Featured Retail Stores - Frontier Culture
Let's take a tour of the Museum of American Frontier Culture....
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First stop is the museum gift shop, where you can find many primitive and educational gifts, books, fudge, and more, including a large variety of Pleasant View Soaps.
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The museum takes visitors through outdoor exhibits of several countries that settled in Early America. The photo below is of the West African farm.
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I noticed an old cake of lye soap on the windowsill in one of the authentic cottages.
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Interpreters in costume demonstrate activities of pioneer life, such as kitchen tasks, woodworking, processing of flax from plant to cloth, and blacksmithing.
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This is what the gardens looked like in the spring, full of lush greenery.
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The American exhibit featured different homesteads from time periods spanning a hundred years.
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It's an interesting to place to visit if you're ever in the Staunton area. The museum gift shop is a recommended location for local customers who would like to purchase my soaps during the winter farmers' market off-season.