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Help Us Celebrate 200 Years!

Join us as we celebrate the Library's bicentennial in 2023! Visit our new exhibition, 200 Years, 200 Stories, and take part in one of our anniversary events or programs.

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<p>Help Us Celebrate 200 Years!</p>

Visit Our Anniversary Exhibition!

200 Years, 200 Stories: An Exhibition celebrates the Library of Virginia’s 200th anniversary and highlights fascinating Virginians from its rich collections. Runs through Oct. 28, 2023.

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Black History Month Event

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. for "The First Civil Rights: Black Political Activism After Claiming Freedom," a panel discussion celebrating the completion of a signature project to document the lives and achievements of Virginia's first Black legislators.

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<p>Black History Month Event</p>

Black History Month Exhibition

"I have this day committed to jail": Records of Free & Enslaved Citizens from the City of Richmond Hustings Court documents the complex dynamics between white, free Black and enslaved people in Virginia’s capital city. Runs Feb. 1–28, 2023.

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<p>Black History Month Exhibition</p>

Can Can Café at the Library of Virginia

Hours: Mon–Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Breakfast includes fresh-baked pastries. Lunch features soup, salad and sandwiches, as well as to-go pastries, desserts and other items. Coffee service is available throughout the day. 

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Plan Your Visit

Exhibition hours: Mon–Sat, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Reading Room hours: Tues–Fri, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Plus, Saturday Reading Room hours 2 times per month: 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. on Feb. 11 & 25, Mar. 11 & 25 and Apr. 8 & 22 | See Hours page.

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  • 200th Anniversary Celebration
  • About Us
  • Visitors' Guide
  • Library of Virginia Literary Awards
  • Support the Library
  • Exhibitions
  • Events & Exhibitions Calendar
  • News & Press Center
  • Forms
  • The Virginia Shop
  • Can Can Café

  • Search the LVA Catalog
  • Research Guides & Indexes
  • Databases & eBooks
  • Virginia Memory
  • Electronic Discussion Groups
  • Order Materials
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Register for a Library Account

  • Library Development & Networking
  • Students & Educators
  • Find It Virginia
  • Public Library Workshops

  • Records Management
  • Circuit Court Records Preservation
  • State Publications Depository Program
  • Library Services & Resources
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