NewsExploring the Infinite Potential of Women in Old-Time Music
Grants coordinator Toni Doman currently spends her days at Bristol’s Birthplace of Country Music Museum sifting through content for the museum’s upcoming Women in Old-Time Music exhibit. But you can tell that she’s really a musician. Doman isn’t separate from her subjects. She is one of them.
EventUnforgettable: Jackson P. Burley High School 1951-1967
This April, author Lucille Stout Smith will give a public talk at New Dominion Bookshop about her book Unforgettable: Jackson P. Burley High School 1951-1967. Smith’s book explores the history …
EventExodus: Coastal Virginia
The In[HEIR]itance Project is a national arts organization that helps unconnected neighbors navigate challenging civic conversations through collaborative theatre projects. Using the unique history of Coastal Virginia and the inherited …
NewsVirginia Tribal Communities Tell Their Own Stories
In Encyclopedia Virginia
The question of how Indigenous stories are told—and by whom—is part of a long-overdue reckoning with the mainstream historical narrative in VA…
NewsVirginia Estelle Randolph
Virginia Humanities grantee Elvatrice Belsches’ research into the life of this educator, community leader, and social activist is changing the historical landscape.
EventMuseums on Main Street – Leesburg
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) continues with a month’s long residence at Morven Park. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is part of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition …
EventMuseums on Main Street – Nelson County
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) continues with a month’s long residence at the Nelson Memorial Library & Nelson Historical Society. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is …
EventMuseums on Main Street – Tazewell County
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) continues with a month’s long residence at the Historic Crab Orchard Museum. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is part of the …
EventMuseums on Main Street – Critz
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) continues with a month’s long residence at the Reynolds Homestead. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is part of the Smithsonian Traveling …
EventMuseums on Main Street – Danville
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) continues with a month’s long residence at the Danville Museum of Art and History. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is part …
EventMuseums on Main Street – Ashland
Museums on Main Street (MoMS) kicks off with a month’s long residence at the Ashland Museum. Presented in partnership with Virginia’s Association of Museums, MoMS is part of the Smithsonian …
EventWalter Reed’s Birthday Celebration
The Fairfield Foundation is hosting an open house, public archaeology dig, and community organization exhibits to celebrate the 170th anniversary of Walter Reed’s birth (September 13, 1851) at his birthplace …
