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Time Period Chapter
Exploration of the New World
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Initially, European nations were searching for a water route to the Far East, not a New World.
Exhibition
Finding the Familiar
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![Finding the Familiar White Text on a Blue Background reads Finding the Familiar](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Finding-the-Familiar--Logo-WEB.jpg.webp?itok=Zf19ZxcW)
Finding the Familiar celebrates the uniqueness and relatability of everyday objects and allows visitors to appreciate...
Portrait Index - Groups
Folders containing photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Exhibition
Founding Frenemies
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![Exhibition display from Founding Frenemies Manuscripts and a feather pen on a table with an exhibit label showing a Twitter post](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/768x576-Founding-Frenemies-Preview_013.jpg.webp?itok=y29yaWri)
This exhibition explored Alexander Hamilton’s relationships with the founding generation of Virginians through rare...
Exhibition
Fresh Paint
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This unprecedented exhibition explored the power of murals to encourage reflection on Virginia’s past by inviting...
Portrait Index - Groups
Galladute - Industrial: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Exhibition
Give Me Liberty
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![Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1851 Peter F. Rothermel (1812-1895) Detail from painting that depicts Patrick Henry's speech against the Stamp Act of 1765](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Rothermel%2C-Patrick-Henry-at-House-of-Burgesses_FOR-WEB.jpg.webp?itok=jz8yveMS)
This exhibition will inspire a deep appreciation for the continental and global forces as well as the individual actions...
Exhibition
History Matters
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![History Matters Display cases with artifacts related to Virginia history](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/History%20Matters_032.jpg.webp?itok=s5gbPGlq)
Featuring selections from the VMHC’s vast collection of nine million items, this exhibition will inspire guests to seek...
Exhibition
Inside Looking Out
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The first exhibition of its kind in that it displays nearly all of artist Queena Stovall’s work in one place, this...
Portrait Index - Groups
Jackson - Lyne: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Exhibition
John Marshall
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![Portrait of John Marshall Portrait of John Marshall - Marshall has grey hair, glasses positioned on top of his head and wears a black jacket with white necktie](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/JohnMarshall.1988.8_2_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=OLR-MU5t)
Highlighting objects like his Law Commonplace Notebook, spectacles and inkwell, writing desk, and even his hair, this...
Exhibition
Julia Child: A Recipe for Life
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![Julia Child – Photography by Paul Child © The Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University A black and white photo of Julia Child in her kitchen standing behind a countertop filled with cooking implements and ingredients](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Julia-Child_W539012_12_WEB.jpg.webp?itok=ZM1Rbl06)
Learning to cook empowered Julia and she in turn empowered others, profoundly transforming American cuisine and food...
Exhibition
Landscapes of Virginia
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![Valley & Ridge - "The Passing Storm, Shenandoah Valley" by Alexis Fournier, 1924 Valley & Ridge - "The Passing Storm, Shenandoah Valley" by Alexis Fournier, 1924](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/VHE_RegionsOfVirginia_PassingStorm.jpg.webp?itok=qb4vmDv1)
An exhibition of diverse landscape paintings that showcase the variety of terrain and climate that characterize Virginia...
Time Period Chapter
Made in Virginia
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For more than 400 years, Virginians have been part of a global community—exporting ideas, products, and culture to the...
Portrait Index - Groups
McCandlish - Olney: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and
Exhibition
Mending Walls RVA
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This pop-up exhibition and community collaboration featured a diverse group of artists creating public artwork as a tool...
Exhibition
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!
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![Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown Exhibition installed in the gallery with small tree with red ornament in foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Merry-Christmas-Charlie-Brown-Gallery_005_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=j0FcaWlj)
This exhibition examined the making of this animated classic and celebrated the anticipation, joy, and pitfalls of the...
Exhibition
Oh, Shenandoah
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Exhibition
Our Commonwealth
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![Our Commonwealth Silhouettes of two people looking at an exhibition of artifacts about Virginia regional history](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2022-05-14_Grand-Reopening-66.jpg.webp?itok=ZPFPxjDd)
This signature exhibition provides an in-depth, multi-sensory journey through the five major regions of Virginia and...
Portrait Index - Groups
Pacific - Ryland: photographs and portraits of groups
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, prints and