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Research Index
Thomas Tyler Bouldin
Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1813-1891)of “Golden Hills,” Charlotte County, Va. List of CorrespondentsCall Number Mss1 B6638 a Section 11 Individuals...
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...
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...
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...
Time Period Chapter
Virginia and the Planter Class
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Governor William Berkeley set out to imitate the society of inequality of wealth and education that he knew in England.
Time Period Chapter
Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...
Time Period Chapter
Virginia’s Traffic in the Atlantic World
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Tobacco proved to be good as gold for Virginians. Wealth from its sale and easy navigation of the colony’s rivers...
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
Research Index
Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 15
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Section 15. Correspondence of Mary Dade (Taylor) Robertson (1899-2001).Call Number Mss1...
Research Index
Walter Spencer Robertson, Section 5
A Guide to the Papers, 1824-2002, of Walter Spencer Robertson (1893-1970).Section 5. Correspondence, 1910-1970, of Walter Spencer Robertson.Call...
Time Period Chapter
Wandering, Foraging, and Farming
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Over more than 16,000 years, Indians in Virginia transitioned from nomadic bands of hunter gatherers to sedentary...
Time Period Chapter
War on the Home Front
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For some, the war brought deprivation, horror, and loss right to their very doorsteps.
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...
Research Index
Wise Family, Section 14
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 14.Correspondence, 1872-1913, of John Sergeant WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 103-5,318 Index to Correspondents...
Research Index
Wise Family, Sestion 51
Wise Family Papers, 1840-1967. Section 51.Correspondence, 1886-1967, of Henry Alexander WiseCall Number Mss1 W7547 a 6,703-15,040 Index to...