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Curator Conversations: Year-End Review
In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
Curators at Work: “Walking Off the War:” Veterans on the Appalachian Trail
As you commemorate America’s servicemen and women on Veterans Day, you probably don’t think about the Appalachian Trail, the 2,200-mile hiking route...
Curators At Work: New to the Collection
Every year, the VMHC adds hundreds of items to its already vast collections. Some of these improve our understanding of Virginia’s history, while...
Curators at Work: Stamping Out Smallpox: The History of the First Vaccine
As we entered our second year of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2021, we asked: have you ever wondered how Virginians fought infectious disease...
Daniel Morgan, Virginian
On May 23, 2019, Albert Louis Zambone delivered the Banner Lecture, Daniel Morgan, Virginian.
By the end of his life, Daniel Morgan had variously been...
Defiant: American POWs in Vietnam's Most Infamous Prison
On September 25 at noon, Alvin Townley delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Defiant: American POWs in Vietnam's Most Infamous Prison."
During the...
Delores Hicks — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
Evington School & County Elementary School, Campbell County (1951–1962).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for...
Determined
Determined Traveling Exhibition
Dianne Davis — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
Cape Charles Elementary, Northampton County (1955–1962).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for Their Children...
Diary of William Gwathmey, 1859
Diderot's Encyclopédie
Doing Their Bit: The Surprising Role of Virginians in the Great War
On February 22, 2018, Lynn Rainville delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Doing Their Bit: The Surprising Role of Virginians in the Great War.”
In...
Education in Virginia
Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox
On November 11, 2021, historian Caroline E. Janney had a discussion for her new book about Lee’s army after Appomattox.
In her dramatic new history...
Escape!: The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break
On September 2, 2021, historian Robert P. Watson delivered a Banner Lecture about his research and book about the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison...
Establishing a Nation
Ethel Olivis Bluett — Rosenwald Schools Oral History
Bethel School & County Training School, Gloucester County (1940–1952).
This oral history is presented as part of the exhibition "A Better Life for...