Museum District
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.Landmarks in the Area
Saint Gertrude High School
Building
Saint Gertrude High School is an independent Catholic college preparatory day school for young women grades 9-12 in Richmond, Virginia.
Benedictine High School
School
Benedictine College Preparatory is a private, Roman Catholic military high school in Goochland, Virginia. Photo: TriiipleThreat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pauley Center
Building
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, or VMFA, is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States, which opened in 1936. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
Confederate Memorial Chapel
Chapel
Confederate Memorial Chapel is a historic interdenominational memorial chapel located in Richmond, Virginia. Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Museum District
Suburb
The Museum District, alternately known as West of the Boulevard, or the Upper Fan, is a neighborhood in the city of Richmond, Virginia. Photo: andrewbain, CC BY 2.0.
Stadium
Neighborhood
Stadium neighborhood or sometimes just known as Stadium is a neighborhood in the West End quadrant of Richmond, Virginia. Stadium is situated 3900 feet southwest of Museum District.
Scott's Addition
Suburb
The Scott's Addition Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia. Scott's Addition is situated 1 mile northeast of Museum District. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The Fan
Suburb
The Fan is a district of Richmond, Virginia, so named because of the "fan" shape of the array of streets that extend west from Belvidere Street, on the eastern edge of Monroe Park, westward to the Boulevard. The Fan is situated 1 mile southeast of Museum District. Photo: Nisansapsali, Public domain.
Museum District
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- Latitude: 37.5597° or 37° 33' 34.9" north
- Longitude: -77.4794° or 77° 28' 45.8" west
In the Area
Localities
- Museum DistrictNeighborhood
- Scott's AdditionNeighborhood
- Windsor FarmsNeighborhood, 1¼ miles west
- CarillonNeighborhood, 1¼ miles south
- RandolphSuburb, 1¼ miles southeast
- Kanawha TraceNeighborhood, 1½ miles south
Landmarks
- Matthew Fontaine MauryMonument
- Robinson HouseBuilding
- Virginia Museum of History and CultureMuseum
- Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsMuseum
- United Daughters of the ConfederacyBuilding
- Boulevard Historic DistrictHistoric site
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