10:00 am, at the museum
Meets every Monday
Bring your work gloves and tools
General Membership Meeting
Social at 6:00pm Meeting at 7:00pm
Program: Cameron Evans,
Eastern Shore Photographer
6:00pm in-person and Virtual
The de Witt Cottage, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1895 by Bernard P. Holland,…
Nominations for the 2022 Salute to Heroes Wedding Venue Giveaway are now open! Do you know a hero bride-to-be or…
Members and Friends, I hope everyone is staying cool in the face of this never-ending heat and humidity. Please take…
Doug Jester was an all-around sportsman who enjoyed fishing, guiding, hunting and commercial decoy carving. His speedy carving process provided…
My Grandfather was in elementary school at the time of this story. I will guess fourth or fifth grade, that…
Back Bay Wildfowl Guild or Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum; Confused? We are often asked, here at the museum, what is…
What do a 127 year old beach cottage and an ocean front breakfast and lunch counter have in common? Why…
By Mary Reid Barrow, Virginia Beach Beacon, October 2, 2007 Back Bay was once known as a hunter’s paradise because…
See below for the list of upcoming guild events! Sunday, 10/16/2022 AWHM Fall Barbeque & Oyster Roast deWitt Cottage 1113…
In 1910 The deWitt family constructed a gazebo on the Southeast side of the property. It was used for a…
We are not fooling around. The Museum reopened to the public on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Open Wednesday–Sunday, 10:00–5:00 pm….
Call us Crazy; but we are going to do it again! Way back in November of 2020 we ran a…
John W. Austin July 11, 1891 – April 11,1981 Born on Hatteras Island, NC where his father William Riley was…

