Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington forged one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans to create schools throughout the nation for Black children who had no access to publicly funded education. From 1912 to 1937, the Rosenwald schools program built thousands of schools, shops, and teacher’s homes across 15 Southern states. For ...

Join the education team for a modified museum experience centered around the Traveling Bricks exhibition. Galleries will have low or no sound, as well as dimmed lights, for a sensory-friendly morning. Educators will also be on site with hands-on building activities. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture has partnered with the Autism Society of ...

As the LEGO Group opens its first and only U.S. manufacturing plant in the Commonwealth of Virginia, VMHC guests can embark an exciting journey through transportation history—one brick at a time. In its first continental United States appearance, Traveling Bricks—one of the largest exhibits of its kind—features more than 100 models of iconic land, air, ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia played a central role in United States involvement during the Cold War. With doomsday planning operations underway for World War III, the location of the Pentagon, CIA, and other federal agencies established Northern Virginia as an epicenter of decision-making. As Virginia military bases readied for a potential surprise attack by the ...

In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette, the last living Continental Army general from the American Revolution, returned to tour the United States as the "Nation's Guest." Over the next year, Lafayette was received with a hero's welcome as he visited each of the then 24 American states, attending honors such as parades, balls, and dinners. ...

Join historian Marcia Zug for a fascinating look at the history of marrying in the South. For most of U.S. history, marrying for reasons other than love, was both expected and encouraged. An examination of such marriages, particularly in 18th and 19th century southern states, reveals how marriage has long been a widespread and effective ...

As the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775 dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. Virginia, the largest, wealthiest, and most populous province in British North America was led ...

Learn more about the techniques of oral histories and reflective storytelling and receive practical tips and tricks for how to engage in these practices. Two of the VMHC’s current exhibitions, A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America and Virginia & The Vietnam War, prominently ...

Join author Stephanie Deutsch for a lecture about the ongoing impact of Julius Rosenwald and his innovative but often overlooked philanthropy. The schools for African American children built during the era of Jim Crow segregation that are celebrated in the ongoing museum display of photographs by Andrew Feiler tell only part of the story of ...