tagged with: Black History Museum
September 8, 2008
African American Book Fair set for November, authors needed
The African American Book Fair has been announced for November 1 from 11AM-4PM at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. Festival is free with museum admission. Authors are needed! Contact Patricia Jordan at 804-319-9763 or africanamericanbookfair@yahoo.com to find out more!
September 1, 2008
Heirlooms by J. W. Robinson Horne @ Black History Museum
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will feature a gallery talk this Friday (9/5 6-8PM) in conjunction with the exhibition, Heirlooms by J. W. Robinson Horne, featuring original fashion designs of this native Richmonder. This exhibition features 35 selected designs from his collections: Fall Drama, Paris Inspired, University, Bridal, 1776, Couturier and Spring1950 Collections. Also featured are three designs from his “Carousel of Coats” Collection. These Heirloom Fashion Designs by J. W. Robinson Horne will be on display through September 30, 2008.
June 30, 2008
An Aquatic Branch of the Underground Railroad: The James River and the Keziah Affair of 1858
On Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6PM, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will feature Dr. John Kneebone, who will lecture on the topic “An Aquatic Branch of the Underground Railroad: The James River and the Keziah Affair of 1858″.
April 14, 2008
The Historic Richmond Jazz Suite @ Muse Creative Workspace
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will host Ashby Anderson’s The Historic Richmond Jazz Suite at 3:00PM Sunday, April 20th, at Muse Creative Workspace (6 North 19th Street).
April 2, 2008
interim director Hood to leave Black History Museum
Nicole Hood, interim director of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, is leaving:
Just a year after taking the reins at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Nicole Hood is leaving to spend more time with her family.
“Everybodys skeptical when you use those terms, Stacy Burrs, chair of the museum’s board, says of the proverbial “family” line. “But this is one of those cases where that is the fact of the matter.”
January 30, 2008
The Gift of Black Inventors
The folks at the Black History Museum have updated their calendar to announce The Gift of Black Inventors Opening Reception, opening February 1 from 6-8PM.
The Gift of Black Inventors highlights the numerous contributions of Americans of African descent to science and industry. The product of more than twenty-five years of research by its curator James E. Wright, Jr., the exhibition will display more than 125 items that feature inventions from the late 19th century through the present. The Gift of Black Inventors will be on display at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia through July 31, 2008.
December 2, 2007
Santa to visit Black History Museum
Kids will get a chance to sit with Santa and share their Christmas wishes at The Black History Museum’s holiday program with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 8, from noon to 4PM. For more information, contact the museum at (804) 780-9093. [via]
November 23, 2007
intro: Black History Museum
YouTube has a great 90-second introduction to the Black History Museum.
November 15, 2007
Black History Museum gets better storage
The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is in the midst of moving their stored collection of African art, textiles and archival material to an unspecified commercial art-and-archival-storage facility in the area. The work of packaging and transporting the material is being relocated by volunteer museum professionals from Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, the American Civil War Center, the Virginia Historical Society, the Valentine Richmond History Center, the Museum of the Confederacy, the Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation, the Maggie L. Walker House, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the the Sully Historic Site in Fairfax, among others.
September 30, 2007
Rebuilding Together yesterday
The Adult Career Development Center (ACDC) hosted the Rebuilding Together Richmond Day in Jackson Ward yesterday. Members of the the City Lights Partnership (Historic Jackson Ward Association, Black History Museum, RRHA, Technology Resource Connections, ACDC, and Capital One) and volunteers from all over the city came together to to spruce up and renovate homes in Jackson Ward. Find out more and check out the photos on the ACDC site.
September 16, 2007
African-American Trailblazers @ Black History Museum
“African-American Trailblazers: Commemorating Four Centuries of the African-American Experience in Virginia” will run through Oct. 7 at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. [via]
September 1, 2007
Walking Tour of Jackson Ward tomorrow
A “History Walking Tour of Jackson Ward” sponsored by the Valentine Richmond History Center will take place tomorrow from 2-4PM. Meet the guide in front of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. You do not need to preregister. Each tour costs $10 (cash only) at tour site, $9 in advance at History Center.
