A thirty-minute highlight tour by VMHC educators focused on their favorite aspects of the exhibition A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools That Changed America. This exhibition explores the history and legacy of one of the most transformative educational initiatives in American history forged by Booker T. ...
Roses in December is a story of strength, courage, and beauty found in difficult times and the most challenging of circumstances. Beginning in the era of Reconstruction and ending with desegregation, Jody Lynn Allen chronicles the lives of newly freed people and their descendants in Hanover County, Virginia, providing an unprecedented look at rural Black ...
On the first Friday of each month, the museum will stay open later for this family-friendly event. The museum will offer free admission to the galleries, specials in the Café, access to food trucks, live music, and family-centered activities. ...
A three-day program featuring special lectures, workshops and demonstrations, and other engaging activities focused on Virginia history, gardening, and landscape preservation. Also, several dozen stunning floral displays prepared by the Garden Club of Virginia’s member clubs will be presented throughout the museum allowing guests to “Step into the Garden.” Friday, Feb. 28 - Presentations & ...
Blending powerful storytelling with music from the civil rights era of the 1950s and 1960s, A Loving Community also features excerpts from the highly anticipated new opera, Loving v. Virginia, premiering in April/May 2025 as a co-commission with the Richmond Symphony. It will conclude with a brief Q&A session. Designed for audiences aged 15 and ...
In America’s collective consciousness, Pat Nixon has long been perceived as enigmatic. She was voted “Most Admired Woman in the World” in 1972 and made Gallup Poll’s top ten list of most admired women fourteen times. Pat greatly expanded upon preservation efforts in the White House. In the domestic arena, she was progressive on women’s ...
Candidates will be sworn in as naturalized citizens during a moving ceremony held in partnership with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The ceremony will be officiated by David J. Novak, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia at 11:00 am. The ...
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 ...
A special taping of Full Disclosure: Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger talks policy, headlines and her career journey. Followed by a reception with snacks and soft drinks. ...
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 ...
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 ...
A striking new perspective on the American Revolution that reorients our understanding of its causes, highlights the radically different motivations between patriots in the North and South, and reveals the seeds of today’s racial divide. ...
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 ...
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. ...
Restock your library at the VMHC's annual used book sale. Benefits VMHC Education initiatives. The sale is open to the public. Admission to the museum is not required to shop. ...
In 1819 John Adams came across a stunning story in his hometown newspaper that claimed that a full fourteen months before Jefferson crafted his own Declaration of Independence, a band of zealous Scots-Irish patriots, whiskey-loving Princeton scholars, and a fanatical frontier preacher in a remote corner of North Carolina had become the first Americans to ...
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 ...
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, ...
As the LEGO Group opens its first and only U.S. manufacturing plant in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Embark an exciting journey through transportation history—one brick at a time. In its first continental United States appearance, this exhibition features more than 100 models of iconic land, air, sea, and space vehicles constructed from nearly 1 million ...
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 ...
A journey through history and discover the ways in which chocolate was prepared and enjoyed in 18th-century Virginia. Guests will have the opportunity to observe chocolate being made using reproduction cooking tools and equipment appropriate to the 18th century. Sample American Heritage Chocolate and purchase some to take home or enjoy a hot chocolate in ...
A LEGO Brickumentary looks at the impact of the LEGO brick and the innovative uses for it that have sprung up all over the world. Following the film, Ben Edlavitch, a season 4 competitor on Fox's LEGO Masters competition show, will discuss his connections to LEGO and its importance in his life. Registration is equired ...
Charles Cowlam’s career as a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age. His life touched many of the most prominent figures of the era, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. One contemporary newspaper reported that Cowlam “has as many aliases as there ...
On the first Friday of each month, the museum will stay open later for this family-friendly event. The museum will offer free admission to the galleries, specials in the Café, access to food trucks, live music, and family-centered activities. ...
André Michaux was one of the most accomplished scientific explorers of North America before Lewis and Clark. But there is more to his story. During his decade-long American sojourn, Michaux found himself thrust into the middle of a vast international conspiracy. In his new book, Patrick Spero sheds new light on an incipient American political ...
Free Admission on Election Day: Show your “I voted” sticker when you visit the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and receive free admission to the museum galleries, including the museum’s newest exhibition Traveling Bricks: An Exhibition Made of LEGO Bricks. To receive free admission, simply check in at the guest services desk when you ...
This year’s event will feature wine selections from some of Virginia’s best wineries and vineyards, live jazz, food trucks, and after-hours access to the museum’s newest exhibition, Traveling Bricks: An Exhibition Made of LEGO Bricks. Representatives from each winery will be on hand to provide information about their vineyard and tasting notes for their selections. ...
Celebrate Virginia wine month with the this wine festival. ...
Participating partners will set up spooky stations throughout the museum for kids to safely trick or treat for candy and other free giveaways. There will also be crafts, games, a Halloween band, bounce house, trackless train, chocolate making demos, and free museum admission, which includes access to Traveling Bricks, an exhibition made of LEGO bricks. ...
Join VMHC Education for a free Homeschool Open House. ...
