Plan Your Visit

What to Do

Shopping

Barter Theatre’s Gift Shop • Located inside Barter Theatre and Barter Stage II • Offering Barter apparel, Barter and Virginia souvenir items, theatre memorabilia, now featuring premium Virginia wines–including Chateau Morrisette, Red Hat merchandise, gift baskets, and more. New items arrive often.

A Likely Yarn • 380 East Main Street • Abingdon, VA 24210 • 276.628.2143 • www.alikelyyarn.com • Fibers of the world..and closer to home.  Group or private classes, plus notions, tools and publications.  Open 7 days a week with shipping to lower 48 states.  June 1, moving to 213 Pecan St., next to VA Creeper Trail parking lot. 

Siegner's LTD

Attractions

Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum • 208 West Main Street • Abingdon, VA 24210 • 276-676-0216 • 800-435-3440 • Walk through this brick home built in 1860 and experience the lifestyles of 19th century families. View the architecture, period furnishings and a regional decorative arts collection. Highlights include an herb and kitchen garden, family bedrooms and a loom room. Open Wednesday - Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 and by appointment.

Star Museum • 170 East Main Street • Abingdon, Virginia 24210 • 276-628-2962 • star@eva.org
See Us on YouTube! • Star Museum, two blocks east of Barter, makes a dazzling companion attraction. Showcasing incredible celebrity memorabilia, the rotating collection displays performance/estate pieces from Gable, Garland,
Presley, Monroe and many others. W-F, 10-4; Sa., 12-4. Admission, $10 & $5; offering group rates and reserve day/evening tours.

William King Regional Arts Center • 415 Academy Drive • Abingdon, VA 24210 • 276.628.5005 • A Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the center features exhibition galleries showcasing art of the region and of the world; classes for children and adults; and outdoor sculpture garden; resident artist studios; and an historic house museum and museum store. Fully accessible, admission is free. Open daily except Monday.

White’s Mill • 12291 White’s Mill Road • Abingdon, VA 24210 • 276.628.3960 • www.whitesmill.org • White’s Mill is a working 18th century grist mill providing tours and demonstrations; the mercantile offers unique shopping – corn mill ground on-site, old fashioned food products and wares from over 100 local craftsman. Open Wednesday – Sunday, 10am–6pm.

 

Did You Know...

Barter Theatre was founded in 1933 during the Depression, and its name came from bartering produce from the farms and gardens of the area to gain admission to see a play.