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Exhibition
Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865
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![Free Blacks in Virginia exhibition Script writing on a sepia page](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/UNL_454.pdf_.jpg.webp?itok=ooWK0NC0)
Explore the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of...
Portrait Index - Individuals
"Uncle Josh" - Von Weise: 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
Uncommon Strength
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![Archaeologists examine a colonial-era trash pit Archaeologists examine a colonial-era trash pit from the Bray Site (44JC34) at Kingsmill in James City County.](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/UncommonStrength_44JC0034_226B_trashpit_VCRIS.jpg.webp?itok=b0BV1rA8)
This exhibition developed in partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources relies on the use of...
Exhibition
Violins of Hope
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![Photograph of violin-maker Moshe Weinstein and his wife Zehava (Courtesy of Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein) Photograph of violin-maker Moshe Weinstein and his wife Zehava (Courtesy of Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein)](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Violins%20of%20Hope_Violin%20Makers.jpg.webp?itok=228i1oOI)
Violins of Hope features a selection of seven violins from a collection of more than sixty that survived the Holocaust...
Exhibition
Virginia & the Vietnam War
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![Marine at Da Nang, 1965 (National Archives) A young solider in military fatigues and helmet carrying a camo backpack](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Marine-landing-at-Danang-Vietnam.jpg.webp?itok=UFad2_WE)
On the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, this display will invite guests to immerse themselves in the choices...
Exhibition
Visionary Virginians
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![Swan Lake by John “Uncle Jack” Dey An painting of an aerial view of a lake with swans, surrounded by trees and a clouded sunny sky](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Visionary-Virginians_Swan-Lake-by-John-Dey.jpg.webp?itok=0bXpSouS)
This display celebrates the vision of William and Ann Oppenhimer with a selection of Virginia folk art from their...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Waddell - Wythe: 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
We The People
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![We The People People stand in an auditorium with their right hands raised, taking the U.S. Oath of Citizenship](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Naturalization-Ceremony-%288%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=YHjw8F2Y)
This exhibition will explore the many people who, over centuries, have made Virginia the unique place it is in America...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Yancey - Zouche: photographs and portraits of individuals
The VMHC maintains an extensive series of photograph files that may contain a combination of original photographs, cartes de