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VHS hosts Don Stevens Jewelers Trunk Show
Join us on Thursday, February 2nd, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the VHS Museum Shop for a special, one night Don Stevens Jewelers Trunk Show.
This trunk show highlights exquisite Richmond charms that are fine crafted in 14k gold or sterling silver. Such treasured Richmond and Virginia landmarks as the Maymont Italian Garden, the Miller and Rhoads Clock, and the VHS War Horse are featured as charms.
The collection has captured the beauty and history of Virginia. These charms will make a timeless gift.
Please join us for this evening event and wine reception with light hors d'oeuvre. Bring a friend, have a glass of wine, and look at charming icons of the Commonwealth.
(1/24/11)
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VHS offers "Unknown No Longer" workshops
Attend a workshop to learn how to use Unknown No Longer: A Virginia Slave Name Database. This free database is the latest step by the Virginia Historical Society to increase access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent. Dr. Lauranett Lee, Curator of African American History, and Paige Newman, Assistant Archivist, will highlight some of their research findings and provide tips on how to navigate the database. Workshops are free and open to the public. Reservations are required and space is limited. (1/23/11)
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VHS will host environmental history conference
From the Earth: The Environment in Virginia's Past and Future is a FREE, day-long conference focusing on the historic relationship between Virginia's environment and its people. The event will take place at the Virginia Historical Society on Friday, March 16, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The conference is sponsored by the Virginia Historical Society and made possible by a generous grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment.
(1/12/11)
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VHS remembers attack on Flight 77 and Pentagon with 9/11 Display
Generally a history exhibit uses a variety of artifacts to tell a story, but for the memorial commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the VHS decided it would be more fitting to create a minimal display. The exhibit includes pieces from the Pentagon that were given to the VHS in 2002. The size and simple form of this damaged stone draws the visitor to the case, which is lined with photos of the 184 victims. Our hope is that by keeping the design simple and focused on the victims, our visitors will be able to meditate on their own memories of that day.
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Virginia Historical Society Honors Twelve with Special Awards
At a special luncheon in July, the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) presented awards to individuals who have made significant contributions to research, education, and the mission of the Society. A total of ten VHS awards were presented to a teacher, a businessman, an author, students, volunteers, and staff.(9/6/11)
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Virginia Historical Society Begins Work on Massive Civil War
Mural Conservation Project
The National Park Service and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities recently awarded $14.3 million in federal competitive Save America's Treasures grants to sixty-one organizations and agencies that will conserve nationally significant cultural and historic sites, buildings, objects, documents, and collections. Among the recipients is the Virginia Historical Society, awarded $375,000 to clean and conserve Charles Hoffbauer's Memorial Military Murals depicting Confederate leaders and soldiers during the spring, summer, autumn, and winter "seasons" of the American Civil War.
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Virginia Historical Society Wins 2011 AASLH Award of Merit
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) recently announced that the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) is the recipient of a 2011 Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards committee. The VHS was honored for An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia, a 3,000-square-foot exhibition featuring more than 200 objects and 17 audiovisual programs, currently on display at the Society’s museum through December 30, 2011. An American Turning Point is a signature project of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission and is a major component of the commonwealth’s commemoration of the Civil War sesquicentennial from 2011 to 2015.
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Robert E. Lee's Lonely Struggle
In its Disunion series on April 19, 2011, the New York Times recently highlighted important work being done in the manuscript collections of the Virginia Historical Society. In the article, noted Lee scholar Elizabeth Brown Pryor described the context in which R. E. Lee made his fateful decision in April 1861 to resign from the U.S. Army. She based her exploration into this topic on a letter in the VHS collections written by the general's daughter, Mary Custis Lee, which reveals new insight into Lee's actions during that tumultuous month. Read Pryor's transcription of the letter. |
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2011 & 2012 Exhibitions and Events Calendar
The Virginia Historical Society released the updated exhibitions and events calendar for 2011 and 2012. The calendar features lectures, adult education classes, Virginia House Events, gallery walks, behind the scenes tours, and childrens activities. This schedule is as of June 22, 2011. Calendar subject to change - please visit www.vahistorical.org to confirm (6/28/11)
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Virginia Historical Society Awards 34 Research Fellowships
Scholars Studying Environmental History of Coca-Cola, Confederate Widows, Childrearing, Slavery Photographs, Revolutionary War POWs, and
Unlawful Killing during the Civil War have been awarding reseach fellowships at the VHS for 2011.
(4/19/11)
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VHS Creating Searchable Online Slave Database
The VHS recently received a $100,000 grant from Dominion Resources and The Dominion Foundation to fund the creation of Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names. This free, online database will contain personal information about enslaved Virginians gleaned from some of the more than eight million processed manuscripts in VHS collections. (3/4/11)
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Virginia Historical Society Announces New Board Members
On January 19, 2011, at the first VHS board meeting of the year, President and CEO Paul Levengood welcomed three new trustees who will serve from 2011 through 2016: Thomas Allen, Gary Gore, and Carole Weinstein. (2/28/11)
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VHS open Mondays beginning February 2011
Beginning Monday, February 7, 2011, the VHS will be open seven days a week. The
museum and shop operating hours will be Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, and Sundays from
1 pm to 5 pm. The library will be open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Free admission
will continue throughout the year. (1/18/11)
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New exhibition focuses on the Civil War in Virginia
Using original objects, interactive technology, and state-of-the-art audiovisual programs, An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia relates the personal experiences of the free and enslaved men, women, and children of wartime Virginia. An American Turning Point is a signature program of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission.
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