Vacation in Richmond, Virginia
Alot To Do In Richmond, Virginia
When you are visiting Richmond, Virginia stop at the 1708 Gallery. They show performance art and modern art in many exhibits all year long. If you are a civil war buff, stop and see the American Historical Foundation Museum where they have military items and weapons. The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia has almost 5000 items centering around the history of Black Virginians. The children will love interacting in the exhibits of the Children's Museum of Richmond, Virginia.
The Chimborazo Medical Museum is also a good place to go if you like Civil War History. It started out as the biggest of five hospitals during the war and now you can see the instruments that the doctors and nurses actually used on the thousands of wounded Confederate soldiers. Don't leave Richmond, Virginia without seeing the Money Museum at Federal Reserve. There you can see coins that were used in medieval times to the first paper money made.
The museum and White House of the Confederacy has the largest collection of items from the time of the Confederacy and Civil War. The Museums on the Boulevard are seven of Richmond, Virginia's finest institutions, they include the Children's Museum of Richmond, the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Maymont, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Science Museum of Richmond, Virginia.
If festivals are what you are looking for make sure to visit the River City Beer and Seafood Festival. They offer many different kinds of beer and seafood and live music. The kids will love welcoming summer at the Scooper Bowl which is an ice cream fest given by the Science Museum of Richmond, Virginia. Don't miss the Richmond Vegetarian Festival. They offer live music, and variety of vendors, and tastes of all things vegan.
