William Shakespeare famously asked “What’s in a name?”[1] Try naming a baby, a new pet, or a company—the challenge to pick the perfect...

History is constantly evolving—our knowledge grows and, at museums, our exhibits change to reflect that new knowledge. If you’ve visited...

Agecroft Hall has a very long history. There’s been some version of the hall standing since approximately 1500. While we know about the...

Earlier this summer, digital money was in the news with dogecoin, a form of cryptocurrency, stock doing extremely well in the market....

In our upper hallway, a portrait of a woman hangs. This woman, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Lincoln, was once thought to be the most...

Today, high-profile divorces are reported as breaking news. There have been many epic divorces throughout history. Divorces among famous...

For this month’s blog post, I took a moment to speak with Joseph Day, our Head of Horticulture and Maintenance, about our magnificent...

Mantle Clock AH1967.0044 Late 1800s-early 1900s Brass Ormolu, Marble, Glass One of the many benefits of our self-guided tours is the...

What was the cultural makeup of Tudor and Stuart England? If one were to judge on readily available sources—portraits from the time...

Insurrections and rebellions against the ruling government are common throughout history. While we in the United States are used to...

Agecroft Hall was rebuilt in Richmond in the late 1920s. In December of 1927, T.C. Williams, Jr. and his wife Bessie moved into the house...

The United States conducts a census survey every 10 years. The most recent one—as you probably know, was taken earlier this year in ...

Dr. Ian Tyers, a dedrochronologist from England, was here in 2016, inspecting and dating our wood panel paintings. While looking at our...