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Currently at the Museum: "Someday: The Fall of Jim Crow in Central Virginia, 1954-1981
HOURS:  Wednesday-Saturday: Noon – 4 p.m.; Sunday: 2-4 p.m.
Other times by appointment
Closed on major holidays
Wheelchair accessible

Entry Fee:
Adult
$5
Senior
$3
Youth
$2
Children under 6
Free

New Group Rates
For groups of 10 or more persons (by appointment)
$1 per person for Youth Group
$3 per person for Adult Group
$2 per person for Senior Group
Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult

On-line Exhibits

Struggle, Sacrifice, and Scholarship:

Black Education in Central Virginia, 1800-1922

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 Susie Gibson, Jeanes supervisor, and her pupils, Bedford County, Virginia, c. 1915. The Jeanes Fund, also known as the Negro Rural School Fund, was established in 1907 by Pennsylvania Quaker Anna T. Jeanes. The fund provided supervisors for poor rural schools.
Herbs to Lasers, Cholera to AIDS: African American Medicine and Health, 1800-2000

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