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Richmond City Hall
Richmond VA
~0.02 miles from Richmond city center
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Library of Virginia
Richmond VA
~0.06 miles from Richmond city center
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The Library is one of the oldest agencies of Virginia government, founded in 1823 to preserve and provide access to the state's incomparable printed and manuscript holdings. Our collection, which has grown steadily through the years, is the most comprehensive resource in the world for the study of Virginia history, culture, and government.
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Richmond St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Richmond VA
~0.09 miles from Richmond city center
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. Located directly across the street from the Virginia State Capitol, the church has long been a popular house of worship for political figures, including General Robert E. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Other famous people associated with the church are Rev. Dr. Charles Minnigerode who led the church during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. The Right. Rev. John Shelby Spong, (now retired as bishop of the Diocese of Newark), began to attract national attention while rector of St. Paul’s (1969-1976).St. Paul's was built in 1845 by members of the Monumental Church.
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John Marshall House Museum
818 E Marshall St Richmond VA - 804-648-7998
~0.09 miles from Richmond city center
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Virginia State Capitol
Richmond VA
~0.10 miles from Richmond city center
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The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the third State Capital of Virginia. It houses the oldest legislative body in the United States, the Virginia General Assembly. Although it was completed in 1788 and is over 215 years old, the current State Capitol building is the eighth built to serve as Virginia's State House, primarily due to fires in the Colonial period. It is one of only eleven state capitols in the United States to not have an external dome. (The others are Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon and Tennessee.)
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Historic Richmond Tours
1015 E Clay St Richmond VA - 804-649-0711
~0.17 miles from Richmond city center
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Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond VA
~0.17 miles from Richmond city center
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The mission of the Richmond History Center is to engage, educate, and challenge a diverse audience by collecting, preserving, and interpreting Richmond's history.The Richmond History Center offers major changing exhibitions, which focus on American urban and social history, costumes, decorative arts and architecture. The History Center includes the stately 1812 Wickham House, a National Historic Landmark and outstanding example of neoclassical architecture featuring rare wall paintings.
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Carpenter Theatre
Richmond VA
~0.19 miles from Richmond city center
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Museum and White House
1201 E Clay St Richmond VA - 804-649-1861
~0.24 miles from Richmond city center
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The centerpiece of the museum complex is a separate structure a few yards north of the museum building, across a shady, peaceful garden. The White House of the Confederacy was where Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family lived from 1861-1865. Visitors today can tour 11 restored rooms in this early 19th-century mansion, one of the most richly appointed and historically accurate sites remaining from this dramatic period in American history. The Museum organizes and sponsors a variety of lectures and other special events and programs, inviting the public to join us in our exploration of American society in the 1800s. Please explore what’s happening at the Museum for more information on our schedule of these activities and their content. The Museum of the Confederacy Maga...
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Museum of the Confederacy
Richmond VA
~0.24 miles from Richmond city center
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The Museum of the Confederacy is located in Richmond, Virginia. The museum includes the former White House of the Confederacy and maintains a comprehensive collection of artifacts, manuscripts and photographs from the Confederate States of America and the American Civil War (1861-1865).The White House of the Confederacy is a gray stuccoed neoclassical mansion built in 1818 by John Brockenbrough, who was president of the Bank of Virginia. Designed by Robert Mills, Brockenbrough’s private residence was built in early nineteenth century Richmond's affluent Shockoe Hill neighborhood (later known as the Court End District), and was two blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol. Among his neighbors were U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall, Aaron Burr, defense attorney John Wickham, and future ...
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Richmond Convention Center
300 North 5th Street Richmond VA - 804-783-7300
~0.25 miles from Richmond city center
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The Richmond Convention Center is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.The sheer size and central location of the Greater Richmond Convention Center make it one of the most desirable meeting destinations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Situated in the heart of Virginia's capital city, just minutes from Richmond International Airport, the enormous 700,000-square-foot facility sits on 5 and 1/2 city blocks. Interior accommodations include 178,159 square feet of exhibit space, 32 meeting rooms and the 30,550-square foot Grand Ballroom. Parking is made easy thanks to adjoining decks that can handle 1,540 vehicles. Nearly 4,600 additional spaces are located within a six-block radius of the...
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Monumental Church
Richmond VA
~0.26 miles from Richmond city center
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Monumental Church is an Episcopal Church that stands at 1224 E. Broad Street between N. 12th and College Streets in Richmond, Virginia. It is one of America's earliest and most distinctive Greek Revival churches and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a National Historic Landmark and is located in the Court End historic district.The building consists of two parts, a crypt and a church. The crypt is located beneath the sanctuary and contains the remains of those claimed by the Richmond Theatre fire of 1811. The church is an octagonal construction of brick and Aquia sandstone with a stucco coat.
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Richmond Coliseum
Richmond VA
~0.31 miles from Richmond city center
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Built in 1971 and located in downtown Richmond, VA, the Richmond Coliseum is Central Virginia’s best multi-purpose entertainment venue. Sporting events, concerts, conventions, family shows…it all happens at the Richmond Coliseum.Richmond Coliseum is an arena in Richmond, Virginia, where the SPHL Richmond Renegades played until the 2008-2009 season and the AIFA Richmond Raiders will play starting with the 2010 season. It is also the venue for various large concerts. The arena opened in 1971 and holds 13,500 people. A small fire occurred there in 1997, shutting it down for repairs. It is managed by SMG.The Richmond Coliseum is also the former part-time home of the American Basketball Association (1967–1976) Virginia Squires. The Squires, based in Norfolk, VA, played there (in addition ...
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Greater Richmond Convention Center
Richmond VA
~0.38 miles from Richmond city center
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The Greater Richmond Convention Center is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.The sheer size and central location of the Greater Richmond Convention Center make it one of the most desirable meeting destinations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Situated in the heart of Virginia's capital city, just minutes from Richmond International Airport, the enormous 700,000-square-foot facility sits on 5 and 1/2 city blocks. Interior accommodations include 178,159 square feet of exhibit space, 32 meeting rooms and the 30,550-square foot Grand Ballroom. Parking is made easy thanks to adjoining decks that can handle 1,540 vehicles. Nearly 4,600 additional spaces are located within a six-block radiu...
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Black History Museum Cultural
0 E Clay St Richmond VA - 804-780-9093
~0.53 miles from Richmond city center
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American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
Richmond VA
~0.66 miles from Richmond city center
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Virginia Fire and Police Museum
200 W Marshall St Richmond VA - 804-644-1849
~0.69 miles from Richmond city center
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The museum covers Virginia fire and police history, collections include antique fire apparatus, photos from 1875 - 1960s, police related items dating from 1790 to the present.
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Edgar Allan Poe Museum
1914 E Main St Richmond VA - 804-648-5523
~0.71 miles from Richmond city center
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The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is a museum located in Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe never lived in the building, it serves to commemorate his time living in Richmond. The museum holds one of the world's largest collections of original manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings. The museum also provides an overview early 19th century Richmond, where Poe lived and worked. The museum features the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond.
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Virginia Commonwealth Univ
600 W Franklin St Richmond VA - 804-828-0100
~0.93 miles from Richmond city center
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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a large, public American research university with two main campuses located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. VCU is an urban university with one of the largest enrollments in Virginia, with over 32,000 students.VCU was founded through a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968.It is classified as one of three Virginia research universities with high research activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Its Monroe Park Campus (formerly called the Academic Campus) is located near the The Fan , while the Medical Campus is in the Court End Neighborhood.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Richmond VA
~0.99 miles from Richmond city center
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St. John's is an Episcopal church located in Richmond, Virginia.St. John's Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Richmond, built in 1741 and giving its name to the Church Hill district. St. John's was formed from several earlier churches. It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous as the location where Patrick Henry gave his closing speech at the Second Virginia Convention with the famous quotation "Give me liberty or give me death."
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 #21 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Old Dominion Railway Museum
102 Hull St Richmond VA - 804-233-6237
~1.01 miles from Richmond city center
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Attraction type: Transportation museumhttp://www.odcnrhs.org/Address: 102 Hull St Richmond, VA 23224Tel: 804 233 6237
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Richmond Virginia Seminary
2318 N St Richmond VA - 804-780-0103
~1.02 miles from Richmond city center
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Landmark Theater
Richmond VA
~1.03 miles from Richmond city center
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The Landmark Theater in Richmond, Virginia, United States is a theater at the southwest corner of Monroe Park. It is so named because it is "one of the best known buildings in Richmond." Formerly known as "The Mosque," the Landmark was constructed in 1926 to be used by the Shriners as the ACCA Temple Shrine. The city purchased the building in the 1940's and refurbished it between 1994 and 1995. It is currently a very popular venue, hosting a number of big-name musical and theatrical performers each year.
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Richmond Landmark Theater
Richmond VA
~1.04 miles from Richmond city center
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CenterStage Foundation, formerly known as the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation, was created to bring a vibrant, diverse and accessible performing arts complex to downtown Richmond. Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of the City of Richmond, State of Virginia, many corporate partners, foundations and individuals, the Foundation has brought CenterStage to life. Through the enormous support of citizens in and around Richmond and the passionate work of so many volunteers, the Foundation was proud to host the Grand Opening of Richmond CenterStage on September 12, 2009, kicking off an inaugural season full of enterainment and excitement.Our VisionTo be a catalyst for creative and vibrant arts throughout the Richmond region.Our MissionTo promote an inspiring environment where pe...
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Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond VA
~1.04 miles from Richmond city center
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Hollywood Cemetery is a large, sprawling cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in Richmond, Virginia. Characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River, it is the resting place of two United States Presidents, James Monroe and John Tyler, as well as the only Confederate States President, Jefferson Davis. It is also the resting place of 25 Confederate generals, more than any other cemetery in the country. Included are George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart.Hollywood Cemetery was opened in 1849, constructed on land known as "Harvie's Woods" that was once owned by William Byrd II. It was designed in the rural garden style, with its name, "Hollywood," coming from the holly trees dotting the hills of the property.In 1869, a 90-foot (27 m) high granite pyramid was ...
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 #26 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives
1109 W Franklin St Richmond VA - 804-353-2668
~1.38 miles from Richmond city center
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The Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives collects, preserves and interprets the history and culture of Richmond's Jewish community.The Museum was established in 1977 to gather and preserve the existing records and artifacts concerning Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome and Congregation Beth Ahabah, as well as those documents essential to understanding the Richmond and Southern Jewish experience. Its collections are housed in an early 20th century house adjacent to the congregation's sanctuary, and features three galleries of changing exhibits. These exhibits are seen by over 1500 visitors annually, and the museum's archival research center receives inquiries from around the world.The Museum's collections—including original documents and personal, sacred, and secular artifacts from the 18th to the ...
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 #27 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Reynolds Gallery
1514 W Main St Richmond VA - 804-355-6553
~1.49 miles from Richmond city center
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 #28 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Richmond National Battlefield
3215 E Broad St Richmond VA - 804-226-1981
~1.49 miles from Richmond city center
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Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates more than 30 American Civil War sites around Richmond, Virginia. The park's preserved battlefields include Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill, all sites of battles during the 1862 Seven Days Battles, as well as the 1864 battles of Cold Harbor and New Market Heights, site of 14 Medals of Honor for United States Colored Troops. The park, which also includes Drewry's Bluff and Parker's Battery in Chesterfield County, and the Confederacy's largest wartime hospital, has its main visitor center at the Tredegar Iron Works and smaller visitor centers at Cold Harbor, Glendale, and Fort Harrison.The national battlefield park was authorized on March 2, 1936. Today, over 68,000 people visit the park. As with all historical areas...
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 #29 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Virginia Union University (VUU)
1500 N Lombardy St Richmond VA - 804-257-5600
~1.64 miles from Richmond city center
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Virginia Union University (VUU) is a historically black university located in Richmond, Virginia. It was formed in 1899 by the merger of two older schools, Richmond Theological Institute and Wayland Seminary, each founded after the end of American Civil War by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. VUU's 84-acre (340,000 m2) campus is located at 1500 North Lombardy Street in Richmond's North Side.Virginia Union University seeks to maximize the potential of individuals from varied academic backgrounds within the context of a challenging and nurturing academic environment, offering students the opportunity to excel as scholars and leaders.The University was founded in 1865 to give the newly emancipated freedmen an opportunity for education of the mind in an ethical, religious envir...
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 #30 of 30 Things To Do in Richmond
Jefferson Davis Monument
Richmond VA
~2.23 miles from Richmond city center
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Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., a Confederate general, first proposed the idea of a monument for Davis during a reunion of the Orphan Brigade of the Confederate Army in 1907. Construction began in 1917 but stopped in 1918 at a height of 175 feet (53 m) due to building material rationing during World War I. Construction resumed in January 1922 and was finished in 1924 at a cost of $200,000. The base was constructed of limestone quarried from the site. The concrete walls are 8.5 feet (2.6 m) thick at the base and taper to 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick at the top. The monument was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as structure #73000849. The obelisk was closed to the public from 1999 until May 2004 for renovations and construction of a new visitor center. An elevator takes visi...
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