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Welcome to the Reston Museum's Online Collections Database!
About Reston Museum
The Reston Museum is an established community organization that preserves the past, informs the present, and influences the future of Reston through its educational programs. Our goals are to engage the public in an exploration of community history, promote Reston as a destination point for tourism, collect, preserve, and interpret the artifacts and documents of Reston's history. The Reston Museum has a collection of materials related to Reston's history, development, architecture, government, culture, and social life from 1965 to the present. These materials include planning and historical documents, newspaper articles, magazine articles, newspapers and magazines, documents relating to the civic, social and cultural life of Reston, photographs, and manuscripts. Visit our webpage at https://www.restonmuseum.org. To find information about our upcoming public programs visit https://www.restonmuseum.org/programs
If you are interested in donating an object to our collection, please contact us at restonmuseum@gmail.com with a picture and description of the item you would like to donate. Our collections committee will review the items against our current collection. Due to space limitations, we cannot accept unscheduled donations at the Museum.
You can also find information on Reston at the George Mason University Special Collections and Archives. If you are seeking information about the Fairfax Hunt, that material can be found at the National Sporting Library in Middleburg.
Visit our youtube Channel to watch videos about the history of Reston "https://www.youtube.com/user/RestonMuseum/featured"
If you have questions please email info@restonmuseum.org or call us at 703-709-7700
Tips for Searching
Keyword Search
The Keyword Search button allows you to perform a general search across multiple fields for any catalog records online. Keyword searches use OR as the default connector between words (e.g. a search for Hanley Ranch will return records associated with Hanley OR Ranch). If you want to find records where both keywords are found, type in AND between the two words. To search for a specific phrase, be sure to put the phrase within quotes (e.g. "Rocky Pine Ranch"). You can also use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard (e.g. a search for histor* would come up with records containing history, histories, historical, etc.). Searches are not case sensitive.
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search button can help you be more specific with your search. You can search for a word or phrase within a particular search category or use multiple categories to further narrow down your search results. For example, searching White in the People field will bring up any records associated with a member of the White family, without having to sift through black & white photographs. You can also search People and Creator records through Advanced Search. Phrase searching with quotes and use of wildcards (*) are available in Advanced Search.
Browse Reston Museum's Collection
The Browse Reston Museum's Collection button is a great way to just browse the collection. Each Random Images page displays a random assortment of images from the records online. If something piques your interest, click the thumbnail to view a larger version of the image.
Catalog Searches (Archives / Photos / Objects)
The catalog buttons can also help narrow down your search, by only searching with a selected catalog. If you only want to search for Photos, click the Photos button and type in your keyword(s) or phrase. You can also browse records within that catalog without performing a search. Phrase searching, wildcards (*) as well as AND/OR statements, are available when performing catalog searches.