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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ( VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support.
The center opened on schedule on July 1, although the inaugural season opening was delayed one month. That summer, 60 young musical performers were chosen for training in music, dance and acting, to culminate in a production at the center. The second Filene Center, constructed between 1982 and 1984, is made of douglas-fir with a yellow pine ...
Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center, Leesburg, closed in 2011 [67] Statlers Museum, Staunton, museum of the Statler Brothers, closed in 2002 [68] United States Geological Survey Visitors Center, Reston [69] United States National Slavery Museum. Virginia's Explore Park.
BrickFair. BrickFair is a Lego convention and exhibition held annually in the Eastern United States. It was first held in 2008 at Tysons Corner, Virginia by Todd Webb, and in subsequent years, the flagship Virginia convention has been held in Chantilly, typically during the first weekend of August. BrickFair is a four-day event, operating ...
Celebrate Literacy and Arts in the Park (April 23rd in Orange, VA) The Daffodil Festival. Highland County Maple Festival. International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap. Nekocon. Neptune Festival. RavenCon. Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Tephra Fine Arts Festival.
Virginia Arts Festival. The Virginia Arts Festival is a Norfolk -based non-profit arts presenter which serves southeastern Virginia, offering dozens of performances during the spring and throughout the year. Virginia Arts Festival performances have included international ballet companies, along with modern, contemporary, and ethnic dance ...
Taubman Museum of Art. The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. [1] Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 to its current home, a contemporary architecture building designed by Randall Stout.
The Virginia International Tattoo is a military tattoo that began in 1997 and is the signature event of the Virginia Arts Festival. Presented annually in Norfolk, Virginia, the tattoo is an exhibition of military bands, massed pipes and drums, military drill teams, Celtic dancers, and choirs. It is presented in cooperation with NATO and the ...