DHR Currently Accepting Applications to the Threatened Sites Program
Submit Threatened Sites project proposals now. This DHR program offers small grants to support investigations of archaeological sites endangered by erosion, pending development, or vandalism. These grants do not address standing structures, only archaeological sites. […]
Learn about history across Virginia with DHR’s Places Explorer
A new web app from DHR Archives https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/PlacesExplorer Use your mobile device or computer to learn about places listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places, […]
Register for Forthcoming Public Meetings: The Board of Historic Resources and the State Review Board
Out of a continued concern for health and safety and because of a commitment to continue to reduce the risk and spread of novel coronavirus, in addition to meeting in […]
2022-2023 Survey and Planning Cost Share Program
DHR is now soliciting applications for our 2022-2023 Survey and Planning Cost Share Program. Cost share projects are funded through a partnership between DHR and a local government and/or regional […]
Historic Drink Recipe: One DHR Researcher’s Interpretation of the Virginia Club’s Hot Rum Punch
Cold days call for hot, historic drinks. At least that’s what our intrepid researcher Matt Gottlieb told us after he came across a 1908 (or earlier) rum punch recipe […]
East Marshall Street Well Project, VCU: Community Research Update
As part of ongoing research associated with the East Marshall Street Well Project, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Family Representative Council have requested a permit from DHR to allow further […]
New: Virginia’s Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan, 2022–2027
As Virginia’s State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), DHR is mandated to periodically develop and publish a Statewide Comprehensive Preservation Plan (under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended). […]
Two Volumes on Virginia’s Archaeology Now Available as PDF Downloads
Community Outreach Coordination
Meaningfully engaging with African Americans and Virginia Indians (See below for Special Announcements & Opportunities.) DHR acknowledges that meaningful collaboration with African American and Virginia Indian communities towards the development […]
Regulations Governing Contextualization of Monuments or Memorials for Certain War Veterans
Draft regulations for contextualization of monuments or memorials have been approved by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and promulgation of the regulations has been initiated on Virginia’s Town Hall […]