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"That part of America, now called Virginia"

In 1590, John White published the first separate map of “Virginia” and the first printed record of Sir Walter Raleigh’s...

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A House Built of Virginia Stone

Photograph of the Government Island Quarry

Approximately forty miles south of Washington, D.C., the Aquia sandstone quarry on Government Island sits quietly in the...

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A Landscape Saved

This exhibition celebrated the efforts in preservation and horticulture made by the Garden Club of Virginia during its...

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A Landscape Saved: The Garden Club of Virginia at 100

The landscape of the state is enchanting and, when threatened, Garden Club members unite to educate themselves and the...

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A Spoon That Got Around...

A silver spoon propped on a plastic block

This silver serving spoon, labeled as “A Spoon That Got Around," was on view in The Story of Virginia exhibition in the...

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Aluminum and Beer

Reynolds established its Can Division in 1963, and in that same year developed the first all-aluminum, twelve-ounce can.

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Audubon's The Birds of America

In the VMHC collections are several rare editions of his work, including a first edition of Viviparous Quadrupeds and...

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Audubon's Viviparous Quadrapeds

Following the success of his Birds of America, John James Audubon began to gather material for an equally ambitious...

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Before We Went Underground and Wireless…

Edwin Fisher Conger loved trees—especially chestnuts, those tall, majestic perennials from which he would eventually...

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Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine

In grocery store aisles and kitchens across the country, smiling images of “Aunt Jemima” and other historical and fictional black cooks can be found...

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Byrd's Line: A Natural History

On March 16, 2012, Stephen C. Ausband delivered a lecture entitled "Byrd's Line: A Natural History."

This lecture was session one of "From the...

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Christmas in the Trenches

Read excerpts from soldiers' letters home about their Christmas meals while stationed away from home.

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Colonial Cookbooks

Food and dining were integral to social life in the eighteenth century, particularly among the upper class. The gentry...

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Cookbooks (Advertising)

By the twentieth century, there was a tremendous burst of interest in cooking as a variety of new processed foods became...

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Curators at Work: “Walking Off the War:” Veterans on the Appalachian Trail

As you commemorate America’s servicemen and women on Veterans Day, you probably don’t think about the Appalachian Trail, the 2,200-mile hiking route...

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Curators at Work: Natural Bridge

Thomas Jefferson purchased Natural Bridge from the king of England in 1774 in order to guarantee its preservation. When he encouraged Americans and...

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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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Curators at Work: Virginia's Brewed Past

Did you know that September includes holidays like “Crush a Can Day” and “National Drink Beer Day”? In recent years, Virginia’s craft beer scene has...

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Death and Rebirth in a Southern City: Richmond's Historic Cemeteries

On April 8, 2021, Ryan K. Smith presented an exploration of the history and recovery of the burial grounds of Richmond, Virginia, through the lens of...

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Eco-History of the Tidewater: The Long View

On March 16, 2012, Roy T. Sawyer delivered a lecture entitled "Eco-History of the Tidewater: The Long View." This lecture was session five of "From...