Walking Tour with The Valentine Museum
Date: Friday, Sep 11, 2026
Start time: 10:00 AM
End time: 11:30 AM
Location: Check registration link below
Audience: Open to all
Join us for our final Humanities Week event of 2026: a walking tour with in collaboration The Valentine!
Join the most experienced tour guides in Richmond to explore the diversity of one of city’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Visit murals, revitalized buildings and historic homes and learn the neighborhood’s rich history. As we trace its evolution from immigrant working-class neighborhood, to the “Harlem of the South” and a modern community today, we’ll explore how art is telling the story of Jackson Ward.
This tour is free and open to all with your registration confirmation.
About the Sponsor
For 125 years, the Valentine has been collecting, preserving and interpreting Richmond Stories. They are the only museum focused on the history and culture of the region.
Located in the heart of historic downtown, the Valentine offers many unique experiences to plan your visit around that challenge and inspire while sparking joy and wonder.
The Valentine Main Campus at 10th and East Clay Street includes permanent and rotating exhibitions in our main galleries, the historic Wickham House built between 1812 and 1815, the Valentine Studio and our beautiful garden. The Valentine First Freedom Center is located in Shockoe Bottom on the same corner where Virginia’s General Assembly passed the Statue of Religious Freedom in 1786 and explores the past, present and future of religious freedom in America.
Sponsor(s): The Valentine
Event contact: Ellie Musgrave, musgraveec@vcu.edu