A sketch of the fearsome pirate Blackbeard, killed on this day in 1718 on the orders of Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant governor of Virginia 🏴‍☠️ 🔗 loom.ly/ugTp4jA 🔗 loom.ly/YqFqWi0 #onthisday #virginiahistory #Blackbeard #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #TaikaWaititi

☀️ Good Morning, Nashville! We've been hard at work putting the finishing touches on #NCSS2023. Today, we proceed with CUFA and CS4 meetings. In less than 48 hours, the 103rd NCSS Annual Conference officially opens!

Brand Identity in Colonial Virginia✍️✍️✍️ After an 18th-century bottle seal with the initials R.S. was recovered from the Eyreville estate in Northampton County, Virginia, archaeologists set out to identify the individual behind the brand. Read more: dhr.virginia.gov/blog-posts/col…

Looking forward to our Office Hours session-The “Mappy Hour” with special guest @latoyasgray 🗺️sharing StoryMaps and Mapping Inequality V3.0 that dropped this week! 7 pm EST -Register here: urichmond.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We're sending warm wishes for a healthy and happy Christmas to all who celebrate!⁠ Please note: The VMHC is closed today. We will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, December 26.⁠

We're sending warm wishes for a healthy and happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate!⁠

As an end of year treat, we thought we'd share an article on our website showcasing some of the many yearbooks in the library collection: virginiahistory.org/learn/yearbooks - What memories are you reflecting on as this year draws to a close? (VMHC LD2101.H65k.1893)

We're sending warm wishes for a healthy and happy New Year and a historic 2024!⁠ Please note: The VMHC is closed today. We will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, January 2. Make it your New Year's Resolution to visit the VMHC: Plan your visit at VirginiaHistory.org.

New Year, New Exhibit! Come check out our newest exhibition, "Secrets & Symbols"

We'll be there!

For #MartinLutherKingJr. Day, we are highlighting this program from the #Virginia State Unit of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (#SCLC) meeting on March 28th, 1962 - featuring MLK Jr's signature, among other local religious and civil rights leaders. (2001.35.1)

Looking for primary sources with transcripts, context, and guiding questions? VMHC has you covered! We recently released packets covering the founding documents as well as the Civil War and Reconstruction for a variety of ages! Learn more here: virginiahistory.org/learn/educator…

Happy #Aquarius Season! In the 1860s, “The Aquarius” was used to clean buildings, extinguish fires, and tend gardens. It could “throw eight gallons of water per minute fifty feet high with power of only one hand.” That's pretty powerful! (1861.36) #virginiahistory

Sunday in Richmond! Details and tickets at profsandpints.ticketleap.com/treasury/ VMHC Education VCU History Dept University of Richmond UMD Alumni @UMDHistory HISTORY 8News WRIC Richmond Richmond magazine 12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond RTD Culture RVA Magazine Good morning, RVA! (🫥) Hamilton Richmond, VA Tourism

We're hiring an education coordinator to help schedule and teach in person and virtual programming for all ages! Learn more and apply at the link above!

Any of our museum friends out there registered for the Small Museums Conference? Come see us and The Valentine present on our collaborative programming centered around the removal of monuments from Richmond's landscape!

Join us for our summer teacher institutes! Both of these week-long programs offer stipends, travel funds, and recertification points to participants. Learn more at link in post or here: virginiahistory.org/learn/educator…

Today was History Day on the Hill sponsored by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. It was wonderful to have some students here from the New River Valley sharing their history projects. I was so impressed by their hard work and presentation. Thanks to these students for visiting the Capitol!

Special day for this George WashingtonMS Alexandria City Public Schools student! ;) Thank you VMHC Education for providing the opportunity to visit the General Assembly, and thank you Adam Ebbin 🇺🇦 and Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker for supporting our students!

Fun meetup for our friends in #RVA!! University of Richmond @vasocialstudies Virginia Social Studies Leaders Consortium Virginia PTA and all history lovers' book clubs!