Archive for year: 2014

Wouldn’t it be great if you could find us on every corner of our city?

The Silver Belles exhibition at the Wilton House Museum features evening gowns from the History Center’s Costume & Textile Collection.  The exhibit is on display through January 26.

We are more than a group of historic buildings on Clay Street.

I was reminded of our presence throughout the city during the holidays as I found hints of the Valentine everywhere.

• It was in the crowds that paraded along Monument Avenue in our two sold-out Holiday Glitter: Monument Avenue After Dark walking tours.
• It was in the thousands of students that participated in our school programs in December.
• It was in photographs from our collection posted along Grace Street celebrating the new energy of this important downtown street.
• It was even larger historic trolley images filling the walls of the old GRTC barns along Cary Street in the Fan.
• It was in our neon sign photo exhibition surrounding me at a meeting at the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce and in our social outreach photo exhibition at Richmond City’s new Center for Workforce Innovation.
• I even found dresses from our costume and textile collection featured in the holiday exhibition Silver Belles at the Wilton House Museum.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could find us on every corner of our city?

Are you curious about the progress of our renovation? Please join us for one of our Hard Hat Happy Hours that occur every Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 p.m. You can contact me for more information or RSVP online and let me know you’ll be coming by.

If you would like to help keep us calm and hammering on, you can support the History Center on our secure donation page at /give.

Images of trolley cars can been seen along the Cary Street wall outside of the GRTC Bus Depot.

 

Images from the History Center’s collection are featured in Richmond Comes Together: Then and Now at the City’s new Center for Workforce Innovation.

-Bill Martin, Director