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Exhibition
Secrets & Symbols
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![Desk Made by John Shearer A wood rolltop desk with three drawers and a gold scale symbol embossed on the top](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Secrets%20Symbols_John%20Shearer%20desk%29_2022.35_DSC5539.jpg.webp?itok=I7V1eNTm)
Representing a diverse range of artisans, eras, and object types, the featured items in this display share a common...
Exhibition
Taking Aim
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![Close-up of the Woodson musket's flintlock Close-up of a musket's flintlock, with an exterior bridle and is engraved with a floral pattern and is marked "Collicot"](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Taking%20Aim_1929.8_v5.jpg.webp?itok=IrQwAtgl)
Taking Aim features the stories of craftspeople, inventors, soldiers, and even lawbreakers as told through firearms from...
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The Commonwealth and the Great War
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![WWI tanks Black & White photo of a row of tanks in front of a building circa 1912-1914](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2001.230.1912-1914_1914_v1_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=2JmcFkDT)
This exhibition explored the role Virginians played in World War I and highlighted the stories of individual Virginians...
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The League of Wives
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Featuring artifacts, photographs, and oral histories, this exhibition illustrated the dramatic story of how the spouses...
Exhibition
The Lost Cause
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![Autumn - Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Leading His Cavalry In A Charge A mural of Confederate soliders on horseback in an autumn landscape of hillside and trees](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Lost%20Cause_Hoffbauer_Cavalry_Autumn.2005.340.C.jpg.webp?itok=mJPjKufB)
This exhibition explores the history of the Lost Cause as expressed through a cycle of military murals and a sculpture...
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The Private Jefferson
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The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society features Thomas Jefferson's...