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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.
Wilton House Museum is a museum in a historic house located in Richmond, Virginia. Wilton was constructed c. 1753 by William Randolph III , son of William Randolph II , of Turkey Island . Wilton was originally the manor house on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2 ) tobacco plantation known as "World's End" located on the north bank of the James River ...
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Art: Encyclopedic collection of 33,000 works of art from almost every major world culture Virginia Museum of Natural History: Martinsville: Henry: Southern: Natural history: Virginia's natural heritage Virginia Museum of the Civil War: New Market: Shenandoah: Shenandoah Valley: Civil War
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.
The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three independent cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell and portions of the adjoining counties of Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George in south-central Virginia.
The Science Museum of Virginia is one of the popular museums in Richmond, Virginia. The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities works to improve commonwealth's civic, cultural, and intellectual life. [13] The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a state-funded museum with the largest collection of Fabergé eggs outside of Russia. [14]
Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...
The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony or the Province of Virginia, and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was an English colony in North America which existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution (as a British colony after 1707 [12]).