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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Curious George Wrapping Up the Summer at Upcountry History Museum

Upcountry History Museum

Education & Learning, Kids & Family

Straight from the television screen and pages of countless stories from his exploits, that inquisitive little monkey named Curious George has made the Upcountry History Museum – Greenville County his home this summer with the exhibit “Curious Geo... Read more

Minnesota Children’s Museum Photos

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cy Twombly, Morocco, 1952/1953

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | VMFA

Art & Exhibitions

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts proudly presents Cy Twombly, Morocco, 1952/1953. Currently its only US venue, VMFA brings the exhibition to Virginia from the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech, where it premiered in February 2023. This pionee... Read more

©Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Dawoud Bey: Elegy

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | VMFA

Art & Exhibitions

Mesmerizing and evocative, these 42 photographs and two film installations by contemporary American artist Dawoud Bey contemplate the harrowing journeys and human realities of the Virginia slave trail, Louisiana plantations, and Ohio’s Undergroun... Read more

Rennie Collection, Vancouver. Image © Dawoud Bey

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

D-Day Exhibit at Upcountry History Museum Honors Men and Women of ‘Greatest Generation’

Upcountry History Museum

Art & Exhibitions, History, Kids & Family

From best-kept secret of World War II to largest invasion of Allied air, land, and sea forces in military history, the legacy of the sixth day of the sixth month in 1944 continues to serve as a reminder of the significance of that moment in histo... Read more

UHM Illustration

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibit Explores Complexities, Tragedies of Native American Boarding Schools

Upcountry History Museum

Art & Exhibitions, Education & Learning, History

“To educate and assimilate into “civilized” society.” That was the motive in the 1870s behind taking Native American children to distant residential boarding schools and stripping them of all signs of their culture. “Away from Home: Native Americ... Read more

UHM Carlisle Indian School Student Body-web.jpg

J.N. Choate; Courtesy of Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibit Presents Unique Perspective of Renowned Artist Frida Kahlo

Upcountry History Museum

Art & Exhibitions, Education & Learning

Recognized as one of Mexico’s most prolific and well-known female artists, Frida Kahlo’s work has been the subject of many exhibitions. In “Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray,” the Upcountry History Museum presents an intimate look a... Read more

UHM - Frida Kahlo__with Olmeca Figurine.jpg

Photo Provided By UHM

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Upcountry History Museum Channels the ‘Force’ for Current Exhibition

Upcountry History Museum

Art & Exhibitions, Kids & Family

Iconic movies produce memorable characters and memorable characters often create lasting identities by the costumes they wear. There’s no mistaking who the characters are in “Finding the Force…Awakening an Empire,” the Star Wars exhibition now at... Read more

Photos Provided By UHM

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Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Willie Anne Wright: Artist and Alchemist

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | VMFA

Art & Exhibitions

Celebrate this groundbreaking, internationally renowned photographer and painter whose remarkable Richmond-based career spans over six decades. Presenting 63 photographs and 9 paintings by the Richmond native, born in 1924, this is the first majo... Read more

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment

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Sep 25, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024

Henry County Fair

Martinsville Speedway

Festivals & Fairs, Kids & Family

The Henry County Fair will be held at the Martinsville Speedway and will be held during the same week as the Late Model Stock Car Race. Read more

Henry County VA Fair

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Sep 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Curious George Wrapping Up the Summer at Upcountry History Museum

Upcountry History Museum

Education & Learning, Kids & Family

Minnesota Children’s Museum Photos

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Sep 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM