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We welcome your comments and questions about Germanna! Quick links:
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Phone:

540-423-1700

Days/Hours Open:

The Fort Germanna Visitor Center Museum and Genealogy Library hours are Monday-Saturday, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm . Closed on Sundays. If you are from out of town, we recommend calling before coming to confirm the building is open that day.

Salubria is available for private tours. Please make advanced reservations by contacting us. Cost of tour is $15 per person. Contact us if you are interested in reserving Salubria for a photo shoot or special event.

The Seigen Forest trail system is open 7 days a week, during daylight hours. When visiting the trails, please practice “Leave no Trace” ethos. If you enjoy the trails, consider donating to the Germanna Foundation to help support their upkeep.

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Mailing Address:

Germanna Foundation
P.O. Box 279
Locust Grove, VA 22508-0279

Location:

2062 Germanna Highway (Route 3)
Locust Grove, VA 22508

The Fort Germanna Visitor Center is located on Route 3 next to the Germanna Community College/Locust Grove campus. Turn into the entrance of the college and make the first right at the “Fort Germanna Visitor Center” sign. NOTE: We are not part of the Germanna Community College but we did donate the 170 acres to Virginia for it to establish the college in 1969.

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Nona Rector says

March 9, 2023 at 5:59 pm

I want to view Barbara and Cathy’s chat. The page will not allow you to register without a donation and credit card information.
I entered the amount ($0.00) and card information. The page refused it. I could not register.

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The Germanna Foundation tells America’s story of liberty through the frontier experience of her settlers and descendants using archaeological, historical, and genealogical research and interpretation. We are stewards over these important properties and initiatives:

Fort Germanna Visitor Center campus which includes a Museum, Genealogy Library, the Hitt Archaeology Center, and the Germanna Memorial Garden
Siegen Forest – 170-acre Hiking and Nature Trails along the Rapidan river
1714/1717 Fort Germanna Archaeology Site
Virginia Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood’s home “Enchanted Castle” Archaeology Site
1757 Georgian-style Salubria Manor
1800 Peter Hitt Farm
Publishing “The Germanna Record” genealogy/ history books
Maintaining a genealogy database with over 130,000 records of descendants of the Germanna colonists

The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and its German colonists and their descendants.

It conducts archaeological exploration and conservation, genealogical research and publishing, and historic preservation and interpretation.

The Foundation owns and maintains several historic sites and properties, such as Salubria Manor, that were part of or closely connected to the Germanna colonies, the town of Germanna, and the other early colonial Virginia settlements and towns in the Piedmont area of Virginia.