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Events Historic Tredegar Museum News

Spring 2022 CEO Message from Dr. Rob Havers

Transcript: Hello I’m Rob Havers, President, and CEO of the American Civil War Museum inviting you to explore our sites in Richmond …

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CEO and President Rob Havers
Artifact of the Month Collections Mission in Action
August 16, 2021 Ana Edwards Gutta Percha points used in dentistry.

From POWs to Dental Work: The Strange Career of Gutta-Percha

Did you know that the ACWM has more than 120,000 artifacts in its collection? Did you know that 100,000 of them are …

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Collections Mission in Action
April 16, 2021 Presentation sword: slightly curved blade with quill back, etched with floral designs, stands of arms and trophies, "Gen'l Robert E. Lee, from a Marylander 1863" on obverse, "Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera" (Help yourself and God will help you) on reverse

Anonymous No More: Lee’s ‘Marylander’ Benefactor Revealed

This article originally appeared in the American Civil War Museum Magazine, Winter 2016-2017.  A mystery that has long accompanied the sword worn …

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African American History Collections Holidays
June 17, 2020 Kelly Hancock

Emancipation and Juneteenth Collection Highlights

Juneteenth marks the day, June 19, in 1865 when General Gordon Granger of the United States Army arrived in Galveston, Texas and …

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April 16, 2018

Artifact of the Month | Carte-de-Visite of Julia Ann Mitchell

Julia Ann Mitchell (1831-1915) was the daughter of Julia Ann Burnham Mitchell (1807-1876) and Boston-born William Mitchell, Jr. (1797-1852), a noted jeweler, …

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Artifact of the Month Collections Holidays Women's History
February 12, 2018

February 2018 Artifacts of the Month | Mardi Gras Badges

By Robert Hancock Senior Curator & Director of Collections These two Mardi Gras ducal badges were sent to Winnie on the occasion …

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Artifact of the Month Collections
January 26, 2018

January 2018 Artifact of the Month | Burgwyn Cap

By Robert Hancock Senior Curator & Director of Collections Mary Galt made this cap for Captain William H.S. Burgwyn while he was …

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Collections House 200 White House
January 10, 2018

House 200 Artifact | Original Owner's Marble Mantel

By Robert Hancock Director of Collections & Senior Curator Classical themed decorations based on Greek and Roman mythology, so adored by the …

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December 22, 2017

December 2017 Artifact of the Month | Christmas Letter

By Robert Hancock Director of Collections & Senior Curator Three days before Christmas in 1863, Nathaniel J. Cundiff, a soldier in the …

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Collections White House
December 13, 2017

White House Wednesday | Behind the Stanchions | Coal Fireplaces

By Bryce VanStavern White House Specialist There is something comforting about a fireplace. I don’t think there is any more classic image …

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December 7, 2017

December 2017 Document of the Month | Church Synod Pamphlet

By John Coski Historian Perhaps the most underrated valuable materials in any library collection are pamphlets. The Museum’s large pamphlet collection includes …

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