Learn how to navigate our Virginia Untold collection! Project manager Lydia Neuroth explains four different ways to access the material in the Virginia Untold database and includes an overview of the Virginia Untold resource guide and digital collections discovery page. | Library of Virginia

Saturday was an inspiring day at the Library as speakers and attendees explored topics such as urban renewal, historic preservation and Black history at our “House to Highway: Reclaiming a Community History” Symposium. Thank you to all our presenters and all who joined us! The “House to Highway” exhibition runs through Feb. 28, 2026. Exhibition-related programming is provided with support from Virginia Humanities and the Mellon Foundation. Visit our Calendar to find other compelling events like

Dana Angell, prints & photographs collection specialist, shares a little bit about herself and why your support is critical to helping the Library preserve and share Virginia’s history, government and culture. Please consider making a gift today at www.lva.virginia.gov/donate. #archives #thisisLVA #familyhistory #loveyourlibrary | Library of Virginia

Peter North, outreach specialist, shares a little bit about himself and why your support is critical to helping the Library preserve and share Virginia’s history and culture. Please consider making a gift today at www.lva.virginia.gov/donate. #lvaonthego #community #VirginiaHistory #loveyourlibrary #thisisLVA | Library of Virginia

In this recorded book talk at the Library of Virginia, historian Brent Tarter discusses his book "Constitutional History of Virginia," which offers unique insights into the state’s political and legal past. The only modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state legislature, this work covers over 300 years of the commonwealth’s legislative policy, revealing its backstory from colony to statehood. As the oldest current lawmaking body in North America, Virginia’s General Assembly has one