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This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Pages in category "Museums in Richmond, Virginia" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
One of the first museums in the American South to be operated by state funds, VMFA offers free admission, except for special exhibits. The VMFA, together with the adjacent Virginia Historical Society, anchors the Museum District of Richmond, an area of the city known also as "West of the Boulevard". [6]
Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine, designed by and built for Richmond-based Reynolds Metals Company in the 1960s, also notable for helping recover a "lost" U.S. atomic bomb in 1966. In 2014 the museum upgraded its five-story theater, The Dome, with a new digital projection system.
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The American Civil War Museum is a multi-site museum in the Greater Richmond Region of central Virginia, dedicated to the history of the American Civil War.The museum operates three sites: The White House of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox.
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]
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.