The Valentine Richmond History Center invites any community member to nominate this year’s Richmond History Makers. The eighth annual program recognizes five everyday citizens and outstanding organizations that are making largely unrecognized contributions to communities within the Greater Richmond Metropolitan area.
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.
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. This year, we honor the good work of Dr. Margaret Dabney, Joe Doetzer (project:HOMES), the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, the Regional Hospital Accompaniment Response Team, and ART 180.
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. Designed to replicate a circa 1900 wagon, the piece was commissioned for the store’s 75th anniversary in 1960 and now returns to the site of the former department store for public display. Before it goes on view, the wagon requires extensive maintenance, which will take place in the hallway of the Hilton Garden Inn Richmond Downtown beginning August 1, 2011, with plans to unveil the newly restored wagon on August 19, 2011.
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.
RICHMOND, VA – The Valentine Richmond History Center invites the public to nominate this year’s Richmond History Makers. The seventh annual program recognizes everyday citizens and outstanding organizations making largely unrecognized contributions to communities within the Greater Richmond Metropolitan area.
The Valentine Richmond History Center is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
