HistoryFest

The daylong festival-meets-conference at the VMHC invites visitors to immerse themselves in history through more than 20 full-sensory presentations spanning musical revolutions, American presidents, and generation-defining events.

Tickets allow you to attend up to five presentations throughout the day. Sessions begin at 11:00 am and the last session will be offered at 3:30 pm.

Session options include:
• The American Revolution: Stories You Never Learned In School
• Why Did They Call It “The Underground Railroad?”
• Musicals That Changed Broadway Forever
• Inside The Mind of Abraham Lincoln
• The Rock Experience: The Music and Stories of Classic Songs
• Eleanor Roosevelt: Separating Fact From Fiction
• Films That Changed America
• Food That Changed America
• Travel in America
• The History of Ice Cream
• The Wines of World Leaders
• Virginia in 10 Objects
• The Black Founding Father Every American Should Know
• Vistas of Democracy: The National Parks in American History
• The Artistic Genius of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
• Thomas Jefferson: What I think Now

Details and tickets at https://virginiahistory.org/historyfest

You may also like the following events from Virginia Museum of History & Culture:

• This month, 31st May, 08:00 am, Farm to Table Bus Tour in Richmond
• Next month, 7th June, 11:30 am, "Give Me Liberty" Exhibition Highlight Tours in Richmond

Also check out other Festivals in Richmond, Arts events in Richmond, Entertainment events in Richmond.