Kids can get their feet wet in the time-honored tradition of model boat building in this class. We’ll be using beginner level model boat kits geared towards kids ages 10 & up. Please note your child will be using the following tools: • Hammer • Sandpaper • Paint • Straight pin • Needle nose pliers • Glue • Craft knife • Fine point permanent marker Register here through Alexandria Community Education.

Mark your calendars for a special edition of Music in the Gardens, a throwback to Boats, Blues, and BBQ. Before there even was the Legacy Gardens, we were rocking it out on the museum campus. Now, for our 20th anniversary season, we're throwing it back to this iconic event with a Saturday concert featuring, you guessed it, Boats, Blues, and BBQ. We're featuring a celebrated blues guitarist out of Chicago, Toronzo Cannon. With his richly detailed, truth-telling original songs, blistering, inventive…

Kids won’t be running around in circles after this class. Participants will learn about the ways people navigated over time, both on land and water, and DIY their own compasses. Finally, the class will go on a compass scavenger hunt around the museum. Pre-registration is required. Register here through Alexandria Community Education.

Mick Sterling returns to the Legacy Gardens with Born to Run: A Celebration of the Music of Bruce Springsteen on Friday, August 7, 2026! The music of Bruce Springsteen is vast and powerful and completely distinctive.  This show is a full-bodied and full-throated homage to the legendary E Street Band and a performance of over 4 decades of Springsteen classic deep tracks and hits.   It's not to be missed as it includes a three-piece horn section, background vocals, violin, two keyboardists…