2026 Opening Day Celebration | Renfrew Museum & Park, Waynesboro
April 18 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday April 18th, 2026 * 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
FREE ADMISSION
You’re invited to join us for our annual OPENING DAY celebration as we welcome the start of a busy and exciting 2026 season during our first signature event of the year!
Enjoy a FREE family friendly day of engaging living history demonstrations including hearth cooking, period toys and games, textile work, heirloom gardening and more!
View a special display of antique farm machinery.
Learn about the new Renfrew Mill as it nears completion.
Explore our industrial farming heritage and the enterprises that once thrived here.
Discover the families who called “Renfrew” home and how they lived, worked and played.
Historic structures throughout the park will be OPEN and occupied by historical interpreters and docents.
PARK HOURS: Our entire property is open from dawn to dusk, so feel free to explore the rest of the farmstead, Little Antietam Creek, and our nature trails!
Pack lunch
PARKING: Free parking is available at the Visitors Center and Welty Road lots.
No vehicles will be permitted to drive onto the farmstead.
RESTROOMS: Portable toilet facilities located near the Welty lot.
Visitors Center restrooms will be open during event hours only
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