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  2. Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

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    The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA) is an American 501(c)(3) organization and museum established in 1981 and focused on the history of Black and African Americans in the state of Virginia. [1] [2] It is located in the Leigh Street Armory building at 122 West Leigh Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond ...

  3. Virginia Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The historical society's headquarters was renamed from Virginia Historical Society to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The museum features exhibitions and programming for visitors of all ages and has more than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2 ) of exhibition gallery space and the largest display of Virginia artifacts ...

  4. First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory - Wikipedia

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    For a period it housed The Black History Museum of Richmond. It is the oldest of three identified African-American armories in the country. It is currently home to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, which finished construction in May 2016. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1]

  5. Black History museum will decide fate of Richmond’s ... - AOL

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    Last week, a Black-owned construction company began dismantling the remaining stone pedestals previously used to prop up massive Confederate statues The post Black History museum will decide fate ...

  6. List of museums in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center: Fredericksburg: Fredericksburg: Northern: Local history: website, city and area history and culture, art exhibits Freedom House Museum: Alexandria: Alexandria: Northern: African American: Operated by the Northern Virginia Urban League in a slave-trading depot, history of area slavery Freeman Store ...

  7. Jackson Ward - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-1980s, the Richmond School Board leased the armory building to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, and the museum is expected to open in the armory in 2015. [ 20 ] Many Richmond residents have bought houses in Jackson Ward to renovate and restore in order to live in an historic area and revive the cultural ...

  8. Museum District, Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Museum District, alternately known as West of the Boulevard, [3] is a neighborhood in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It is anchored by the contiguous six-block tract of museums along the west side of Boulevard , including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture , hence the name.

  9. Second Boer War concentration camps - Wikipedia

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    During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the British operated concentration camps in the South African Republic, Orange Free State, Natal, and the Cape Colony. In February 1900, Lord Kitchener took command of the British forces and implemented controversial tactics that contributed to a British victory. [3]

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