What to do and see in Richmond, Virginia (VA): The Best Specialty Museums

To ensure the health and safety of both visitors and staff, masks are required & the majority of the tour will take place outside the House. Visitors will have the opportunity to walk through the rooms on the first floor with a trained guide and take pictures. The walkthrough will conclude in the basement with a Q&A session. The White House of the Confederacy is located in downtown Richmond's historic Court End neighborhood, just a few blocks from Capitol Square. Guided tours of Jefferson Davis' executive mansion leave from the Museum lobby throughout the day and typically last around 45 minutes. The American Civil War Museum owns and maintains the White House of the Confederacy. You can visit their other Richmond location at Historic Tredegar. The Museum of the Confederacy is no longer open. It closed September 30, 2018 as we prepare to move the collection to its new home at the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar. The new museum building will open in the spring of 2019.

Founded to educate the community about the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Virginia Holocaust Museum strives to memorialize and document the atrocities of World War II. Through exhibits, programming, and outreach, the Museum uses the history of genocide to teach the dangers of prejudice and indifference.

For more than 100 years, members of the Randolph family called Wilton home. Built c. 1753 for William Randolph III, Wilton was the centerpiece of a 2,000 acre tobacco plantation and at one point was home to the largest enslaved population in Henrico. It was here that the Randolph family entertained some of colonial Virginia’s most elite social and political figures. After the ownership of six families, Wilton was purchased, relocated, and restored in the 1930s by the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Wilton continues to serve as an example of Georgian architecture, headquarters to the Virginia Dames, and host to public programs and educational exhibits. Guided house tours are available on the hour, with the last tour entering the building at 3:00 p.m. An outdoor grounds audio tour is available free of charge. Visit our website for more information on tours and bringing your group to Wilton.

Museum with changing exhibits that display documents, photographs, prints and art showing African-American culture.

Illustrations of the famous poem "The Raven" and numerous other artifacts surrounding the life of this great American author, the father of the psychological horror story, are housed in a series of buildings, including Richmond's oldest.

Our Mission The Branch elevates awareness of the transformative power of architecture and design. Our Vision Design surrounds you all day, every day. At The Branch, you will find the inspiration, tools and space to explore the impact of design – and even to influence it. - We will meet you where you are and invite you in through compelling offerings that are relevant to your interests. - When you visit, you will explore design in a way that is often interactive, frequently provocative, and always engaging. - When you leave, it will be with insights, questions, and ideas that stay with you – and draw you back for more.

The Valentine First Freedom Center houses 2,200 square feet of exhibits that delve into America's experience of religious liberty from its European antecedents through today. A room for traveling exhibits and updatable modules allows flexibility to highlight historical as well as contemporary events. Physically connected to a Marriott Residence Inn, the exhibits enjoy access to meeting space for forums and conferences. Outside, a 27-foot spire, a limestone wall etched with the enacting paragraph of the Statute, and a 34-foot banner of a seminal Jefferson quote imprint the importance of the "first freedom" on all who come upon that busy corner.