Category: Events

Volunteer Opportunity

The City of Alexandria’s Historic Preservation division will be conducting an architectural survey of the Old and Historic Alexandria District in 2013. This survey will be the first of its kind in the country as they launch a new GIS-based mobile application designed to expedite the surveying process and facilitate sharing of information between the […]

Movie Night: Ghost Busters

On Monday February 4th the Historic Preservation Department is hosting a viewing of the classic film: Ghost Busters! Please join us for free snacks and fun in Combs 025. Come for the ghosts, stay for the urban architecture.

Southeast Museum Conference

This November, I had the chance to attend the Southeast Museum Conference annual meeting. The meeting was held in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Williamsburg Lodge. The meeting lasted three days and over 500 museum professionals attended. Throughout the course of the conference I attended seven sessions covering: collections and digital questions, design ideas every museum […]

Field Trip to Hollywood Cemetery

Join professor Doug Sanford on Saturday October 20th on a field trip to the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond Virginia. This historic cemetery was designed in 1847 by the architect John Notman and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Explore its 135 acres and discover the burial places of two American presidents, twenty-two […]

Lewis Store Open House

Did you hear? The Lewis Store is having an open house on October 5th from 6-9pm to show off their Vintage Route 1 Timeline Exhibit and let the public know what the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation Inc. (HFFI) has planned for the coming months. For those of you not in the know, the Lewis store is […]