December 9, 2010
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a state agency and a model public/private partnership. After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the properly of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret.
October 11, 2010
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a state agency and a model public/private partnership. After the board of trustees accepts the acquisitions, the art becomes the properly of the Commonwealth of Virginia to protect, preserve and interpret.
July 27, 2010
Photos of the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts designed by Rick Mather + SMBW Architects.
June 28, 2010
In keeping with its goal to be accessible to all visitors, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announces plans to be open 365 days a year. In addition, VMFA is expanding its evening hours. Starting in July, the museum will be open until 9 p.m. on Fridays, in addition to Thursday evenings.
May 6, 2010
With this publication, produced in conjunction with the largest expansion in the history of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the full scope of the museum’s outstanding American art collection is represented for the very first time.
April 30, 2010
Fifty dazzling works of art in English silver have been given to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by collector Rita R. Gans of New York, significantly elevating the stature of VMFA’s collection.
April 26, 2010
The VMFA expansion will enhance its operations and draw more visitors to the museum. Expanded operations and incremental visitor spending will generate an annual economic impact of $36.2 million that supports 371 jobs in Virginia.
April 22, 2010
Visitors coming to the new James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will see spectacular art and activities inside even before they reach the entrance, thanks to an enormous expanse of glass on VMFA’s Boulevard façade.
April 12, 2010
The grand opening celebration of the largest expansion project in the history of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2, with an array of free special events and activities, including a ribbon cutting, Tibetan Monks creating a sand mandala, exhibitions, lectures, artist demonstrations, music, dance demonstrations, refreshments, highlights tours and family art activities.
April 10, 2010
When the expanded Virginia Museum of Fine Arts re-opens to the public May 1, everything about the museum will be bigger, brighter and – with free admission – more welcoming.
