Museums [Agecroft Hall] [Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives] [American Historical Foundation] [Black History Museum & Cultural Center] [Children's Museum of Richmond] [Chimborazo Medical Museum] [Edgar Allan Poe Museum] [Federal Reserve Money Museum] [John Marshall House] [Maggie L. Walker House] [Maymont House & Park ] [Meadow Farm Museum/Crump Park] [Museum of the Confederacy] [Old Dominion Railway Museum] [Richmond National Battlefield Parks] [Science Museum of Virginia] [University of Richmond Museum] [Valentine Museum] [Virginia Fire & Police Museum] [Virginia Holocaust Museum] [Virginia Historical Society] [Virginia House] [Virginia Museum of Fine Arts] [Virginia Randolph Museum] [Wilton House] Agecroft Hall Located at 4305 Sulgrave Road, this English manor home, was originally built in the 15th century. Then it was dismantled, transported to Richmond and totally reconstructed in 1928. Note the leaded glass windows, original Tudor and Stuart artifacts, authentic furnishings and formal gardens. For additional information, call 804-353-4241. target="_blank">Get a Map Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives Located at 1109 W. Franklin Street, the museum features artifacts of international, national and local Jewish life and history. It is open to the public Sunday through Thursday from 10 am to 3 pm. For information on exhibits, guided tours, lectures or volunteer opportunities, please call (804) 353-2668. Get a Map American Historical Foundation Museum Located at 1142 W. Grace Street, this National Historic Landmark was restored to its Federal Period grandeur. It houses the Monument Avenue Museum, The US Marine Raider Museum and the Military Knife and Bayonet Museum. For additional information, call 804- 353-1812. Get a Map Black History Museum & Cultural Center Located at 00 Clay Street, Carroll Anderson founded the museum in 1981 before moving the museum to its current location. The museum is a neoclassical style structure built in 1832 and purchased by Maggie L. Walker in 1922. In 1932, it became the African-American branch of the Richmond Public Library; in 1991 it was converted to a museum and cultural center for visual, oral and written records and artifacts commemorating the lives and accomplishments of Blacks in Virginia from their arrival in 1619 to present. Artifacts, videos, historical documents, and photographs are used to highlight the achievements of African-Americans in Virginia through. For more information, call 804-780-9093. Get a Map Children's Museum of Richmond Is located at 2626 W. Broad Street. Come out and explore over 250 interactive exhibits including the wonders of flight, illusions and astronomy in the 42,000 square-foot museum. An interactive, hands-on museum for children ages 6 months to 12 years. Permanent participatory exhibits include - How it Works, the Feeling Food Neighborhood, the Art Studio and Our Great Outdoors. There is also an OMNIMAX film and multimedia planetarium show. For more information, call 804-474-2667. Get a Map Chimborazo Medical Museum Located at 3215 E. Broad Street, the museum stands on the eastern end of downtown Richmond, at the site of the Civil War's famous Chimborazo Hospital. Between 1861 and 1865 more than 75,000 Confederate soldiers received treatment at this sprawling facility. The medical museum tells the story of those patients and the hospital and physicians that cared for them. Using artifacts, uniforms and documents, the exhibits describe the state of medicine in 1860. In highlights the care of wounded and sick soldiers on the battlefields, and in the many large centralized Richmond hospitals like Chimborazo. Chimborazo Medical Museum is open to the public, free of charge from 9 - 5 daily. For more information, call 804-226-1981. Get a Map Edgar Allan Poe Museum Located between 19th & 20th Streets on East Main Street, this museum features exhibits on the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe. By documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond; visitors get a glimpse of what Edgar Allan Poe was like. Five small buildings and an enclosed garden house the poet's possessions and memorabilia. For more information, please call 804-648-5523. Federal Reserve Money Museum Located in the Federal Reserve Bank Building at 7th & Byrd Streets, this museum has forms of currency, rare bills and gold and silver bars. For more information, call 804-697-8000. Until further notice, the Money Museum in temporarily closed. John Marshall House Located at Ninth and Marshall Streets, this house was the home of John Marshall for 45 years. He was the pioneer chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The house was built in 1790 and is the oldest brick house surviving the City. Restored as a house museum, it contains artifacts from Marshall's home and professional life. For more information, call 804-648-1889. Get a Map Maggie L. Walker House National Historic Site Located at 110-1/2 East Leigh Street, the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site commemorates the life of a progressive and talented African American woman. Despite many adversities, she achieved success in the world of business and finance. She was the first woman in the United States to found and serve as president of a bank. The bank she founded, now Consolidated Bank & Trust, is the oldest surviving black-operated bank in the United States. The site includes her residence of thirty years and a visitor center detailing her life and the Jackson Ward community, in which, she lived and worked. The house is restored to its 1930's appearance with original Walker family pieces. For more information, call 804-780-1380. Get a Map Maymont House and Park Located at 1700 Hampton Street, this 100-acre Victorian estate, once home of Major James H. and Sallie May Dooley, was bequeathed to the City of Richmond in 1925. Features include: nature center and gardens, a carriage collection, children's farm and native Virginia wildlife exhibits (with more than 300 animals, almost 60 species), and the restored mansion. Since 1975, Maymont has been maintained and operated by the private nonprofit Maymont Foundation. For more information, call 804-358-7166. Get a Map Meadow Farm Museum/Crump Park Located at 3400 Mountain in Richmond, this 1860's living historical farm recreates the life of a middle-class rural family. Changing exhibits, gift shop and orientation videos are features in the orientation center. For more information, call 804-501-5520. Get a Map Museum of the Confederacy Located at 1201 East Clay Street, adjacent to the restored historic White House of the Confederacy, this modern facility holds the world's most comprehensive collection of military, political and domestic artifacts and art associated with the period of the Confederacy, 1861-1865. For more information, call 804-649-1861. Get a Map Old Dominion Railway Museum Located at 102 Hull Street, steam, passenger, freight and other artifacts of Virginia's rail heritage are on display near the 1831 birthplace of Virginia railroading. For more information, call 804-233-6237. Get a Map Richmond National Battlefield Parks Located at 3215 East Broad Street, in the Chimborazo Park Visitor's Center Between 1861 and 1865, Union armies repeatedly set out to capture Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, to end the Civil War. Three of those campaigns came within a few miles of the city. The park commemorates eleven different sites associated with those campaigns, including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill and Cold Harbor. Established in 1936, the park protects 763 acres of historic ground. Begin with an explanatory film, and then tour the well-preserved sites of the Civil War battle fields. There are history programs and more at the Chimborazo Park Visitors Center. For more information, call 804-226-1981. Get a Map Science Museum of Virginia Located at 2500 West Broad Street, this museum offers wonderful hands-on learning and fun. There is also a planetarium and special shows all year. For more information, call 804-864-1400. Get a Map University of Richmond Museum Located on the University of Richmond campus, the university has three museums: The Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, The Marsh Art Gallery and The Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center. For more information, call 804-287-6424. Valentine Museum Located at 1015 East Clay Street, this museum features the life and history of Richmond. Major changing exhibitions focus on American urban and social history, costumes, decorative arts and architecture. The museum's 1812 Wickham House features rare neoclassical wall paintings. For more information, call 804-649-0711. Get a Map Virginia Aviation Museum Located at Richmond International Airport, 5701 Huntsman Road, the Virginia Aviation Museum is a division of the Science Museum of Virginia. This shrine to the "Golden Age of Aviation" enhances the Science Museum's aerospace exhibits with its extensive collection of vintage flying machines. Learn which planes earned the nicknames: Rolls Royce, Cadillac and Flying Bathtub. Stroll past exhibits on pioneer aviation, World War II and the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame. Enjoy aviation films and lectures in the Benn Theater. And if that's still not enough, how about getting an up-close view of the incomparable SR-71 Blackbird! For more information, call 804-236-3622. Get a Map Virginia Fire & Police Museum Located at 200 West Marshall Street, this museum houses antique fire and crime fighting memorabilia and operates as a museum and educational center. The museum is a National Historic Landmark. Richmond has the distinction of having the second oldest police force in the country and one of the oldest fire departments as well. Get a Map Virginia Holocaust Museum Located at 2000 East Cary Street in Shockoe Bottom, this museum is a tribute to Holocaust survivors. It features hands-on children's exhibits and an educational resource center. For more information, call 804-257-5400. Get a Map Virginia Historical Society Located at 428 North Boulevard, this museum offers a comprehensive collection of Virginia History. Nine-museum galleries exhibit rarely seen Virginia treasures. An extensive library for historical and genealogical research is also available. For more information, please call 804-358-4901. Get a Map Virginia House Located at 4301 Sulgrave Road, this reconstructed English manor was home to Alexander Weddell, former United States Ambassador to Spain, and reflects his fascination with England and its history. The gardens are one of the highlights of the tour. For more information, call 804-353-4251. Get a Map Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Located at the 2800 Grove Avenue at the Boulevard, 5,000 years of artistic achievement are represented from the glories of ancient Greece and India, to current artists' lofts of Manhattan. There is also a museum shop and a café. For more information, call 804-340-1400. Get a Map Virginia Randolph Museum Located at 2200 Mountain Road, this National Historic Landmark commemorates the career of a pioneer of vocational education. For more information, call 804-261-5029. Wilton House Museum Located at 215 South Wilton Road off Cary Street, this house is an impressive example of mid-18th century Georgian architecture with fine interior paneling accented by exquisite period furnishings. Wilton house is one of Richmond's architectural treasures. For more information, call 804-282-5936. Get a Map           900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804)646-7000 Contact Us.   ©2000-2008 City of Richmond, Virginia. All rights reserved. Privacy, Disclaimer & Terms.