Virginia Center for Architecture

Virginia Center for Architecture is a museum in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia. Virginia Center for Architecture is situated nearby to the heritage site Branch House, as well as near the historic site Monument Avenue.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Branch House and Monument Avenue.

Branch House

Heritage site

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Branch House in Richmond, Virginia, was designed in 1916 by the firm of John Russell Pope as a private residence of financier John Kerr Branch and his wife Beulah Gould Branch.

Monument Avenue

Historic site

Photo: Mentes, Public domain.

Monument Avenue is a tree-lined grassy mall dividing the eastbound and westbound traffic in Richmond, Virginia, originally named for its emblematic complex of structures honoring those who fought during the American Civil War for the Confederacy, which had its capital in the city.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Museum

Photo: VMFAimaging, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Virginia Center for Architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Fan and Museum District.

The Fan

Photo: Bruce Emmerling, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Fan is a district in Richmond, Virginia. It is named The Fan because of the way the roads fan out to the west from N. Belvidere St. It is easy to find a variety of boundaries that "define" the Fan, just ask a variety of Richmonders.

Museum District

Photo: Crazyale, CC0.

The Museum District is a district in Richmond, Virginia. In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.