Museums & Galleries

Menokin, an 18th-century plantation and home of Francis Lightfoot Lee. Includes a tour on the Revolutionary Women of Menokin and examines the lives of the enslaved people.
History

Revolutionary Women of Menokin Tour

Learn about the women of this 18th-century plantation

By Annie Tobey | March 14, 2023
African American Baseball
History

Depths of Resilience, Heights of Achievement

Insights in African-American History

By Rachel Marsh | February 10, 2023
colonial drummers at Williamsburg/Jamestown, Virginia - image by Magmarczz. The theme of “Reign & Rebellion,” a new exhibition at two Virginia museums, sheds light on the country's early years and on today’s America.
History

‘Reign & Rebellion’ Exhibition

Learn from history at at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center

By Martha Steger | December 20, 2022
Recording studio in the new VMFA exhibition. Whether you’re a fan of music or art, the new exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, will strike a chord.
Museums & Galleries

‘Storied Strings’ at Richmond’s VMFA

Picturing the American guitar 

By Annie Tobey | October 6, 2022
Art by Terri Mayo Huffman, Que Sera Art, who will be displaying at the Gallery at First UU. 
Museums & Galleries

The Gallery at First UU Comes Alive

The making of the annual juried art show in Richmond, VA

By Ginjer L. Clarke, Gallery at First UU Boutique Director | September 12, 2022
Raise a glass to “Cheers, Virginia!” an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture from Aug. 6, 2022 to Feb. 9, 2023.
Drink Up

Raise a glass to “Cheers, Virginia!”

Temporary exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture

By Annie Tobey | August 7, 2022
Screenshot from film of soldier watching as Richmond, Virginia, burns at the end of the Civil War. The American Civil War Museum film “A People’s Contest: America’s Civil War & Emancipation” uses state-of-the-art technology to cover the war.
Annie Tobey

‘A People’s Contest’ Film Debuts at the American Civil War Museum

New state-of-the-art film joins museum exhibits and two in-depth web ‘exhibits’

By Annie Tobey | June 15, 2022
David Rogers' praying mantis sculpture at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Image by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter. For article, Boomer writer Steve Cook talks with David Rogers and his pathway to pursuing his passion and creating his well-traveled "Big Bugs" exhibit.
Museums & Galleries

David Rogers Is Working Out the Bugs

The man behind the ‘Big Bugs’ exhibit

By Steve Cook | May 31, 2022
The Tidewater room at the VMHC Our Commonwealth exhibit. The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) reopened in May 2022 after an extensive renovation, with more space and reimagined exhibits. Photo by Annie Tobey
History

The Reimagined Virginia Museum of History & Culture

Bigger and better than ever

By Annie Tobey | May 13, 2022
Gallery in the traveling exhibition at the VMFA, 'Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France'
Museums & Galleries

Feast Your Eyes and Mind at ‘Whistler to Cassatt’

New exhibition at VMFA

By Annie Tobey | April 14, 2022

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