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Exhibition
Commonwealth Explorers
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![Commonwealth Explorers A gallery with a dogwood tree mural, picnic table, and interactive children's costumes](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Commonwealth%20Explorers_0.jpg.webp?itok=5ZHmoeW9)
This gallery offers a playful exploration specifically oriented toward VMHC’s youngest visitors and their companions...
Exhibition
Commonwealth Kids
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![Roanoke Market Street scene, goat cart and children.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/CommonwealthKids_RoanokeMarket.2000.225.56.jpg.webp?itok=Oe9D8CG8)
This display presents a selection of items related to young Virginians across the centuries and the stories that they...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Dabney - Dyke: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Exhibition
Determined
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![Two Black students protest school closures in Farmville, Virginia Two Black female students protesting school closures by marching with posters](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Farmville%2BProtest%20%28002%29_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=4gqp-b6Y)
This exhibition examined the long history of black Americans in North America as they have fought for freedom, equal...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Eager - Ezelle: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Portrait Index - Individuals
Facetia - Fussell: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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 - Individuals
Folders containing photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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 - Individuals
Gaddard - Gwynn: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Haas - Hynes: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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...
Portrait Index - Individuals
I'Anson - Izard: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
Exhibition
Inside Looking Out
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![Event-BTS-Stovall-teaser.jpg Event-BTS-Stovall-teaser.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Event-BTS-Stovall-teaser.jpg.webp?itok=x5x6a5CW)
The first exhibition of its kind in that it displays nearly all of artist Queena Stovall’s work in one place, this...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Jack - Juxon: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de
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...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Kaempf - Kukla: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de