Museum

The May Museum & Park is dedicated to preserving and interpreting Farmville

NC area history.  Tabitha Marie DeVisconti, the last descendant of Major Benjamin

May to live in the 19th century house, bequethed her home, property and many

artifacts to the town of Farmville in 1983.  Following renovations, the town opened the

facility in 1991 as the May Museum and Park.

The home was built circa 1854 by James William May.  His grandfather, Major Benjamin

May, settled the area south of the Back Swamp in the colonial period and was known

to have "promoted and motivated his community in an exemplary manner".

The May Museum and Park is located at 3802 South Main St, Farmville, NC.

Museum operates by appointment only.

Director: Roger Kammerer

Phone: (252) 753-6725 for more information.

The museum sells a book titled "The Tyson and May Genealogy of Pitt County"

The book helps to confirm much of our May family ancestry.

Their website is: https://www.farmvillenc.gov/community/may-museum-park/