Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support.
Art: Exhibits of fine world art, contemporary regional art and cultural heritage Wilton House Museum: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Historic house: 18th-century house with rotating exhibitions, 18th and 19th-century period rooms, regular programs and events Winmill Carriage Museum: Leesburg: Loudoun: Northern: Transportation
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.
Mann laid the foundation for the museum in 1892. When he died in 1893, he provided the original bequest for the Valentine Museum, leaving his collection of art and artifacts, the 1812 John Wickham House [7] and a $50,000 endowment to the City of Richmond to establish the museum. [8] Their collection of art and artifacts was the foundation of ...
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Museums in Richmond, Virginia" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Beverly Reynolds, owner of Richmond's Reynolds Gallery (1946-2014), [14] during her last years was a major donor and supporter of the ICA. [15] In an interview Reynolds credited Richard Toscan, Dean of the VCU School of the Arts, with the rise of the school's stature from 25th to first ranking of art schools in U.S. News & World Report. [16]
Pages in category "Galleries and museums in Richmond, Virginia" ... Virginia Museum of Fine Arts This page was last edited on 10 October 2016, at 21:17 (UTC). ...
Some large institutions in this district are the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the world headquarters for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. The architecture is predominantly from the 1920s, though other styles from Victorian through Art Deco, up to the modern period, are also represented.