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Museum displays home of a Jewish family, Moses Myers, restored to its original beauty in 1892.

The Center for Local History (CLH) collects, preserves, and shares historical documents that tell the history of Arlington County, its citizens, organizations, businesses, and social issues.

Collect, preserve and interpret objects of historical significance to Bedford (Liberty) and Bedford County. Operates a Genealogy Library.

House tours, special events. Hands on educational programs relating to Civil War history, Victorian period and art. Art classes and workshops. Changing Art Galleries-National, Regional & Local Exhibits. Scholarships for art classes and camps available.

Provides a living history site and an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Museum features four historic, reconstructed working farms from Germany, Northern Ireland, England, and Botetourt County, Virginia, and a working 18th century blacksmith forge from Northern Ireland. Many special activities and programs are featured including summer camps and concerts. Call or visit the web site for a calendar of events.

Regional offices are the first point of contact in Virginia for anyone seeking to nominate properties to the state and national registers, carry out local architectural or archaeological surveys, put historic resources to work in local comprehensive plans, promote the benefits of historic preservation, teach with historic places, study threatened archaeological sites, or develop and maintain sound local preservation programs.

Tours through historic house; orientation for visitors to Maggie Walker's legacy to African American heritage and the greater community. Program is accessible by bus and internally accessible for the handicapped.

The HPC has an advocacy program in which each member is focused on representing the interests and advocating for the preservation of a designated district.

To preserve and present the Folk Life of the Blue Ridge. Official State center for Blue Ridge Folk Life. Working farm museum, 1800 period, Interpretive program. Rare breed farm animals. Blue Ridge Heritage Archive, Offices, Exhibit Rooms. Interpreter prepares meals over the open hearth, bake in an outdoor oven and carry out other period tasks amid heirloom vegetable gardens and early breeds of livestock.

Established a series of education programs that are designed in accordance to Virginia's Standard of Learning objectives. Each 90 minute program includes hands on learning with pre and post visit activities. Also offers interactive presentations on Colonial and Civil War history.

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture collections consist of a wide range of objects, including books and bound serials, imprints, sheet music, broadsides, newspapers, family and personal papers, business and organizational records, genealogical materials, maps, paintings, prints, postcards, weapons, militaria, glass plate negatives, and photographs from the nineteenth century to the present.

Study, programs ,trips,exhibits relating to the American Civil War era

The Museum maintains a wide array of artifacts: guns, furniture, glass & ceramics, textiles, accoutrements, books, swords, and other items spanning over half a century, from 1815 to 1873.

Regional offices are the first point of contact in Virginia for anyone seeking to nominate properties to the state and national registers, carry out local architectural or archaeological surveys, put historic resources to work in local comprehensive plans, promote the benefits of historic preservation, teach with historic places, study threatened archaeological sites, or develop and maintain sound local preservation programs.

Regional offices are the first point of contact in Virginia for anyone seeking to nominate properties to the state and national registers, carry out local architectural or archaeological surveys, put historic resources to work in local comprehensive plans, promote the benefits of historic preservation, teach with historic places, study threatened archaeological sites, or develop and maintain sound local preservation programs.

The authentiCITY Studio is responsible for enforcing the City's Old and Historic District Ordinance as well as providing staff support to the Commission of Architectural Review, Public Art Commission, Urban Design Committee, History and Culture Commission and Section 106 Reviews.

Historic site offering self-guided walking tours and guided group tours. Clearinghouse for information about Patrick Henry.

Museum with exhibits about the history of the City of Suffolk. Reenactments and tours are also available at the museum.

Operates the Heritage Preservation Center, the Haller-Gibboney Rock House, and the Thomas J. Boyd Museum and Children's Discovery Center. Uses volunteers.

The Henry Hill Visitor Center provides park brochures, maps, trail guides and daily interpretive programs, a 45-minute orientation film and a museum exhibiting Civil War era uniforms, weapons and artifacts.

Provides a Civil War Medical Museum open to the public.

Promotes an interest in the broad spectrum of history with emphasis on that of southwestern Virginia; collects, preserves, interprets, and makes available materials relating to that history; sponsors research and publication in the field of regional history; and provides educational services to people and institutions throughout southwestern Virginia.

Building is used as a venue to be rented and also for Parks and Recreation programs.

Collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Amherst County through permanent and temporary exhibits. Also has research library and gift shop.

This program utilizes hands-on activities, games and antique items and reproductions to familiarize students with colonial life and culture. Activities include making butter, a presentation on colonial clothing, a snack made up of colonial foods and a play session with colonial toys. Program held in Spring and Fall.