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Location. 2626 W Broad St Richmond, Virginia. Director. Shannon L. Venable. Website. www.c-mor.org. The Children's Museum of Richmond began in 1977 as the Richmond Children's Museum in the Navy Hill School building in downtown Richmond, Virginia. In 2000, the museum moved to its current location on Broad Street in Richmond.
Monument Avenue is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the eastbound and westbound traffic in Richmond, Virginia, originally named for its emblematic complex of structures honoring those who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. [4] Between 1900 and 1925, Monument Avenue greatly expanded with architecturally significant houses ...
Website. www .lewisginter .org. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a 50 acres (200,000 m 2 ), botanical garden in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It features over a dozen themed gardens, a conservatory, library, and café. Regular daily admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors age 65+ and military/first ...
Virginia has witnessed 58 school shootings since 1971, according to The Violence Project, reported Richmond Times Dispatch. ‘This should have been a safe space’ 07:30 , Namita Singh
Science Museum of Virginia. / 37.56111°N 77.46583°W / 37.56111; -77.46583. The Science Museum of Virginia is a science museum located in Richmond, Virginia. Established in 1970, it is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is housed in the former Broad Street Station, built in 1917.
The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private, non-profit organization, supported almost entirely by private contributions.
William Byrd II is considered the founder of Richmond. The Byrd family, which includes Harry F. Byrd, has been central to Virginia's history since its founding.. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation.
Maymont is a 100-acre (0.156 sq mi) Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia.It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, formal gardens, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and Children's Farm.