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Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Statute in Virginia
On July 24 at noon, Thomas E. Buckley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia."
The...
Facts & Legends of Sports in Richmond
On July 14, Brooks Smith and Wayne Dementi delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Facts & Legends of Sports in Richmond."
Basing their presentation on...
For the Love of Beauty: The Collections of Lora and Claiborne Robins
Founding Frenemies
Founding Frenemies: Hamilton and The Virginians
Fraud! Controversy! And neat properties in Virginia: Things you never knew about title insurance
From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson
On July 10, 2014, Kitty Snow deliverered a Banner Lecture entitled "From a Richmond Streetcar: Life through the Lens of Harris Stilson."
Streetcar...
From Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century By Paul A. Levengood
At the dawn of the twentieth century, the South was by all measurements the poorest, most segregated region in the United States. One hundred years...
From Horse-Driven to Gas-Fueled Transportation
From Reel to Real Indians
On November 20, 2019, the VMHC presented a screening of the award-winning film Reel Injun (2009, 88 minutes) by Cree-Canadian filmmaker Neil Diamond....
From Richmond to France: Images and Stories of Richmond and Her World War I Soldiers
On July 12, 2018, Kitty Snow delivered the banner lecture, “From Richmond to France: Images and Stories of Richmond and Her World War I Soldiers.”
Wh...
George Washington Portrait by Charles Peale Polk
George Washington: The Making of a Leader
In this lecture, historian David O. Stewart discusses his new book, George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father.
Washington’s...
Glee Clubs
Good to Great to Gone: The Circuit City Story
Henkel Press
Historic Disasters of Richmond
On January 18 at 5:30 p.m., Walter S. Griggs, Jr. delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Historic Disasters of Richmond.”
Richmond has had its share of...
History Begins at Home: A Personal Journey By Charles F Bryan, JR
In this autobiographical lecture, Dr. Bryan reflects on the field of public history as it developed during the course of his own career. In 1988, he...
House Tour
In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father
On August 25th, 2022 writer Derek Baxter held a lecture about his book, In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing...