Reuel B. Pritchett Museum

Bridgewater College has had a museum since the 1890s. In 1954, Church of the Brethren pastor, Daleville College graduate, and Tennessee farmer, Reuel B. Pritchett donated his lifelong collection to Bridgewater College. The museum was renamed for him.

The Reuel B. Pritchett Museum was located on the ground floor of Bowman Hall until 1964. It was housed in a large room, the former library space, in the basement of Cole Hall from 1964 to 2017. Most of the artifacts were on constant display during that time.

The Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection was moved into preservation storage in 2017 and will continue in Special Collections within the John Kenny Forrer Learning Commons as a working education, research and interpretive collection.

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Reuel B. Pritchett Museum

Bridgewater College, Church of the Brethren books and memorabilia display case in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, Display case of Indian artifacts collected by Ethel Roop and others, undated

Bridgewater College, Photograph showing a section of the carpentry tool wall in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, Photograph showing the lower row of the large Native American artifacts case in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, Student worker pinning a label on a quilt in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, The Nettie Senger Chinese artifacts case in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, The sign-in table at the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, Pat Churchman (photographer), Lera Sanders demonstrating weaving outside the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, undated

Bridgewater College, Photograph of the side of Cole Hall housing the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, 9 August 1999

Bridgewater College, A tabletop display of Daleville College memorabilia, 12 May 1993

Bridgewater College, Brethren hymnals display from the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum and probably the Alexander Mack Memorial Library, 1992

Bridgewater College, History of lighting display from Reuel B. Pritchett Musem, 1992

Bridgewater College, Thelma Replogle (photographer), Equipment from various wars case in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, September 1988

Bridgewater College, Thelma Replogle (photographer), Reuel B. Pritchett Museum cases and framed art, September 1988

Bridgewater College, Thelma Replogle (photographer), Taxidermy and tool wall in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, September 1988

Bridgewater College, The Gallery (Winchester, Va) (photographer), Reuel B. Pritchett holding the sign he made for the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, 1968

Bridgewater College, The Gallery (Winchester, Va) (photographer), Reuel B. Pritchett laughing in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, 1968

Bridgewater College, The Gallery (Winchester, Va) (photographer), Reuel B. Pritchett opening a volume of the Venice Bible in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, 1968

Bridgewater College, The Gallery (Winchester, Va) (photographer), Reuel B. Pritchett showing two fur coats in the Reuel B. Pritchett Museum, 1968

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