Take a guided tour of the historic house museum and gardens focusing on life in a 16th century manor. Then stay for a garden distilling demonstration. This tour is offered twice; please register for only one. Note: The new refund policy applies.

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Friday, Aug 21, Agecroft Hall

This guided tour will include early foundational pieces through to recent acquisitions, all supporting the museum's mission to 'collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret art, to encourage the study of the arts, and thus to enrich the lives of all.' Stay afterward to socialize in the Best Cafe.

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Wednesday, July 22, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ( No seats currently available )

This is the story of New Jersey Mayor Frank 'I Am the Law' Hague, one of the 20th century's most powerful politicians. Hague built his organization on kickbacks and gambling, but also on his voters' appreciation for safe streets and free healthcare. Hague gained FDR's protection through remarkable election pluralities, but his successors, though equally canny and corrupt, were unable to avoid federal prosecution.

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Wed, Aug 19, Special Programs Building, Classroom 156 (1 seats (2%) remaining)

This interactive class will use case study methodology to study history via the book 'Democracy: A Case Study' by David Moss (2017). You will role-play the decision makers of the day as you analyze problems that eventually led to momentous decisions in our nation's history. Experience history in a more immersive way.

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Thursdays, July 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, Synchronous Online ( No seats currently available )

Enjoy a Curator-led tour the Maymont Mansion. This in depth tour will explore the history of Maymont, the Dooleys, and the Gilded Age. This tour is offered twice; please register for only one. Note: The new refund policy applies.

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Friday, July 17, Maymont Mansion ( No seats currently available )
Friday, July 24, Maymont Mansion ( No seats currently available )

Join this 'behind the scenes' look at disaster management through lens of the Office of the Governor of Virginia. From school shootings to hurricanes and other natural disasters to snipers and mass shootings, we'll look closely at the roles, responsibilities and actions of senior leadership during major emergencies.

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Monday, Aug 3, WHC, Living Room (Deanery) (11 seats (18%) remaining)

This class is for individuals who have Family Tree Maker (FTM) and want a better understanding of the software and to build skills. The following will be covered: overview of features (including the 2024 version); techniques on navigating and using FTM to create, edit and manage trees; interfacing with Ancestry.com for hints; importing data; and syncing trees. Students should bring their laptops with FTM installed for use in class.

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Tues and Thurs, Aug 4 and 6, Special Programs Building, Room 160 ( No seats currently available )

We'll begin each session with the biographies of the great scientists who started revolutions in cosmology, quantum physics, relativity and biology/evolution. The second hour will detail what the science itself is, where it has come from, and where we now are in the realm of that science.

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No session is currently available for registration

This exhibition explores the many people who, over centuries, have made Virginia the unique place it is in America and in the world, and discusses the dramatic impact of the immigrant experience throughout Virginia's history as people arrived from the four corners of the globe. Note: The new refund policy applies.

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Friday, July 31, Virginia Museum of History and Culture ( No seats currently available )
Friday, Aug 21, Virginia Museum of History and Culture

Book a guided tour of the world's finest collection of Edgar Allan Poe's artifacts and personal items. Learn about Poe's tragic life and how it influenced his famous tales of terror. Leave with a greater understanding of the Master of the Macabre and his literary legacy. Note: The new refund policy applies.

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Friday, July 24, The Poe Museum

This offering adopts a hybrid structure. Several weeks before the in-person session, participants will receive a link to a video presentation. After watching the video on their own time, participants will use a simple Google form to share any questions about recent shifts in immigration policy and the impacts of those shifts. The instructor will use these questions to organize the 90-minute in-person session, which will be a mixture of presentation, discussion and joint exploration.

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Monday, July 27, WHC, Living Room (Deanery) ( No seats currently available )

Are you curious about Mahjong? Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world. Join us to learn how to play this game of skill, strategy, and luck.

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Tuesdays, Aug 4, 11, 18, 25, TBD - UR Campus ( No seats currently available )
Aug 26 (Wed), Aug 28 (Fri), Aug 31 (Mon), and Sept 2 (Wed), TBD - UR Campus ( No seats currently available )

The Osher Institute at Dartmouth is offering its summer lecture via livestream to Osher colleagues across the nation. Lecture 5: 'Is AI Leading Us Toward a More Dangerous World Disorder?' The session begins with the lecture, is followed by a half-hour break, then resumes with Q&A.

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Wed, Aug 5, Synchronous Online

In the popular imagination, lethal injection is a slight pinch and a swift nodding off to forever-sleep, performed by well-qualified medical professionals which is regulated and carefully conducted, and certainly the most 'humane' form of capital punishment. In reality, not one of these statements is true. Lethal injection is nothing like what people think. This is its untold story.

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No session is currently available for registration

Do you want to learn ways that you can take care of your family treasures? Join this conservator whose 29-year career has involved taking care of decorative arts, cultural heritage, and archaeological artifacts. She will use her wealth of experience to teach you some basic ways that you can care for your own treasures at home and give you advice on how to find the right archival materials and information for your family treasures.

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Thurs, Aug 20, Special Programs Building, Classroom 156 (5 seats (13%) remaining)

'The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone' is about the stories uncovered after the boxes under the Lee monuments were opened. Hears stories about the people who donated objects, who was not included, and a book found in the box placed by the builder of the monument. The editors will be happy to sign books you bring with you (available through Amazon), but there will be no sales at this lecture.

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Wednesday, July 15, Special Programs Building, Classroom 156

The End of WWII and Origins of the Cold War program will provide an overview of key WWII dates and events including the Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference, VE Day, VJ Day, and related activities followed by a general discussion of the Berlin Airlift, US propaganda cartoons, Duck and Cover drills, the Korean War, the election of president Eisenhower, and the Hungarian Revolution. A book signing will follow.

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Monday, Aug 10, BUS, Ukrop Auditorium Q162 (19 seats (19%) remaining)

While we celebrate our nation's 250th year, learn about a critical and fascinating figure. Benjamin Franklin's prot?g?, he was an inventor, from a new quill for the harpsichord to a national identity. He designed the images printed on our currency and the Stars and Stripes itself. He initiated an art music tradition, was the de facto first Secretary of the Navy, a federal judge, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Meet Francis Hopkinson.

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No session is currently available for registration

From 1500 to 1850 the Americas channeled wealth through the Caribbean to Europe. This wealth enriched the elite of Europe and built imperial empires, but it hollowed out the Caribbean. For the past 200 years it has been the hopeful resilience of the Caribbean people that has kept them looking for a solution to this paradox.

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Mondays, Aug 3 and 10, WHC, Living Room (Deanery) (11 seats (18%) remaining)

This course will survey the elements of the strategic nuclear triad used by both the US and USSR during the Cold War to maintain peace through deterrence. The course will examine respective triad concepts, organization, benefits, and limitations, along with a survey of the systems (aircraft, missiles, and ballistic missile submarines) used by the US during the Cold War. The course will also survey US defenses deployed to counter elements of the Soviet nuclear triad.

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Thursday, Aug 13, TBD - UR Campus

Prior to his death, Thomas Jefferson left behind specific instructions for the monument that was to mark his grave. He requested the following epitaph: 'Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia.' These contributions were, in his words, the 'testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.' Historian Michael Aubrecht tells the remarkable tale of the creation of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the impact it continues to have today.

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No session is currently available for registration

Prior to 'First Contact' with Europeans, the land now called Virginia was highly populated and had a strong societal hierarchy. Let's explore the arrival, development and way of life of the early inhabitants of Tsenecomoco, the Algonquin name for Virginia. We'll address historical relations between Europeans and the Indigenous residents since 'First Contact' through modern times.

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Wednesdays, July 15 and 22, BUS, Ukrop Auditorium Q162 (9 seats (7%) remaining)

Tour the Virginia War Memorial to learn about the more than 1,200 Virginia veterans still missing in action (MIA). This exhibit will feature photos, letters, and other materials related to those Virginians still MIA. Additionally, the exhibit will explore the scientific process behind searching for and recovering the remains of those individuals by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

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Friday, July 17, Virginia War Memorial

First offered in 2017, Washington in our Wallets returns, with new material examining the Trump tax changes. After examining Britain's attempts to tax the colonists and 19th century attempts at taxation, we'll trace the development of the income tax from essentially a supplementary tax on a relatively few high income taxpayers to a more broadly based tax that accounts for the bulk of federal tax revenue, concluding with the 2017 and 2025 legislation.

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Wednesdays, July 29, Aug 5 and 12, Synchronous Online

Join Valentine museum staff for a guided tour of West by Water: Richmond's James River and Kanawha Canal. Featuring photographs from Richmond photographer John Henley and descriptions from writer Harry Kollatz, Jr., the exhibit explores the city's historic canal system, which even after two centuries remains elusive and mysterious to resident and visitor alike. This tour is offered twice; please register for only one. Note: The new refund policy applies.

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Friday, Aug 7, Valentine Museum ( No seats currently available )
Friday, Aug 7, Valentine Museum ( No seats currently available )