Entertainment
Virginians have always had a love of entertainment, which has changed over time. From the popularity of sheet music played in homes for private guests to the influx of major celebrities like Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald who brought new trends, Virginians have appreciated ways of both providing and consuming entertainment.
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Julia Mildred Harper Marston
Glee Clubs
Ella Fitzgerald's False Eyelashes
Political Sheet Music
Duke Ellington at the Mosque
Walter Washington Foster Glass Plate Negatives Collection
John Carter of Mars
Curator Conversation: Bringing it Together: Stories Behind “Our Commonwealth”
Lost Attractions: The Parks and Places That Built the Tidewater
Becoming an Author: Amélie Rives’s Audacious Entrance into Publishing by Jane Censer Turner
Edgar Allan Poe: Lessons for Creative Success from Literature’s Greatest Antihero
The Strange Genius of Mr. O: The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity
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The Story of Virginia: Highlights from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
The Story of Virginia tells a fascinating story, sharing more than four hundred evocative objects from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. The Commonwealth is not merely a chapter of U.S. history; it is at the epicenter of its most pivotal moments.
Dressing Downton Catalogue
The costumes in the exhibition Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times come from the wildly popular British period drama Downton Abbey, a co-production of Carnival Films and PBS's Masterpiece, a winner of numerous awards, including recognition for outstanding costume design.
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