Old Dominion Railway Museum
Old Dominion Railway Museum is a museum in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Old Dominion Railway Museum is situated nearby to the quarter Manchester, as well as near the archaeological site Libby Prison.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Virginia Holocaust Museum and Virginia State Capitol.
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Museum
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The Virginia Holocaust Museum is a public history museum located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims. Virginia Holocaust Museum is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Old Dominion Railway Museum.
Virginia State Capitol
Government office
Photo: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0.
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly, first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619. Virginia State Capitol is situated 1 mile north of Old Dominion Railway Museum.
Libby Prison
Archaeological site
Photo: Alexander Gardner (photographer), Public domain.
Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby Seven Days Battles and other conflicts of the Union's Peninsular campaign to take Richmond and end the war only a year after it had begun. Libby Prison is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Old Dominion Railway Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manchester and Shockoe Slip.
Manchester
Quarter
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Manchester is a former independent city in Virginia in the United States. Prior to receiving independent status, it served as the county seat of Chesterfield County, between 1870 and 1876.
Shockoe Slip
Neighborhood
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Shockoe Slip is a district in the downtown area of Richmond, Virginia. The name "slip" referred to a narrow passageway leading from Main Street to where goods were loaded and unloaded from the former James River and Kanawha Canal.
Shockoe Bottom
Neighborhood
Shockoe Bottom, historically known as Shockoe Valley, is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.
Old Dominion Railway Museum
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.52594° or 37° 31′ 33″ northLongitude
-77.43573° or 77° 26′ 9″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
8794GHG7+9PGeoNames ID
7239204
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