Most events are free and are open to the public. For specific locations, times, and details on the events listed below please visit our calendar of events.
Please note that the members of the General Assembly use the Library’s underground parking deck during the session. |
Through Saturday, May 1, 2010
Every Child Deserves a Home
The exhibition Every Child Deserves a Home highlights the recent donation of business records from the Children's Home Society of Virginia and marks the 110th anniversary of the agency's founding. The goal of CHSVA is to find permanent homes for all needy children in the state and to provide services to birth families, adoptive families, and adoptees. Since 1900, the nonprofit agency has placed more than 12,500 children into adoptive homes. The agency’s signature program, Partnership for Adoptions, established in 1998, focuses on finding permanent homes for older children in the custody of local departments of social service. |
Through Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Land We Live In, the Land We Left: Virginia's People
Raising his glass at a July 4th celebration in 1852, a young Irish-American resident of Richmond toasted "the land we live in; not forgetting the land we left." The sentiment reflects the history of more than four centuries of Virginia immigrants who nurtured the traditions of their homelands even as they participated in the mainstream Virginia economy and culture. Their stories come alive in this exhibition, which explores the lives of immigrants from a wide variety of homelands who settled in every part of the state. Current debates over the treatment of illegal immigrants in the state and the nation make this a timely exhibition. |
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Birthright: The True Story of the Kidnapping of Jemmy Annesley
Roger Ekirch, an award-winning author and a professor of history at Virginia Tech, will discuss and sign his new book, Birthright, which relates for the first time the remarkable story that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped. No saga of personal hardship so captivated the British public in the 18th century as that of James Annesley, the heir of five aristocratic titles and scion of the mighty house of Annesley. Kidnapped at 12 years of age by his uncle, James was shipped from Dublin to America in 1728 as an indentured servant. |
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
General Assembly convenes.
Please note that during the General Assembly session there is very limited public parking in the Library's underground deck. |
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Naturalization Ceremony
Seating for the general public is limited. RSVP to 804-692-3719. In the spirit of the exhibition The Land We Live In and its story of immigration to Virginia, the Library of Virginia, in partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will host a naturalization service. Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals will preside over the ceremony and give the keynote address. |
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Closed
The Library of Virginia will be closed on January 16 so that lobby, exhibition hall, and reading rooms can be open on the Lee-Jackson (January 15) and Martin Luther King (January 18) holidays. |
Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond
Lillian Lambert will discuss and sign her book The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond describing her journey from her rural roots in Powhatan County to her historic achievement as the first black woman to earn an MBA from Harvard Business School. A reception will follow this event. |
Library Offers Online Guide to Civil War Research Materials
Lillian Lambert's Book Launch Set for February 4 at the Library