us preserve the history of Leesburg! It was a very unique and special place to grow up!

12/02/2024

Tuesday, December 3rd will be a very interesting and historical perspective of our very own Leesburg icon, Lone Oak Cemetery by none other than our own Glorianne Fahs with the help of Vi Pfahler.
Now if you haven't ever visited this cemetery, you should....oodles of history that you may not know about.
Show up at Roger's Park Pavilion just a hair before 3:30 Pm to get a good seat and then enjoy some tasty snacks that our good friends from Beyers Funeral Home have provided. The very nifty presentation will begin at 4:00 pm!

11/08/2024

Found this little fun booklet at the museum. Definitely from the 30' but no designated date other than the 1930 census.

11/03/2024

We need some help with this photo that Miss Francis brought in to the museum today. It's from the 1953 Leesburg Debutant Ball in 1953. The 2nd photo is a list of names she could match up with the photo. See who you can identify. This is also posted on Leesburg Memories.