Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC)
recently launched a webpage for the
Virginia Women’s Suffrage Centennial
in association with the
Commonwealth of Virginia’s 2020 Commemoration Task Force
. Members are invited to submit special events or exhibitions related to women’s suffrage and the 2020 Commemoration. Visit
VirginiaHistory.org/2020
for more info and submit events at
VirginiaHistory.org/Submit2020Event
.
The art museums of the University of Virginia (
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
and
The Fralin Museum of Art
) announce new
Art After Hours Programs
. The Kluge-Ruhe will now be open late on Thursday evenings until 8pm, and The Fralin will be open until 8pm on Fridays. Both museums are programming these evenings with a wide variety of opportunities.
Congratulations to the following current VAM members who received grants from Virginia Humanities between July 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020:
Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
(Danville): $10,000
Eastern Shore Virginia Historical Society
(Onancock): $3,000
Frontier Culture Museum
(Staunton): $3,300
Lynchburg Museums
(Lynchburg): $10,000
Preservation Virginia
(Richmond): $10,000
Stratford Hall
(Stratford): $10,000
University of Richmond Museum
s (Richmond): $3,000
William King Museum of Art
(Abingdon): $10,000
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