B>RICHMOND, VA. (AP).- Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who’s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America’s first permanent English …
Contemporary Photographer Sally Mann’s The Flesh and The Spirit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
RICHMOND, VA.- One of the first major presentations in the United States of the bold work of contemporary photographer Sally Mann opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) on November 13, 2010. Exclusive to Richmond, the exhibition will continu…
Two 150-Year-Old Civil War Dolls Get X-Rayed at VCU Medical Center for Signs of Smuggling
RICHMOND (AP).- Two Civil War-era dolls thought to have been used to smuggle medicine past Union blockades were X-rayed Wednesday, disclosing hollowed papier-mache heads that once could have contained quinine or morphine for wounded or malaria-stricke…
Two 150-Year-Old Civil War Dolls Get X-Rayed at VCU Medical Center for Signs of Smuggling
RICHMOND (AP).- Two Civil War-era dolls thought to have been used to smuggle medicine past Union blockades were X-rayed Wednesday, disclosing hollowed papier-mache heads that once could have contained quinine or morphine for wounded or malaria-stricke…
Virginia Museum Announces Important Picasso Exhibition
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced the most important exhibition in its history, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. VMFA is the exclusive East Coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city internati…
Virginia Museum Announces Important Picasso Exhibition
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced the most important exhibition in its history, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. VMFA is the exclusive East Coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city internati…
Titanic Salvage Company Wins Award from Virginia Court
RICHMOND (AP).- The company with exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is entitled to full compensation for artifacts worth about $110 million that it has recovered in a half-dozen perilous expeditions to the famous shipwreck, a federal judge has rul…
Scientists in New Titanic Expedition will Create 3D Map of Wreck
RICHMOND (AP).- A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for …
Scientists in New Titanic Expedition will Create 3D Map of Wreck
RICHMOND (AP).- A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will “virtually raise the Titanic” for …
University of Virginia Puts Out Faulkner Audio Archives
RICHMOND, VA (AP).- Fans of Southern literature have read William Faulkner for decades. Now they can hear the author speak. The University of Virginia has published an online audio archive of the Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s two-year term…