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Exhibits Museum News
June 17, 2022

The American Civil War Museum Robins Theater NOW OPEN!

The immersive short-film A People’s Contest: America’s Civil War & Emancipation is an indispensable part of the visitor experience designed to inspire an understanding …

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August 18, 2021

New Exhibit: "Richmonders at War"

What happens when wars come home to Americans? From the moment the new Confederate States moved their capital to Richmond, Virginia in …

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On Monument Avenue People In Perspective
October 12, 2020 John Coski Robert E. Lee, headshot in book.

The Death and Transfiguration of Robert E. Lee

One hundred and fifty years ago today, on October 12, 1870, Robert E. Lee died at his home in Lexington, Virginia, from …

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Southern Ambitions
April 20, 2020 Chris Graham

Leaving the South Alone

As our doors are closed we love to hear from our visitors and connect them with the history that matters most to …

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History is Present On Monument Avenue
May 16, 2018

Why Now? A Historian Roundtable

We have attempted, on this blog, to explore the origins and meanings of the statues on Monument Avenue. In the process, we …

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Southern Ambitions
April 30, 2018

Meet Southern Ambitions: War For the Future

By Christopher Graham Mellon Guest Curator    To further the American Civil War Museum’s mission to explore the Civil War from multiple …

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On Monument Avenue
March 23, 2018

On Monument Avenue | Beyond Dali and Sally: Monument Avenue at a Crossroads, 1965-1966

By John Coski, Historian In 1966, a group of prominent Richmonders turned thumbs down on a proposed statue by artist Salvador Dali …

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On Monument Avenue
March 6, 2018

On Monument Avenue | When Sally Met Dali: Richmond Contemplates the Future of Monument Avenue

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney created the Monument Avenue Commission in June 2017 to provide context for the Confederate statues that he believes …

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On Monument Avenue
November 22, 2017

On Monument Avenue | "An Avenue for All People:" How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument Avenue

  “Richmond is known as a city of monuments. And the marquee street for monuments is Monument Avenue,” declared Richmond sportswriter Paul …

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On Monument Avenue
November 8, 2017

November 2017 Document of the Month | Scrapbook clippings of Maury Monument

  By John Coski Historian Eighty-eight years ago this month, on the 11th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, …

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The Battles of Appomattox: The Final Fury and the Last to Die

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Neither Slave, Nor Free: Voices of the Almost Emancipated

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