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Matthews Living History Farm Museum

Galax Matthews Living History Farm Museum

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Matthews Living History Farm Museum
Jeff Matthews Museum
The Blue Ridge Music Center
Old Cranks Museum
Pavilion at Judge Matthews House, Matthews State Forest

Attractions

New River Trail State Park

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Matthews Living History Farm Museum

The museum features heritage livestock breeds selected to represent what would have been raised during the 1880-1910 period in Grayson County, including Brown Swiss Oxen (Gus & Gilbert), American Guinea Hogs (Douglas & Lil Bit), Highland Cow (Henrietta), and Gulf Coast Native Sheep
The farm has participated in conservation efforts to bring back domesticated livestock breeds that were near extinction

Jeff Matthews Museum

The museum houses over 10,000 Native American artifacts collected by Jeff Matthews, forming one of the anchor collections of the museum
The museum displays one of the largest Kodiak bears on exhibition, part of a world-game animal taxidermy collection accumulated over a lifetime of hunting

Old Cranks Museum

The museum features a 1906 Orient Buckboard, one of the earliest automobiles in the collection, representing nearly 120 years of automotive history
The collection includes a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 with only 29,000 original miles, representing a rare low-mileage muscle car in pristine condition

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