Library Press Releases

Press Release Title Release Date
Library of Virginia Launches Redesigned, User-Centric Website
Library of Virginia Mobile Programming Van to Attend Picnic in the Park in Poquoson, Virginia
“Justice for Ourselves” Book by Library of Virginia Staff Members Earns Richard Slatten Award
Library of Virginia Announces Nominations Are Open for the 2026 Art In Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award
New Exhibition Highlighting the History of Richmond’s Jackson Ward Neighborhood to Open at the Library of Virginia
Library of Virginia and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announce Winner of Annual Art in Literature Award
Library of Virginia Receives National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Grant to Support Conservation and Digitization of Founding-Era Records
Library of Virginia Mobile Programming Van to Visit Roanoke Public Libraries’ Williamson Road Branch
Cast Your Vote for the Library of Virginia’s Annual People's Choice Awards
Virginia Humanities Fellow Tev’n Powers Presents a Virtual Talk on His “Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia” Research Project and Website
Book Talks on Revolutionary-Era History at the Library of Virginia Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary
Library of Virginia Mobile Programming Van to Visit the Mechanicsville Branch of the Pamunkey Regional Library System
Book Talk With Jody Lynn Allen Explores the History of Black Life in Hanover County
Library of Virginia Receives Notification of NEH Grants Termination
“Finding Edna Lewis” Documentary Film Screening and Discussion Offered at the Library of Virginia
Book Talk With Historian Marc Leepson Explores the Story of a Vietnam Prisoner of War Hero
Library of Virginia mobile programming van to visit Thomas C. Boushall Middle School in Richmond
Virtual book talk with historian Robert K.D. Colby explores slave trading in the Civil War South
Library of Virginia Announces 2025 Carole Weinstein Author Series Featuring David Baldacci, Adriana Trigiani and Other Well-Known and New Authors
Richmond Cemetery Collaboratory Symposium at the Library of Virginia Explores Long-term Care of Cemeteries
Library of Virginia Announces $2 Million in Court Record Preservation Grants for 2025
Library of Virginia’s Genealogy Workshops Help Discover Family History in Virginia
Music performance and book talk at the Library of Virginia explore Jimmie Strother and the Virginia songster tradition
Library of Virginia and VA250 Commission Partner on Public Engagement Activities for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution
“Bridge of Spies” Film Screening and Discussion offered at the Library of Virginia
Library of Virginia celebrates Black History Month with two events related to Virginia Opera’s world-premiere production of “Loving v. Virginia”
Author Linwood Norman to discuss his book “When Mayor Doug Wilder Ruled Richmond: Strong-Arm Politics in Virginia’s Capital City” at the Library of Virginia
Library of Virginia Presents a Virtual Talk on Making the “General Map of Virginia”