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By Richard Lykks Sp*H.-utl to th*> RnppuhmuuK-k NVw*

Thu Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester offers an extraordinary historical experience and a unique opportunity for a quick nearby trip.

The museum gives one a sense of belonging to our area like no other museum. You will feel perfectly “at home* as it pays tribute to our area's interesting past—from the earliest settlements that moved West in the 1700s to those hard working men and women who made their lives here in the past 300 years.

Architecturally. the three-year old museum, designed by the famous Michael Graves firm, is an astonishingly beautiful contemporary building which houses four mt\jor gallery spaces. It also has state-of-the-art multimedia slide shows that should not be missed. The diorama in the main building helps bring history alive for this fabled region.

In addition to its outstanding Shenandoah Valley collections, the benefactor Julian Glass has given the museum a stunning collection of his personal art. including paintings by John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough and James Whistler.

There also is a miniature house with exact reproductions in the smallest detail of Gloss' home— a work of art that will fascinate adults as well ns children. One also must take a tour of the lovely formal

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