Museum District

Bed & Breakfast

In the Heart of Richmond's

Historic Museum and Fan Districts

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What to Expect

Whether you find your best adventures in history, nature, art, or shopping, Richmond's lovely Museum District Bed & Breakfast is a great home base, a comfortable, airy home in the heart of Richmond, a vibrant, beautiful and historic city. A nexus of American history from Jamestown Settlement to the Revolutionary era to the Civil War and beyond, Richmond today is a city alive with art, music, dance and theatre, and sports. Going or coming, it's an easy get-from or get-to for major cities on the East Coast -- two hours from DC, and only six hours from New York City.

Just steps away is one of Richmond's favorite attractions- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Click below for more information. Special exhibition tickets are apart of your stay with the Bed and Breakfast, please check with us before purchasing tickets during your visit.

Upcoming Events at VMFA: https://www.vmfa.museum

Steps Away

Walk through shady neighborhoods of lovely homes and gardens to five museums of art, architecture, history and science. Just across the street, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts offers exhibits, evening music and lecture series. Stroll Monument Avenue, the only street in the nation designated a national historic landmark bordered by gracious mansions in many styles.

The Carytown shopping district offers boutiques (including Mongrel, the best card shop/ gift shop in America), antiques, the historic Byrd theatre and a range of dining options, including two 4-star restaurants.

A Short Drive

A slightly longer walk, a short bike ride or drive will take you to generous Richmond parks with lakes, fountains, a Japanese Garden, a Vita Course for distance walkers and runners. James River Park is wilderness in the center of the city. Biking and running routes take you through neighborhoods back and forth across the river.

Three U.S. presidents, 1800 Confederate soldiers, and the cremé of Richmond society for 300 years are buried in Hollywood Cemetery on a bluff overlooking the James.

Farther

A seven-minute drive takes you to downtown Richmond, to the Capital designed by Thomas Jefferson, Civil War Museums, Richmond's Black History Museum and Cultural Center, and St. John's Church where Patrick Henry's challenge, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" is reenacted all summer. (Snap your photo with George Washington.)

In Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip's clubs and restaurants, listen to rock, Latin, jazz, bluegrass and folk; do some gustatory exploring in cuisines from down-home southern to nouvelle. Explore Richmond's art scene at galleries or join the crowds at monthly First Friday Arts evenings downtown. Extensive gardens and an education center at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens are a short drive across town.

Richmond Tours

Richmond Food Tours

Richmond bike tours

The Richmond Tour Guys

Segway tours

Paddle tours on James River

Richmond Brewery Tours

Racing

Horses (at Colonial Downs track in nearby New Kent County); people (The Richmond Marathon in November; mountain biking, ex-terra and more); and cars (NASCAR at the Richmond International Raceway; also Richmond Dragway and Southside Speedway).

Festivals

Richmond loves a party, and there are major festivals, NASCAR events, craft and art fairs, ethnic food festivals -- even a Tomato Festival and a Watermelon Festival (on Cary Street around the corner) -- and house and garden tours all year.

2811 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221, United States P: (804) 359-2332 | E: melinda.fields@vmfa.museum

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