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Former BHMVA location on 00 Clay Street, Richmond. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was founded by Carroll Anderson Sr. and opened to the public at 00 Clay Street in 1988, [1] [4] followed by a move in 2016 to 122 West Leigh Street. [5] It is in a two-story building, and spans 12,000 square feet in size. [6]
It returned as a school for African-American children until 1954 and desegregation. 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]
African American: website, planned museum, currently only virtual Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: Richmond: Richmond: Central: African American: website: history of museum & link to address of the former First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory: Blacksburg Museum: Blacksburg: Montgomery: Blue Ridge Highlands: Local history
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia has agreed to house a statue and pedestal of Confederate General The post Lee statue, other Confederate monuments could go to Virginia ...
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John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture: Tallahassee: Florida: 1996 [89] Josephine School Community Museum: Berryville: Virginia: 2003 [90] Kansas African-American Museum Wichita: Kansas: 1997 [91] L.E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax County, Virginia: Virginia: 2005 [92] LaVilla Museum: Jacksonville: Florida ...