Exhibition Gallery hours: Mon–Sat, 9 AM–5 PM

Reading Room hours: Tues–Fri, 9 AM–5 PM

Plus, Saturday Reading Room hours 2 times per month: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM on Aug. 20, Sep. 10 & 24, and Oct. 1 & 22 | See our Hours page

Join us at the Library on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. for a talk by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Beth Macy on her latest book, Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis. 

Vote online through Aug. 31 for the Library of Virginia's 19th Annual People's Choice Awards! The finalists represent last year's most-requested fiction and nonfiction titles by Virginia authors or about the commonwealth.

Your Humble Petitioner, a free exhibition at the Library of Virginia, explores the personal stories contained within historic legislative petitions. 

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