Archaeology Behind-the-Scenes Tours

Name: Archaeology Behind-the-Scenes Tours
Start: 2025-10-10T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-10T12:30:00-04:00
Location: 1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24502

Schedule

Fri Oct 10 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24502 | Forest, VA

An amateur archaeologist known to have studied Native American material culture, Thomas Jefferson would surely be fascinated by the more than 300,000 artifacts found on the Poplar Forest grounds since 1986. Join Poplar Forest’s archaeologists for a walking tour focused on the latest archaeological dig sites and discoveries on the plantation, including a rare up-close look at some of the artifacts in the Poplar Forest Archaeology Lab. Tours offered at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Oct. 10 and 11. Admission is $30 in advance and $35 on the day of; reservations are encouraged as spots on the tour are limited.