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Exhibition
Oh, Shenandoah
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![Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County Long Branch Plantation, Clarke County](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/3-Long-Branch-Plantation-Clarke-County-Millwood_Web.jpg.webp?itok=U-h11ed6)
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 - Individuals
Pace - Pyle: 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
Partners in History
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![A photo of an exhibition with a painting and photographs on the gallery walls, and a marching band uniform in a display case](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/Partners-in-History_0010.jpg.webp?itok=M51Ozemx)
In 2019, the VMHC and the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) began a long-term partnership to...
Exhibition
PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ – InLight 2020
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![PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ installation The VMHC building at night with PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ neon sign installation](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/2020-inLight-VMHC_002.jpg.webp?itok=BskM8hO0)
The VMHC was excited to be a host location in November 2020 for the art installation, PRAISE YOUR MOTHER / AMA A LA MAMÁ...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Quarles - Quivers: 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
Rachel - Ryland: 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
Sackille - Szymanski: 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
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...
Portrait Index - Individuals
Tabb - Tysinger: 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
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...
Exhibition
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...
Exhibition
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...
Exhibition
The Private Jefferson
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The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society features Thomas Jefferson's...
Exhibition
The Story of Virginia
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![Story of Virginia Exhibition detail Story of Virginia Gallery in VMHC. View shows colonial portraits in background and glass cases in foreground](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/SOV-Forward-Options-005_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=qhYuv9bO)
This exhibition interprets 16,000 years of Virginia history and features more than 500 artifacts, maps, letters, and...
Exhibition
The Virginia Watercolor Society’s 41st Annual Exhibition
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The VMHC hosted the 41st annual juried exhibition of the Virginia Watercolor Society (VWS) featuring more than 80...
Exhibition
Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s
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![Gumby and Pokey Gumby and Pokey figurines](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/229_MHC-TOYS_2014_EDIT_1920x1440.jpg.webp?itok=G_y_-hVh)
Through this exhibition, visitors experienced the toys and their stories through three imagined living rooms that...
Exhibition
Traveling Bricks
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As the LEGO Group opens its first and only U.S. manufacturing plant in the Virginia, VMHC guests can embark an exciting...
Exhibition
Treasures of Virginia
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![Flight jacket worn by Tony Dowd (1924-2015) while serving as a B-24 bomber tail gunner in China during World War Two (VMHC 2020.9.1) A brown leather jacket with sewn patches on the front and a flapped pocket on the bottom left and right sides](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_landscape_768x576/public/TreasuresofVirginia_TonyDowd_2020.9.1_v1.jpg.webp?itok=hIJxnCuo)
This gallery features a rotating display of extraordinary items related to individuals or events that shaped the...