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Reston Museum
703-709-7700
Listing Manager:
Ed Robichaud
The Reston Museum, located at Historic Lake Anne, is the place to go to understand Reston's history.
The permanent display features a 12-panel storyboard that shows a visual timeline of Reston. Visitors can search through archive materials to see articles and photos of Reston throughout the years. There is also material devoted to Robert E. Simon, Reston's founder.
The museum also features guided tours (Saturdays at 12:15pm), special events, community resource information and a gift shop to purchase items uniquely Reston.
- Fax: 703-709-6668
- Hours: Tues - Fri, Sun, noon - 5pm; Sat, 10am - 5pm
- Handicap Accessible: Yes
- Founding Date: 1996 - fully renovated 2010
- Ticket information: Free
- Private parties: Yes
- Food/drink: No
- Alcohol served: No
- Parking: Free lot
- What makes this community special?: There's a large fully cataloged collection of phots, documents and objects devoted to Reston history. Many museum resources are available online.
- What is an interesting historical or little known fact about this town?: In the late 1800s, what is now Reston was known as Wiehle.
- Guided tours?: Yes
- Gift shop: Yes
- Gift shop hours: 12-5 PM
- Cameras allowed?: Yes
- Membership levels: Corporate, Family, Individual
