Your time in Richmond can be enhanced by a visit to the VMHC, whether you’re in town for a family reunion, looking for an activity for your church group, or interested in a corporate outing for your employees. Self-guided group tours benefit from our group rate of $8/person. You are welcome to stay in the museum after your one hour time-slot!

Your time at the VMHC can be enhanced by booking a guided tour, whether you’re in town for a family reunion, looking for an activity for your church group, or interested in a corporate outing for your employees. A guided tour of up to an hour prices at $12/person. You are also welcome to stay in the museum and look through any remaining exhibits after your reservation is over!

Your time at the VMHC can be enhanced by booking a guided tour, whether you’re in town for a family reunion, looking for an activity for your church group, or interested in a corporate outing for your employees. A guided tour of up to two hours prices at $15/person. You are also welcome to stay in the museum and look through any remaining exhibits after your reservation is over!

Help us create our tour of VMHC's newest exhibit Our Commonwealth. Participants will be asked to give input on what stories and activities shown in the exhibit they are most drawn towards in order to help our education team create future programming. Larger groups can pair this tour with time in other galleries. Maximum 25 students.

This traveling Smithsonian exhibit examines our government’s founding and the continuing story of America’s bold experiment in five major themes: the first bold leap to democracy as “A Great Leap of Faith”, a nation for and by the people in "A Vote, A Voice", political campaigning with “The Machinery of Democracy”, the power of the American people to go "Beyond the Ballot", and sustaining our nation with “Creating Citizens” Maximum 50-60 students.

Recommended for the fall semester, as students are being introduced to Virginia History Day, this workshop will spend time in our galleries and classroom spaces. Students will learn tips and tricks for thinking about the yearly theme, preparing their Virginia History Day project, and conducting primary source research. Students do not need to have their topics chosen for this workshop! This program can be shortened to 60 minutes if necessary.

Using clothes and replica artifacts, students will take a journey through time to look at items of clothing from famous Virginians and important periods in Virginia’s history. Participants will be able to draw conclusions about life in the past vs. present, and talk about why individuals and communities lived, worked, and dressed differently. Maximum 100 students.

Students will develop map skills and view primary and secondary sources by investigating a variety of maps to learn about basic map symbols, cardinal directions, and land/water features. Participants will also compare globes to flat maps, historic maps to modern maps, and local maps to national maps. Maximum 100 students.

Using primary sources and time in our galleries, students will be introduced to famous Virginians as well as everyday community helpers. Participants will be able to discuss the contributions of certain individuals to life in Virginia today, as well as think about what qualities create a community. Take a sneak peek with our paired resource packet: Maximum 100 students.

Educators will take students through the museum, complete a craft, and talk about archaeology as they discuss the lifestyles of the Powhatan in comparison with the Lakota and Pueblo tribes. Maximum 100 students.

Students will spend time in our Story of Virginia exhibit learning about the diversity of population and perspective throughout Virginia history. We will analyze our system of government, and what happens when people don’t agree on the laws! In the classroom, participants will work together on an interactive activity that illustrates the process of creating and voting for different laws. Maximum 50 students.

Teachers have the option of a variety of experiences, including an introductory film, hands on artifacts, primary source workshops, and gallery tours for their hour and a half visit. The Manager of Museum programs will reach out to confirm your schedule after receiving the booking request. Maximum 100 students.

Teachers have the option of a variety of experiences, including an introductory film, hands on artifacts, primary source workshops, and gallery tours for their hour and a half visit. The Manager of Museum programs will reach out to confirm your schedule after receiving the booking request. Maximum 100 students.

Using manuscripts, images, and replica artifacts, students will explore a topic from Virginia’s past. Students will interact with a variety of perspectives surrounding a specific issue, as well as analyze the impact of changing types of media. The Manager of Museum programs will reach out to confirm your schedule after receiving the booking request. Maximum 50 students.

Students will “curate” their own pop-up exhibit for presentation to the class. The Manager of Museum programs will reach out to confirm your topic after receiving the booking request. Maximum 50 students.

In this interactive analysis of African-American history, students use Virginia textbooks from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries to examine the tone and content of topics ranging from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619 through Reconstruction. Maximum 50 students.

Have the VMHC Education Staff help you develop a customized program to meet your group's individual needs. Please note that these programs require at least a month of advance notice to book, and are subject to staff approval.

Have the VHS Education Staff help you develop a customized program to meet your group's individual needs. Please note that these programs require at least a month of advance notice to book, and are subject to staff approval.

Have the VMHC Education Staff help you develop a customized program to meet your group's individual needs. Please note that these programs require at least a month of advance notice to book, and are subject to staff approval.