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Broadsides

Broadsides, or broadsheets, are items printed on one side of a sheet of paper and generally posted or distributed as...

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Curators At Home: From the Vault

This program from May 1, 2020, is part of our Curators At Home Series taped by curatorial staff members from their own homes as they worked remotely...

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Curators at Work: The Watercolor in Virginia

The Watercolor in Virginia: A Survey of Paintings from the Present and the Past

One way that the VMHC records culture (the customs, arts, social...

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Fanciful Figures

View illustrations of Virginia Indians as they were imagined by artists.

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Fore-edge Painting

Pages ruffled farther apart show a painted landscape and city

Rarely are books prized as objects of art; often the content of the text, or the plates accompanying the text, are...

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Interpreting Historical Images

A historical image can be interpreted in a number of ways. Each approach brings a different set of considerations, or frame

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Invented Scenes for Narratives

When artists were hired to illustrate written accounts of events in Virginia, they did not aim to make realistic

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Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

On February 13, 2020, Cynthia A. Kierner delivered the Banner Lecture, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the...

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Life Portrait of Pocahontas

The only life portrait of Pocahontas (1595–1617) and the only credible image of her, was engraved by Simon Van de Passe...

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Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587–1783 by William C. Wooldridge

On December 5, William C. Wooldridge delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587-1783."

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Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587–1783 by William C. Wooldridge

On December 5, William C. Wooldridge delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Mapping Virginia: Pictures of a Moving Place, 1587-1783.”

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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia

Richmond is now home to more than 100 outdoor murals, and this popular form of artwork reflects the city’s modernity and...

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Oysters in Virginia

Learn about the history of oyster in Virginia's food culture, tourism, and economy.

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Pocahontas – Religion and Faith (Pocahontas Symposium: Session 2)

Few figures from the American past are better known than the young Powhatan woman who has come down to us as “Pocahontas.” Her fame began in her own...

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The House

Virginia House was completed in 1928, and in 1929 it was presented to VHS.

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The Regions of Virginia

The geography of Virginia has shaped both the history and economy of the state.

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Thomas Sully's Portrait of Pocahontas

Learn about the life of Pocahontas.

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Virginia's Colonial Dynasties

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In the colonial period, portraiture proved to be a particularly useful tool in establishing and preserving family status. This exhibit presents twenty-four portraits from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. Early Virginia portraits reveal much about the families that commissioned them, as well as how these Virginians valued how they were perceived by others.

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Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten Landscapes of Gloucester County

On April 2, 2009, David Brown and Thane Harpole delivered this lecture entitled “Werowocomoco and Fairfield Plantation: Rediscovering the Forgotten...

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What Are the Five Physical Regions of Virginia’s Geography?

The geography of Virginia has shaped both the history and economy of the state. It brought settlers and wars to the...