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Out of the Box

Multiple Exposure

With more than 500,000 items, the Prints and Photographs Collection at the Library of Virginia provides an astonishing visual account of the commonwealth-from its beginnings to the present-through single items, such as one-of-a-kind daguerreotypes, to sprawling collections with many thousands of photos and related documentation, and everything in between.

Out of the Box

Out of the Box

What do archivists do? What does it take to care for and make available the commonwealth's documentary heritage? Join the Library's archivists for a weekly discussion about their work and their journeys through the records, as they find interesting and unique items to share on their new blog Out of the Box...

This Day In Virginia History

January 29, 1954. Old Dominion Barn Dance Broadcasted

Old Dominion Barn Dance Broadcasted

This forty-second excerpt from the January 29, 1954, broadcast of the popular country music radio program, the Old Dominion Barn Dance, featured the show's host, Mary Higdon "Sunshine Sue" Workman (1911–1979). The weekly show was broadcast from Richmond for eleven years beginning in September 1946. Radio station WRVA in Richmond was so successful that the program was syndicated nationally… cont'd »

Current Exhibition

Current Exhibition

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in partnership with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum celebrates this time-honored graphic art tradition. American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print opened at the Experience Music Project in Seattle on Oct. 11, 2008, and has traveled to additional museums over the last few years. Now the exhibition comes to the Library of Virginia's Exhibition Gallery.