The Augusta County Historical Society will enter a new phase in 2005 with the opening of the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. In a restored 1895 railroad hotel in the heart of historic Staunton, Virginia, we will share this adaptively rehabilitated facility with the local preservation organization, the Historic Staunton Foundation, and the local affiliate of the Virginia Museum, the Staunton-Augusta Art Center. We will have exhibit gallery space, an office suite, a climate-controlled archival and collections storage area, and a research library in which to serve our members and the general public.

Since 1965, the Augusta County Historical Society has served the cause of local history by offering a spring and fall meeting with a lecture program on a county history topic, and has published an annual journal on county history with articles and source materials. In addition, we now have an annual banquet with a featured speaker, and publish a newsletter three times a year. We are responsible for the upkeep of the historic Glebe Cemetery.