Petersburg, Virginia

History, Historic House, Military

Pamplin is a world-class 422-acre park with award winning museums, a historic Civil War battlefield, Antebellum plantation homes, living history demonstrations, complete educational programs, the Civil War Store, and the Hardtack and Coffee Café.

Petersburg, Virginia

History, Historic House, Military

Operates the Siege Museum and Centre Hill Mansion.

Petersburg, Virginia

Culture, History, Historic House

Pocahontas Island Black History Museum, located on the historic Pocahontas Island in Petersburg, VA, once a stop on the Underground Railroad, is home to a treasure trove of artifacts and other historical items of interest that showcases over 200 years of Black history. Black History and Civil War expert, Mr. Richard Stewart, is the museum's founder and orator who delights in taking museum visitors on an oral journey of Black history in Petersburg, VA.

Portsmouth, Virginia

History, Historic House

See listing for Hill House.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Historic House

1735 Historical Home of Richard Taliaferro "Our Most Skillful Architect" of the Colonial Era.

Dumfries, Virginia

History, Historic House, Historical Society

Beaverdam, Virginia

Culture, History, Historic House

It was here at Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown that Henry conceived his most influential revolutionary ideas. Scotchtown is the only original standing home of the Patriot and Orator of the American Revolution; Patrick Henry lived here from 1771-1778. It was at Scotchtown that he formulated the ideas of his famous “Liberty or Death” speech and it was from the house that he rode to St. John’s Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775 to deliver it.

Charles City, Virginia

History, Historic House

A National Register site first settled by Virginia's prominent Southall Family. This museum of folk architecture includes Piney Grove (1790), Ashland (1835), Dower Quarter (1835), Ladysmith (1857), and Duck Church (1917).

Lynchburg, Virginia

History, Historic House

This Federal style mansion was built in 1815 by Dr. George Cabell, Sr., friend and physician to Patrick Henry. Cooking demonstrations are prepared in the open hearths and brick ovens of the plantation kitchen. Operated by Lynchburg Museums.

Portsmouth, Virginia

Art, Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Military, Science, Specialized

The Portsmouth Museums Foundation is comprised of a 24-person regional board representing Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and has a full time Executive Director and a part time assistant. Our mission is to generate private sector financial support for all four of the Portsmouth museums which include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Children’s Museum of Virginia, Courthouse Galleries and the Lightship Portsmouth.

Richmond, Virginia

Archaeology, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The mission of Preservation Virginia is to preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for the state’s irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits of everyone.