The Valentine Richmond History Center, the Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC), Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the Greater Fulton’s Future Legacy Committee (GFF) are pleased to announce the completion of the Fulton Oral History Project. The project was made possible through a grant from Virginia LISC and is part of the Greater Fulton’s Future Plan. Read more
Richmond, VA—To celebrate the Executive Mansion’s 200th anniversary, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and First Lady Maureen McDonnell declared 2013 the commonwealth’s “Year of the Historic Home.” Read more
Photographed from left to right are Dominic Gibbons Barrett, Ralph White, John C. Purnell, Jr., Dr. Charles Price and Kelly King Horne. Read more
A bequest by Mann S. Valentine II established one of Richmond’s first museums in the Wickham-Valentine House in 1892; the neoclassical house was built for attorney John Wickham in 1812. Read more
RICHMOND, Va. (May 25, 2012) – The Valentine Richmond History Center and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond announce that the LGBT Pride flag that flew outside the Bank in June 2011 will be donated to the museum next month. The Valentine has been collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond’s history and diverse stories for over a century. Read more
RICHMOND – March 5, 2012 – The Valentine Richmond History Center is pleased to announce the 2012 Richmond History Tours season formerly referred to as Historic Richmond Tours. The name was changed this year to align the program with the History Center’s name. The History Center offers more than 370 opportunities to explore Richmond history on foot or by bus. Tour topics vary and include the neighborhoods, architecture, churches, movie theaters, retail districts, monuments, cemeteries, waterways and people that make the city unique. All guides are trained and certified by the History Center. Read more
RICHMOND-The 7th Annual Richmond History Makers Program pays tribute to everyday citizens and outstanding organizations that make significant contributions to the greater Richmond region. The History Center and its partners celebrate their success at a gala reception and award ceremony on October 18th. Read more
RICHMOND — The Valentine Richmond History Center is pleased to partner with the Hilton Garden Inn Richmond Downtown to bring the museum’s Miller & Rhoads delivery wagon back into public view after many years in storage. Read more
RICHMOND—The Valentine Richmond History Center is pleased to announce that more than 500 items from its Cased Image Collection are now available for review online. The History Center’s online collections database is free, accessible to the public and currently contains 15 percent of the entire collection. Additional records are added on a routine basis. Cased images are early types of photography that include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes. Images are taken on glass or metal and generally enclosed in decorative cases.
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