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The 100th Anniversary of The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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On November 11, 1921, known as Armistice Day and the anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918, the remains of an...
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The Lewises and Andy Warhol
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Read a letter by Andy Warhol's partner, Billy Name, to Sydney and Frances Lewis after Warhol was shot.
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The Twentieth Century: Cities, Cars, and Civil Rights
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Technological revolutions, increased urbanization, and advances in civil rights created the commonwealth we know today.
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Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 Summary View of the Rights of British America
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The importance of Summary View is proven by the reappearance in the Declaration of most of its ideas, beginning with...
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Virginia Gay Lesbian Bisexual Community Center Flag
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Currently there are numerous regional LGBTQ community centers—including the Gay Community Center of Richmond—that serve...
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What Lies Beneath: Examining Cranstone's Slave Auction, Virginia
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The museum world is brimming with tales of curators sleuthing to discover intriguing stories that lay beneath the...
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Who was Oliver Hill?
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The VMHC has a group of items that belonged to Oliver W. Hill, Sr., a prominent Richmond civil rights attorney, donated...