Charlottesville,
Virginia: The Trip West Began Here !
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Charlottesville is
proud to be the starting point for the dreaming, planning and training
for what became the Lewis and Clark exploration of the West. Its Lewis
and Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia proposes to build an interactive
museum and provide educational and intriguing experiences for children,
youth and adults, focusing on the expedition’s legacy in Virginia.
Although the Center as a building doesn’t yet exist, the board
already provides projects and activities in Albemarle County and in
downtown Charlottesville. Explore this website to find what we’re
doing, how you can join us, and about related activities and research
taking place in Virginia.
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Support Kayaks for Kids!
 Kayaks for Kids is a program running through October to sponsor our LCEC kayak programs on the Rivanna River. Supporting businesses will put their logos on our new fleet of sit-on-top kayaks. See this PDF (678KB) for more information.
NBC29: "Grant Helps Build New Facility for Explorers"
On Monday, June 28, NBC29 aired this story on the $200,000 grant we just received from the Commonwealth Transportation Board, which will help us to break ground in the fall on our new permanent building.
Barn Dance: May 1
 Listen to our new radio spot! (1.4MB mp3)
Come celebrate the beginning of our 2010 season • Free admission • Music with Sunnyside and the Mudlarks
Virginia Reel Dancing • Oxen and Covered Wagon Rides • Refreshments, Keelboat Tours, and Activities for Kids
Darden Towe Park, May 1, 2 to 5 pm • 434-979-2425 • Parking on site
Capital Campaign Update
We're getting close to our goal of raising funds for our permanent building! Please consider making a gift below.
See the progress of the campaign.
Summer 2009 Newsletter
Learn all about our summer of fun! Check out the most recent newsletter.
Current Schedule
The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center will reopen to the public weekends in May 2010. Scouting and school group tours and programs are available beginning in March. Please call the office 434-979-2425 for more information.
The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center has started a blog to keep you up-to-date on news and events! Visit
lewisandclarkexploratorycenter.blogspot.com
to get all the latest postings.
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Join the Mailing List
Would you like to be on the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center mailing list? By adding on, you'll be kept informed of all our events from the Annual Boat Race to historical lectures and tours. Join the list.
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 281
Charlottesville, Va. 22902
Phone: (434)979-2425
Physical Address:
401 McIntire Rd., 2nd floor
Charlottesville, Va.
and
Keel Boat Barn at
Darden Towe Park
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Of
courage undaunted, possessing a firmness & perseverance of purpose which
nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, careful as
a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance
of order and discipline, intimate with the Indian character, customs &
principles, habituated to the hunting life, guarded by exact observation
of the vegetables & animals of his own country . . ."
-Thomas
Jefferson on Meriwether Lewis
Last Update: August 25, 2010
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