Press releases
December 7, 2012
VHS creates William Willis Berry Educational
Fund
November 28, 2012
VHS Slave Name Database Wins Award
August 29, 2012
VHS Honors Nine with Special Awards
August 28, 2012
Emancipation Nation Watch Party at VHS on 9/17
August 20, 2012
VHS Buzzing with Researchers this Summer
August 1, 2012
Four Negro League Baseball Players at Free Event Hosted by Virginia Historical Society
March 6, 2012
Virginia Historical Society Hosts Special Institute on Southern Furniture
February 21, 2012
Photographs are "Windows to the Blue Ridge and Beyond": Images and Stories Tell State's Appalachian History
September 23, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Hosting Civil War Document Scanning Event on September 24
September 6, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Honors Twelve with Special Awards
August 18, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Begins Work on Massive Civil War Mural Conservation Project
August 8, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Wins 2011 AASLH Award of Merit
June 22, 2011
2011 and 2012 Exhibitions and Events Calendar
April 19, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Awards 34 Research Fellowships
March 4, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Creating Searchable Online Slave Database
February 28, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Announces New Board Members
January 20, 2011
2011 Exhibition and Event Calendar
January 18, 2011
Virginia Historical Society Open Mondays Beginning February 2011
October 29, 2010
Virginia Historical Society Recognizes Thirteen High School Scholars From Across the Commonwealth
October 19, 2010
Virginia Historical Society and Gay Community Center of Richmond Announce Gay Rights Research Award
September 23, 2010
Virginia Historical Society Participates in Smithsonian Magazine's 6th Annual Museum Day
August 23, 2010
Organized Labor in Virginia explores how struggle changed the workplace
August 19, 2010
Rockabilly Music Made in the Commonwealth Explored in Exhibition at the Virginia Historical Society
July 27, 2010
Virginia Historical Society Offering Family-Friendly Activities in August
June 4, 2010
New VHS Exhibit Features Bizarre, Weird, and Just Plain Odd Items from the Collection
April 28, 2010
VHS Exhibit Shows Changes to Block Dominated by Art and History
April 26, 2010
Personal History Relived: Photographs Give Voice to the Greatest Generation
April 19, 2010
2010 Exhibit and Event Calendar
January 11, 2010
From Civilian Pilot, to Imprisoned Spy, to War Hero
December 8, 2009
Virginia Historical Society Offering Free Admission in 2010
November 20, 2009
VHS Offers Free Admission in Honor of the 225th Anniversary of the President Zachary Taylor's Birth
October 23, 2009
Military education and high school memories featured in a new exhibition at the VHS
September 25, 2009
Exhibition on John Brown's Raid Opening at the Virginia Historical Society
July 2, 2009
Vietnam era is focus of Open House in July
June 22, 2009
Ten Receive Awards from the VHS
May 28, 2009
The VHS Offers Free Admission for Everyone This Summer
May 27, 2009
Vietnam War Era is the Focus of Three Exhibitions at the VHS this Summer
March 31, 2009
20 Years after Asking, VHS Receives Entire Civil War Drawings Collection as Donation
March 23, 2009
Virginia House Reopening and Offering More Special Events
February 10, 2009
Virginia Historical Society Announces Three New Trustees
January 22, 2009
African American Stereotypes and Self-Expression Studied in New Exhibit
January 14, 2009
Eight Receive Awards before Charlie Bryan's Last Lecture at the VHS
January 9, 2009
Kiwanis Club of Richmond Makes Donation to Virginia Historical Society
November 21, 2008
Virginia Historical Society Recognizes 2008 Scholars at Lecture by Ken Burns
November 20, 2008
Virginia Historical Society Receives Highest National Recognition
November 14, 2008
Virginia Historical Society Receives Grant to Process Virginia Environmental Endowment Records
October 30, 2008
Images from Virginia's Past Studied in New Exhibition
August 5, 2008
Art and Women's History Explored in Exhibit at the VHS
July 24, 2008
History Museum Offering Free Admission to Educators in August
June 12, 2008
Witchcraft, Childbirth, Suffrage, and Civility
May 21, 2008
Paul Levengood Elected to Follow Retiring Virginia Historical Society Chief Charles Bryan
April 29, 2008
White Lightning, Bootleg Whiskey, and Mountain Dew
April 18, 2008
Five Heads Equal Many More Tales
April 17, 2008
VHS Offers Free Admission Armed Forces Day Weekend
March 21, 2008
Astronaut Leland Melvin Announces Launch of Website Funded by The Links, Inc.
March 7, 2008
Decades After Her Death, Fans Are Still Crazy About Patsy Cline
February 29, 2008
The Country Gentlemen Perform at VHS
February 22, 2008
VHS President Receives Commending Resolution from General Assembly
February 4, 2008
Virginia Historical Society Offers New Military Membership Rates
February 4, 2008
You Don't Need A Car To Visit 28 Historical Sites in Virginia
January 17, 2008
VHS Names Teachers Institute after Claiborne Robins
November 7, 2007
VHS Names 2007 Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars
October 29, 2007
VHS Offers Free Admission Veterans Day Weekend
October 25, 2007
Fact vs. Fiction: VHS Exhibition Lee and Grant Lets You Decide
October 11, 2007
VHS Family Day Celebrates Opening of New Exhibition
October 11, 2007
VHS Hosts Oliver Hill Remembrance Event
October 11, 2007
100 Years or Older? Your Life Story Could Be History!
September 4, 2007
Last Weeks to View Jamestown Negro Exhibit of 1907 at the VHS
July 12, 2007
Episcopal Church Celebrates 400th Anniversary in America
May 21, 2007
VHS Makes Recently Discovered Robert E. Lee Papers Available To Public
May 21, 2007
Virginia Historical Society Announces Changes in Personnel
May 18, 2007
Capitol Restoration and Expansion Includes First-Ever Shop
May 18, 2007
VHS Closes 175th Anniversary: Home for History Campaign at $57 Million
April 4, 2007
Special Announcement from Dr. Charles F. Bryan, Jr.
March 6, 2007
Virginia Historical Society Takes Innovative Look at Jamestown's 400th
February 22, 2007
Students Invited to the Virginia Historical Society for College Week
February 1, 2007
New Exhibition Explores the Life and Legend of Pocahontas
January 18, 2007
100 Years or Older? Your Life Story Could be History!
January 10, 2007
Five New Trustees on Board at Virginia Historical Society
November 6, 2006
Virginia Historical Society Offers Free Days for Families and Children
November 6, 2006
VHS Names 2006 Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars and Scholarship Winner
October 19, 2006
Richmond Tradition Makes Holiday Shopping Easy
September 12, 2006
Pierre Daura's Virginia Landscapes on Display
August 24, 2006
VHS Announces 2006 Wyndham B. Blanton Forum and Scholarship
July 20, 2006
New Wing Named to Honor Virginia Historical Society President and CEO
July 19, 2006
New Exhibition at the VHS Tells Story of Virginians at Work
July 19, 2006
VHS Celebrates Grand Opening of New Wing with Free Open House
July 5, 2006
VHS Narrows Campaign Gap as Deadline Approaches
July 3, 2006
Virginia Historical Society Showcases 175 Years of Treasures
May 19, 2006
VHS Salutes Military and their Families on Armed Forces Day
May 19, 2006
The Kresge Foundation Awards VHS $1 Million Challenge Grant
May 19, 2006
Revolution, Bachelorhood, and Jazz—VHS Research Fellowships for 2006
March 16, 2006
Virginia Historical Society Covered in Quilts
March 2, 2006
New Exhibition Celebrates Architectural Legacy of Sacred Heart Cathedral
February 9, 2006
African American History Finds a Safe Home at the VHS
February 4, 2006
VHS Explores Virginians' Role in Shaping World Politics
January 12, 2006
2006 Exhibition and Event Calendar
January 5, 2006
VHS Announces New Educational Initiative
January 5, 2006
VHS Announces Four New Trustees
January 5, 2006
VHS Announces Changes in Personnel
December 9, 2005
VHS Collections Receive National Recognition
December 7, 2005
Two New Exhibitions
October 25, 2005
Free Admission on Sundays
June 24, 2005
Three Exhibitions Open July 2
May 23, 2005
Fellowship Recipients for 2005
April 28, 2005
Annual Service and Scholarship Awards for 2005
March 21, 2005
Free admission for families of military, fire, and police personnel
February 3, 2005
Virginia's Colonial Dynasties opens February 19
December 10, 2004
New Trustees Announced
November 30, 2004
Children of Hope: African American Childhood in Virginia
November 11, 2004
VHS Receives $35,000 from The Cameron Foundation for Innovative History Program in Petersburg Schools
September 30, 2004
Wyndham B. Blanton Scholars Named
September 23, 2004
American Visions of Liberty & Freedom opens October 16
August 24, 2004
Stoneware Pottery of Eastern Virginia opens September 11
August 3, 2004
Teachers Explore Slavery in Virginia at Teacher's Institute
June 24, 2004
Lindbergh Exhibition Opens July 3
June 23, 2004
Groundbreaking Set For July 1
May 17, 2004
Virginia Historical Society Awards Research Fellowships
April 29, 2004
Pivotal Presidential Elections, 1789–1968: The Allen Frey Collection opens May 8
March 5, 2004
Southern Architecture in the Balance: Photographs by Gaston Ward Callum II opens March 6
February 21, 2004
Painted History: The Landscapes of Valley View Farm opens February 21
February 5, 2004
Legislative Minutes in Virginia History Presented to House of Delegates
January 28, 2004
Civil Rights Exhibition opens February 7
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