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Tiny Tomes
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Today’s Agents of Change: Recreating an Iconic Women’s Suffrage Photo
Today’s Agents of Change with the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in the United States granting women the right to vote, the Commonwealth of...
Toxic Dust: The History and Legacy of Virginia’s Kepone Disaster
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On October 5, 2017, Gregory Wilson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “Toxic Dust: The History and Legacy of Virginia’s Kepone Disaster.”
In July...
Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s
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Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy (Wilkinson Lecture 2021)
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On October 20, 2021, bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick delivered the 2021 J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr. Lecture based on his newest book, Travels with...
Victory Gardens
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Virginia Home for Boys
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Virginia House
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Virginia’s Sweet History – Chocolate-Making in the Commonwealth
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VMHC Education | Games of the Past: Paper Dolls
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In this edition of Games of the Past, we're talking about Paper Dolls! This video gives a brief history of paper dolls and shows you how to make your...
Walter Washington Foster Glass Plate Negatives Collection
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War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years
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On Thursday, August 22, Neva Hart delivered a banner lecture entitled "War and Pieces: Quilts through America's War Years."
For soldiers in the field...
War Stories: Commemorating the Centennial of World War I
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We Cannot be Tame Spectators: Four Centuries of Virginia Women's History
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From before Jamestown to our own new millennium, women have been central figures in the families and communities of the Old Dominion. In recent...
Weird-but-True Things Most People Don't Know about the Roaring Twenties
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On November 14 at 2 p.m., Mary Miley Theobald delivered a lecture entitled "Weird-but-True Things Most People Don't Know about the Roaring Twenties."
...What's For Breakfast?
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When Every Second Counted: A Reflection on the Historic and Dramatic Race to Transplant the First Human Heart
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Fifty years ago, cutting-edge science intersected with human drama and changed the course of medical history. The Medical College of Virginia in...
Women in Virginia
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World War II Stamp Corsage (c. 1942)
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