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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

museum, Richmond, Virginia, United States

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In Virginia: Cultural life
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond was the first state museum of the arts when it was established in 1934. The Barter Theatre was founded by actor Robert Porterfield in 1933 in the tiny southwestern town of Abingdon; its original charge for admission was…
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In Richmond
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1934) was America’s first state-supported art museum. Inc. city, 1782. Pop. (2010) 204,214; Richmond Metro Area, 1,258,251; (2020) 226,610; Richmond Metro Area, 1,314,434.
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