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| Virginia Historical Society |
428 N. Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220
Mailing address:
P.O. Box 7311
Richmond, VA 23221-0311
Phone: 804-358-4901
Web: http://www.vahistorical.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Virginia-Historical-Society
Open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Admission is free.
(Please note that the exhibit galleries will be closed during 2014 for renovation; the library will remain open).
Repository
The research library of the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) draws scholars and genealogists from around the world to mine its collections. Since its founding in 1831, the VHS has assembled a wide-ranging collection of private family and personal papers, business and organizational records, books, maps, photographs, artwork, and other materials, all of which provide insights into the history and culture of Virginia and its people.Be Prepared
If this is your first visit, you will complete a registration form and allow the staff to copy your government-issued I.D. We have closed stacks and researchers fill out call slips in order to request materials. Digital photography is permitted, and unrestricted materials can be copied by the public for 15 cents each. Restricted materials in good condition can be copied by the staff for 25 cents each. More information about visiting our library can be found on the web site http://www.vahistorical.org/your-visit/visiting-do-research.Photos taken of the reading room and exterior of the neoclassical structure that houses the library and headquarters of the Virginia Historical Society, built in six stages between 1912 and 2006.
Holdings and Collections
If you are researching family history, you can check our online catalog http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/search-collections to see if we have family papers, Bible records, genealogical notes and charts, or the papers of professional genealogists who left their research files to the library. We also have published state and county histories, directories, biographies, genealogies, and journals. More information about the collections is available on the Collections and Resources page http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources. |
| Virginia Historical Society Reading Room |
Since most of our collections have not been digitized, we encourage you to make a visit to our library.
Descriptions of our materials are listed in the online catalog, and there are additional finding aids and special guides to our women’s, African American, Civil War, and environmental collections.
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.,7 May 2014, Session W157, NGS 2014 Family History Conference, Frances S. Pollard will be presenting, "Repopulating the Past: Using the Collections of the Virginia Historical Society."Frances S. Pollard
Chief Librarian
Virginia Historical Society
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