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From the Museum Director: April
What a wonderful feeling it is to be able to reopen the museum to the public again. It has been…
Museum Director’s Message
I would like to begin by acknowledging your Back Bay Wildfowl Guild Board of Directors. It is because of their…
Back Bay Wildfowl Memories: deWitt Cottage History
The de Witt Cottage, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1895 by Bernard P. Holland,…
From the Museum Director: July
First of all, I want to invite everyone back to the museum on September 7th 2021 for our first in…
Collector’s Shelf: June
GALLUP BROTHERS PEG HEAD COOT The Gallup brothers (Paul, Dick & Bruce) Paul Gallup owned The Premier Millworks Company located…
Collector’s Shelf: Leon White (1860-1914)
Hen Widgeon Leon White was born and raised in the Currituck Inlet area of NC –South of Wash Woods. Leon…
Collector’s Shelf: John W. Austin
John W. Austin July 11, 1891 – April 11,1981 Born on Hatteras Island, NC where his father William Riley was…
Back Bay Wildfowl Memories Ocean Swimming
Can anyone guess what is happening in this picture? Obviously, it is the ocean; but what are all those people…
Collector’s Shelf: Delbert Lee “Cigar” Daisey
Delbert “Cigar” Daisey, born on Chincoteague Island,was one of the last surviving island residents who had made a living as…
Collector’s Shelf: Delon Lee Dudley 1860-1942
Delon Lee Dudley 1860-1942 Lee Dudley was one of twins (Lee & Leonard). The twins grew up on The West…
Back Bay Wildfowl Guild Memories: Last Mid-Atlantic Waterfowl Festival
By Mary Reid Barrow, Virginia Beach Beacon, October 2, 2007 Back Bay was once known as a hunter’s paradise because…
Collector’s Shelf: Wallace O’Neal, Sr.
Wallace o’neal, sr. 1867-1955 Born in Barco, Currituck County, North Carolina As a young man Wallace lived in Duck, NC…
New Attraction to Virginia Beach Boardwalk Mile of Lights
Giant Christmas tree next to dewitt cottage 100 Miles of Lights began in 1998 as a regional effort to…
From the Museum Director: May
Again, this year (2021) we would typically be preparing to have dinner at the Lucky Oyster on May4th, to celebrate…
COLLECTORS SHELF: WILLIAM “Will” Kight, Jr. (1897-1977)
Will was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and moved with his family to Creeds, Virginia, where he grew up and worked…