About this vendor
The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor living history museum located in Staunton, Virginia conveniently on the I81 & I64 junction. The Museum rents spaces to guests for their own privately hosted special events.
We off an attractive array of venues that are suitable for a wide range of functions such as weddings, cocktail receptions, luncheons, board meeting, staff retreats, and company picnics. Our spaces range from rustic and contemporary and cozy to spacious, all of which are unique settings for unforgettable memories to be made.
Each of our venues are handicapped accessible and comes with multiple amenities, including tables and chairs for use with your event, basic site supervision and security, and trash removal services. There is also ample on-site parking, discounted Museum admission ticket rates, as well as a variety of other site-specific conveniences. Please contact us for more information!
**Please note that after December 31, 2022, the Lee S. Cochran Pavilion and the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall will no longer be available for use.
Amenities + details
Ceremony Area
Covered Outdoors Space
Handicap Accessible
Indoor Event Space
Outdoor Event Space
Reception Area
Dressing Room
Liability Insurance
On-Site Accommodations
Wireless Internet
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Settings
- Barn
- Historic Venue
- Museum
- Trees
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I had such a wonderful experience at the Frontier Museum! The venue was absolutely beautiful, and the coordinator, Page, did an excellent job. She was always in touch, keeping me u...
pdated and ready to help whenever I needed anything. Every visit I made was smooth and welcoming. The only small downside was that there’s an extra fee if you want to decorate the night before, but I totally understand—they need to pay their staff for overtime. Also, there was some construction around the parking lot scheduled around the wedding time, and it wasn't finished yet, but It wasn't under her control. If you decide to rent a golf cart, just be sure to have someone to drive it—my experience was a bit tricky when I ran into some issues. Despite these minor hiccups, we had an amazing time and everything went smoothly during our wedding. It truly was a lovely experience.
I really loved this venue! Morgan was super helpful and accomodating. I loved the extras like the golf cart to ride around property and the 20x30 tent! The property was also PERFEC...
T for photos. The bathrooms were nice and warm and clean and the kitchen was perfect for storing anything we needed for the evening (ice, freezer/fridge for desserts, etc.) The ONLY slight complaint I have was the time we had to be out. I thought 10:30 was a little bit early, considering we had to have everything cleaned up and gone by then. Overall, I was very pleased with this venue!
The octagonal barn was perfect for my vision, the museum has so many photo opportunities. The staff was excellent to work with and communication was prompt. Our day was perfect!!
We had our ceremony and reception at the Octagonal Barn. Cost was very reasonable for this area and staff is very helpful and professional. The venue and its surroundings offer lot...
s of room for you to be creative or embrace the natural beauty. The venue coordinator, Erin, was very helpful when it came to figuring out the floor plan, coordinating rentals, and showing us how others had decorated. She was very responsive and present on the wedding day; whatever we needed, she was on it!
We booked this location without having ever visited it which was a bit scary. The coordinators were great to work with and helpful during the planning process. The octagon barn w...
as perfect for our wedding and reception. If you’re looking to have a reception for around 100 guests, this is the perfect venue. And a huge bonus... it’s extremely affordable!
The lady that does the scheduling had some personal issues and messed up parts of the paperwork trail in regards to payment (saying I hadn't when I had). Otherwise they were wonder...
ful, easy going, and DEFINITELY reasonably priced!
We ended up choosing this location because it was perfect for the indoor/outdoor feel we wanted for our day. The upper floor of the barn is amazing, so we used it for the reception...
. The bottom was okay, but since our ceremony was short, it worked out fine (and still photographed beautifully). It was so inexpensive compared to other similar vendors, and the attention we received by staff was impressive.
I had my wedding reception in the Octagonal Barn and it was PERFECT. the staff was super helpful and accommodated several walkthrus with different vendors ahead of time to ensure m...
y wedding would go smoothly. The museum attendant with us during set up and the event was ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and it was so nice to find somewhere beautiful that gave us the freedom to decorate in a way that reflected us, and didn't charge us an arm and a leg to do so! I recommend this to anyone looking for a good ol' classy southern barn wedding, especially DIY and budget brides like me :)
We had our reception here and absolutely loved it. Everythimg was perfect and the views were beautiful!
We chose our location due to the octagonal barn that they have on property. The weekend that we got married also happened to be Octoberfest at the museum and the staff made us and ...
our guest completly at ease. They even reserved parking for us dispite the fact that the parking lot was filled to capacity. They even had someone who hung around the site just in case we might need something.;It can be challenging to keep pedestrians from peeking in. I was fine with most of it but when people start to let themselves into the venue to look at the decorations it gets a little irritating.
Contact
1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA
FRONTIER CULTURE MUSEUM