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Labor Day Holiday Closing: The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 3, 2010 and resume normal operations at 10:00 a.m on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
The next meeting of the Richmond-based chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS) will be Saturday, September 25th, 2010 from
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Black History Museum.
Current Exhibitions/Upcoming Events:
On View through September 18, 2010:"Diluted Loss" by Keith Ramsey
Artist gallery talks:
Saturday, July 24 at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 11 at 1:00 p.m.
Free with admission
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Thursday, July 15, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Forgotten History Lecture Series:
“African American Encounters with the James River in the Contemporary Period.”
by Dr. Kim Allen. Sponsored by the James River Advisory Council. Free and open to
the public.
Free with admission
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Governor Kaine visits the Museum for Freedmen's Bureau Announcement
Freedmen's Bureau Project article in the Richmond Times Dispatch
Directions for searching Freedmen's Bureau Virginia Marriage record database:
1. Go to www.familysearch.org
2. Under Family History Library, click on "African American family history resources"
3. Under Freedman's Bank Records, click "beta Record Search"
4. Click on the Canada/USA/Mexico regional map
5. Scroll down to "Freedmen Bureau Virginia Marriages, ca 1815-1866"
6. Click link and begin a search
About the Museum
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was founded in 1981 by Carroll Anderson, Sr.
In 1991, the Museum was opened to the public at its present location, 00 Clay Street, in the historic Jackson Ward district of Richmond. The house built in 1832 by German descendant Adolph Dill, incorporates both the Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles. Under the leadership of Maggie L. Walker, the country's first female and Black bank president, the Council of Colored Women purchased the house in 1922. In 1932 it became the Black branch of the Richmond Public library and was named for Rosa D. Bowser, the first Black female school teacher in Richmond.
The Museum seeks to become a permanent repository for visual, oral and written records and artifacts commemorating the lives and accomplishments of Blacks in Virginia.
Our goal is to become a statewide resource on the many facets of Black history through exhibitions, discussions and celebrations. The Museum collects documents, limited editions, prints, art and photographs for use in its Black History Archives Program. This program will be of major significance because of the scarcity of written records on the Black experience.