World's Oldest Ham

The Ham Cam might be the greatest technological innovation of our time Have you ever wanted to know what the world's oldest ham is up to? Thanks to the delightfully silly Ham Cam, now you can. For some reason.

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Cold bench.
Warm museum.
#VisitSoon

Have you heard the news?
The museum is turning 50 this year, and we are the grand marshals in the 10:30 a.m. Saturday #StPaddysDay parade in Smithfield, Va.
Everyone is coming! Even Punch the Monkey!
(Info: tinyurl.com/2pwzhb7b)
#parade #punch #stpatricksday

Communication from P.D. Gwaltney Jr. and Co. Inc. via the Home Telephone Company, 1942. #inthecollection #SmithfieldVirginia

To play checkers with someone is a way of saying, "I am willing to spend some time with you." #visitsoon #spendtimewithme

Today is the International Day of Awesomeness.
The museum is awesome.
All our visitors--in person and virtual--are awesome.
Embrace your own awesomeness today.
#awesome

Map of Isle of Wight and part of Nansemond, 1864, by Army Department of Northern Virginia, Chief Engineer's Office, Jeremy Francis Gilmer. #map #CivilWar #Virginia

Order placed via postard in 1942 with P.D. Gwaltney Jr. and Company. #postcard

Volunteer Julie Hess has been sorting through receipts, ledgers and orders from our P.D. Gwaltney & Co. records which span the 1870s to 1940s. Looking forward to highlighting some of her discoveries. #volunteersmakeithappen

Divide and conquer.
#inthecollection

Sailing the Pagan and James River in 1911: sailboat, steamship and Virginia-class battleship. #thingsthatfloat #sail #ship

Hannah Lee Barlow Baine, 99, of Wakefield, Virginia, and her son Phil stopped by yesterday to see exhibits about their family's peanut history! #Peanut #visitors

Guests on today's Windsor Castle walking tour included Girl Scouts working on their history patch! #history #girlscouts

Curator Rachel Popp was the lecturer during yesterday's LUNCH & LEARN: Manumission in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. #lecture

Page one of a student essay on ham and peanuts in Isle of Wight County by Julius Wilson, 1920. From the collection of the Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library, W&M Libraries. #essay

A tobacco barn was added to museum's Sprigg Wing yesterday courtesy of Big Daddy Edwards Welding and Repair LLC. Interpretive panels and artifacts are coming soon! #newexhibit #tobacco

On Sunday, we were invited to share museum artifacts before and after the Sundays at Four event “Seeds of Knowledge: Angola to Academia (1619-1968)" at Christ Episcopal Church.
An excellent program with a fantastic turnout for one of our favorite community partners! #va250 #community

Tea time with Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation's RISE program. Friday, we brewed up some fun with our tea-themed program highlighting tea history.
Plus, we performed a pH experiment, painted with tea and sampled a cup of tea with pinkies up! #tea #handsonlearning #VA250

Besties Heather and Gene stopped in for a visit! #newfriends

When you need to paint a column brown, the obvious color choice is the swatch labeled MUSEUM MQ2-44. #paint

If exhibits need repair, we call VA Displays LLC.
When interns come along, we receive extra customer service! #customerservice

All our visitors are gold medalists!
#Olympics2026

Brothers Hudson and Rockwell from the Washington, D.C., area aced the museum's scavenger hunt, visited tme and discovered a few shark teeth in the museum's sandbox this weekend. A successful museum visit! #museumfun #brothers

Saturday at Carrollton-Nike Park, the former site of Carrollton Nike Missile Battery N-75L in Isle of Wight County, Va., our Nike-Ajax missile and its booster were moved to a permanent display location by Steeltech Industrial Fabrication Inc. via GC Commercial Inc. #ColdWar #artifact

Mariana and parents Patricia and Jose Baiao of Portugal paid a visit to the museum on Saturday! #newfriends

Railfans were treated today to a stellar lecture by historian Bill Richardson: All Aboard: Surry, Sussex & Southampton Railway. #train #lecture

Happy Valentine's Day from me and the Isle of Wight County Museum! #valentinesday

What do you call a story that one clock tells to another?
Second hand information.
#inthecollection #time

Prepare to launch!
Something exciting is afoot at Isle of Wight County Parks and Recreation's Carrollton-Nike Park as the museum's largest artifact--its Nike-Ajax missile--is preparing to move into its permanent display position.
#ColdWar #missile #artifact

Isle of Wight County's Public Works Department is the light of our lives! They added more lights to our exhibits. Brighter is better. #lettherebelight