First Freedom Center

First Freedom Center is a museum in Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia which is located on South 14th Street. First Freedom Center is situated nearby to Columbian Block Building, as well as near RVA on Wheels.

Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 14 South 14th Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morgan Fountain and Virginia State Capitol.

Morgan Fountain

Fountain

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Morgan Fountain is situated 430 feet west of First Freedom Center.

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 1,500 feet north of First Freedom Center.

James River and Kanawha Canal

Canal

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Union Hill

Neighborhood

Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.

Union Hill is a historic district of Richmond, Virginia. According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, the neighborhood "generally is bordered on the south by East Marshall Street and Jefferson Avenue, on the west by Mosby Street, on the north by O and Carrington…

First Freedom Center

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.53482° or 37° 32′ 5″ north

Longitude

-77.43252° or 77° 25′ 57″ west

Open location code

8794GHM8+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3500856476

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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