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Curator Conversations: Year-End Review
In this series, VMHC curatorial staff bring exclusive member-only programs to you on a variety of interesting topics. To see upcoming events in this...
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Dugout Canoe
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The dugout canoe was an Indian concept but one so well suited to the Virginia rivers that Europeans and Africans also...
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Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William W. Cole Collection
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Explore engravings and illustration of early Virginia Indians.
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Murals Inspired by the Story of Virginia
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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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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 Abduction of Pocahontas
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Learn about the abduction of Pocahontas in 1613.
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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 Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
On April 16, 2009, Lorri Glover delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of...
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Theodore de Bry's Engravings
In 1590, Theodore de Bry reprinted Thomas Hariot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia . The text was