A View from the Inside:
A Behind the Scenes Tour of the Virginia Historical Society
This behind the scenes tour features areas of the Virginia Historical Society not normally open to the public, including the paper conservation lab, museum collections storage, rare book rooms, and manuscripts storage. Tour participants will also get the chance to see unique and interesting items in the VHS collection that are not routinely on display in the museum. The behind the scenes tours will be offered monthly and each tour will be led by a collections curator who will focus on a different theme.
Tours take place on the fourth Saturday of each month from 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) and cost $10 for VHS members and $17 for nonmembers. Each tour is limited to 20 participants. Reservations are required and may be made on the VHS website or in the VHS Museums Shop. No refunds will be given after reservations are made.
To register for tours online, click here. For more information, call 804.342.9676, or email events@vahistorical.org.
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Salt, Eggs, Tin, and Glass: Photographs in Virginia Historical Society Collection
Saturday, May 25, 2013 | Time: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
There are tens-of-thousands of photographs behind the scenes at the Virginia Historical Society. To coincide with
The President’s Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office exhibition, VHS staff will take guests into the archives to
see dancing bears, Babe Ruth on glass, a “living” Uncle Sam, and some of the earliest color photography in the
history of the world. The tour will be led by Meg Eastman, Digital Collections Manager and Lizzie Oglesby, Member and Visitor Services Officer.
 $10/VHS members; $17/nonmembers
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Stolen Property, Liberated Books, and Fugitive Manuscripts
Saturday, July 27, 2013 | Time: 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
During the American Civil War, looting by soldiers on both sides was a common practice. A hungry soldier usually confiscated food and livestock, but sometimes men carried off personal items, such as books. This tour will feature liberated books, manuscripts, and objects that were taken from Virginia during the Civil War, which eventually found their way into the VHS collection. The tour will be lead by Lee Shepard, Vice President for Collections and Sallie and William B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist, and Paulette Schwarting, Director of Technical Services.
$10/VHS members; $17/nonmembers
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428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220 | Mail: P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 | Phone: 804.358.4901
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