Category: Virginia

George Washington Birthplace

Colonial Beach VA

Washington was born here in Westmoreland County, and he moved to Fredericksburg’s Ferry Farm when he was 6 years old.
Washington Birthplace monument obelisk.
This outline marks the archeological remains of a brick foundation representing a substantial 18th century home that belonged to the Washington family.
Colonial Revival Garden
Pathway to memorial house.
Washington Birthplace Memorial House. This house was built in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth.
The Washington family farm backed up to Popes Creek.
Colonial Revival Kitchen.
Tobacco barn
Tobacco
Farm Workshop
Walnut tree
Fig tree
Washington family tree
Bust of Washington inside the Memorial House.

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center

Wallops Island VA

Tribute to the Apollo 11 mission, the first to land a man on the moon, July 1969.
Rocks from the surface of the moon…
Sounding rocket nose cone
Model of Saturn V rocket
Model of USS Ronald Reagan
Tiamat was the first research rocket launched from Wallops Island.
Rockets leading to the viewing stand. You can watch launches from here.
Various rockets on display.
Nike-Cajun 1956-1976
Black Brant IX first launched 1982

Longwood Center for the Visual Arts

Farmville VA

This gallery has an interesting concept. It is explained below. I do not show that aspect here, but only a few of the pieces.

St. Louis World’s Fair Commemorative Axe, 1904
Emulation: Fishing for Oysters at Cancale, John Singer Sargent, 2000
King’s Market, Eldridge Bagley, 2004
Christmas Journey, Eldridge Bagley, 2015
Kaki with Pearls, Greta Matson, 1951
Untitled (Main Street Station, Richmond), William S. Amlong, 1980
Zodiac Figures, Yuan Dynasty, ca. 1300
Friday Nite Fish Fry, Keith Calhoun & Chandra McCormick, 1979
Untitled (two schoolboys in a snowball fight), John George Brown, 1869
Tile, Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912
Euclidian Wall, James Miller, 1976-1977

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Richmond VA

This museum is a really good museum. Lots of work from the greats. Here are just a few highlights.

Triple Elvis, Andy Warhol
Engraving of Russian Empress Catherine the Great
Photographs of Tsar Nicholas II and his family
Imperial Tsarevich Easter Egg, 1912
Young Girls Looking at an Album, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1892
Field of Poppies, Giverny, Claude Monet, 1885
Daisies, Arles, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Still Life with Bowl, Paul Gauguin, 1891-1893
Jester on Horseback, Pablo Picasso, 1905
Interior (The Closed Window), Henri Matisse, 1918-1919
Pigeon on a Perch, Pablo Picasso, 1960
Paris Street Scene, Richard Estes, 1972
Burger Chef Interior, Ralph Goings, 1972
Idyll of Virginia Mountains, George H. Ben Johnson, 1945