Nineteen Richmond-area museums are taking part in the Time Travelers program, where visitors use a downloadable“Passport”to time-travel during a special admission-free weekend, September 21-22, 2019. In the Time Travelers program, tourists and locals alike can discover the area’s treasures spanning 400 years of fascinating history completely FREE of charge. The participating museums include historic homes and other one-of-a-kind attractions.
The Valentine Museum in Richmond is one of the 19 museums taking part in the Time Travelers weekend program September 21 & 22, 2019 which affords visitors using the downloadable passport FREE admission.
Participating sites include:
- Agecroft Hall & Garden, 4305 Sulgrave Rd, Richmond, VA 23221
•The American Civil War Museum’s White House of the Confederacy, 1201 E. Clay St. Richmond
•The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, 2501 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
•The Chesterfield Museum and Historic Jail, 6813 Mims Loop, Chesterfield, VA, 23832
•Chimborazo Medical Museum (Richmond National Battlefield Park), 3215 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23223
•Clarke-Palmore House, 904 McCoul St, Henrico, VA 23231
•Courtney Road Service Station, 3401 Mountain Rd., Henrico, VA
•Dabbs House Museum, 3812 Nine Mile Rd, Richmond, VA 23223
•Deep Run Schoolhouse, 3401 Pump Road, Short Pump Park Richmond, VA 23059
•Historic St. John’s Church, 2401 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23223
•The John Marshall House, 818 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23219
•Magnolia Grange, 10020 Iron Bridge Rd, Chesterfield, VA 23832
•The Edgar Allan Poe Museum, 1914 East Main St. Richmond, VA 23223
•Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, 600 N 2nd St, Richmond, VA 23219
•Maymont, 1700 Hampton St. Richmond, VA
•Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park, 3400 Mountain Rd. Glen Allen, VA 23060
•Virginia Randolph House, 2200 Mountain Rd. Henrico, VA
•The Valentine and Wickham House, 1015 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219
•The Valentine First Freedom Center
Each site will offer complimentary admission to visitors who show a Time Travelers Passport, available via download here and on all the participating locations’ websites. For more information call: 804-649-0711
The Time Travelers Weekend coincides with the Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day on September 21, 2019 which is another FREE museums admission day, an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine in which participating museums across the country open their doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket. The Time Travelers Museum List expands on the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day.
For those of us taking advantage of this opportunity, it means a fun and educational opportunity to access valuable history knowledge. Read more about all of the great museums in the Richmond area to visit.
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