Program Updates
Guided history walking tours are available year-round. Contact Sterling Howell at [email protected] or (434) 296-1492 to learn more and to schedule a tour. Many of our upcoming programs will be hybrid – a combination of in-person and online. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (Now “X”), Instagram and YouTube for additional information and to watch recordings of our programs! Join our email newsletter list to receive regular program updates.
Join us for our next program: Thur. Nov. 14, 6pm – Confronting Vietnam War Memories: ACHS Panel Discussion at The Center at Belvedere.
How does a community heal from war, especially one as divisive as the Vietnam War? How should Charlottesville remember its Vietnam War period? As America prepares in 2025 to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon that ended the Vietnam War, join us and learn about the Charlottesville-based group that upkeeps the country’s first Vietnam memorial and their plans for this important space for community healing.
This is a free program but space will be limited, registration required to attend:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/confronting-vietnam-war-memories-tickets-1044316708387
Register NOW >>> Freedom of Religion – First Amendment Community Workshop #2 (of 3) at The Center at Belvedere, Thurs. Dec. 5th, 6pm
This is a free program but space will be limited, registration required to attend:
The Newsletter of the ACHS - The Bulletin
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Beyond Boundaries - The Sculpture of Alice Wesley Ivory
Alice Ivory. Bull, n.d. Steel, 17 x 10 x 28 inches. Collection of Blue Ridge School
This exhibit runs from September 14th to December 14th, 2024 at the
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center – Contemporary Gallery
Click HERE to learn more about the exhibit on the JSAAHC website.
And check out this story in the Vinegar Hill Magazine about the exhibit >>> https://vinegarhillmagazine.com/beyond-boundaries/
Tues-Fri 1-6pm | Sat 10am-1pm
233 4th Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
This exhibit was made possible through the generosity of the Joseph and Robert Cornell memorial Foundation
and the generous support of the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Annual Fund.
SPECIAL EXHIBIT INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS!!
In collaboration with the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society and the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, New American History has produced a LEARNING REOURCE for educators to help engage students with the Alice Ivory exhibit. Use the link below to access this special resource:
https://resources.newamericanhistory.org/alice-ivory-breaking-boundaries
PRESALES NOW AVAILABLE
What could be more quintessentially “Charlottesville” than a distinctive, colorful body of original creative work inspired by an artist’s desire to build bridges within the community and empower people of diverse backgrounds to strive for their civil rights?
Be one of the FIRST to own the book! Reserve your copies now of Firsts: Frances Brand’s Portraits of 20th Century Pioneers. Exclusively available through our new SHOP webpage or follow this link ShopACHS.myshopify.com. Pre-ordered books will be available for shipment by early November 2024, just in time for end-of-the-year gift giving.
Proceeds from book sales will support the ongoing work of ACHS.
Please send questions & inquiries about the book to [email protected] or call 434-996-3938 to order by phone.
August 2024 Speaker Series Program - Miss the Program? Check It Out on YouTube >>
Beyond the Levys: Jewish History at Monticello with Olivia Brown
Explore Charlottesville’s rich Jewish history through the lens of one of its most prominent landmarks.
Olivia Brown, ACHS Board Member and former Research Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies, investigates the ties between Charlottesville’s Jewish community and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, both with Jefferson himself and through the enslaved community. This lecture will discuss Jefferson’s views on Judaism, Jewish families like the Isaacs and Levys, and enslaved families like the Hemingses and Fossetts.
Click the YouTube image below to watch the program >>>
Did You Know that Charlottesville-Albemarle Has It's Own Wiki?
Cvillepedia is a wiki dedicated to sharing and building community knowledge and history about the people, places, and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This site is built with the same software as Wikipedia and is a free, public, collaborative encyclopedia that anyone can edit and improve. Cvillepedia is a volunteer run project. Click HERE to become a volunteer and add to the stories we tell about the past!
Saving Hatton Ferry 2022
Watch the video below to learn about Hatton Ferry and the work we accomplished in 2022 to preserve this one-of-a-kind historic landmark. And, email [email protected] to volunteer in 2024!
No Playbook - The Race & Sports Website is LIVE!!
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The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society is reinventing and
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Our vision is to reimagine and reinvent the role of the historical society in the twenty-first century: to be a strong civic organization that embraces, in all that we do, the diversity of our community’s history and experience, and promotes a greater understanding of our past, to enlighten the present and foster an inclusive history for future generations.
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History is not the past; it is the story we tell about the past. Every person in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville has a unique and powerful story to tell. Through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of our community, we are committed to informing, inspiring, and bringing together all people, creating opportunities for new relationships and new understandings.
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