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‘BrewHaHa’ Craft Beer Festival Featuring Breweries from Around the Commonwealth Returns to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
‘BrewHaHa’ Craft Beer Festival Featuring Breweries from Around the Commonwealth Returns to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
‘Virginia Distilled’ Annual Spirits Festival Returns to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
"Hidden Figure" of GPS (Commonwealth Classroom)
In this virtual event on February 19, 2021, VMHC Curator Karen Sherry led audiences in a conversation with Dr. Gladys West. Dr. West, a Dinwiddie...
"In a Constitutional Way": Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and the Meaning of a Loyal Opposition
On December 14, 2023, historian John Ragosta gave a lecture on Patrick Henry’s final political battles.
In a democracy, how do you disagree with...
"Locating the 1809 Negro Burial Ground" By Dr. Chris Stevenson, VDHR
On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
"Shockoe Valley Topography and the Slave Trade" By Jeffrey Ruggles
On Saturday, February 28, 2009, the community was invited to attend a conference about Richmond’s African American history, “Hidden Things Brought to...
"That part of America, now called Virginia"
"Uncle Josh" - Von Weise: photographs and portraits of individuals
“A Perfect Hell of Blood”: The Battle of the Crater
On August 23, 2018, A. Wilson Greene delivered a banner lecture, “‘A Perfect Hell of Blood’: The Battle of the Crater.”
Although the Petersburg...
“Haven of Safety”: The Kaiser’s Courteous Pirates in Hampton Roads
On March 22, 2018 , Gregory J. Hansard delivered Banner Lecture at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture entitled “‘Haven of Safety’: The Kaiser’s...
“Keep It a Holy Thing”: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge
On August 2, 2018, David Cox delivered a banner lecture, “‘Keep It a Holy Thing’: Lee Chapel’s Greatest Challenge.”
The chapel that Robert E. Lee...
“Letters from a Soviet Prison: A Son’s Search for the Truth”
On May 1, 2018, Francis Gary Powers, Jr., presented a Banner Lecture about his book, Letters from a Soviet Prison: A Son’s Search for the Truth. For...
“Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Last Crusade,” by John Grady
On January 21 at noon, John Grady delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Last Crusade.”
When Matthew Fontaine Maury was...
“The United States of Virginia”: Jefferson’s Invention of America through a Virginian Lens
On October 13, 2022, historian Robert Pierce Forbes took a fascinating look at Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia.
When Thomas...
“War is horrid, in fact”: Virginians in the West Indies Expedition, 1740–42
On May 5, 2023, Craig S. Chapman spoke about the first overseas deployment of American troops, in which 4,000 colonists (including 400 from Virginia)...
#RVAHistoryHunt
1 – The Spark: The French & Indian War
A skirmish in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.
In this inaugural episode of Revolution Revisited, host Maggie Creech, alongside experts...
1.1 Bellringer
