A range of materials from the Valentine collection are on permanent display. Two education programs focus on the process of archaeology and on the history of the Powhatan Indians. Virginia Department of Historic Resources 2801 Kensington Ave. The state agency charged with supporting archaeology in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Department sponsors a wide range of public programs. Principal among them is Virginia Archaeology Month, celebrated each October with a series of public exhibits, lectures, and tours.
Artifacts are on display in the archaeology laboratory.
An exhibit which will feature artifacts recovered from excavations around Virginia is planned to open at the Department in the fall of 2000. No admission fee. The VHS Center for Virginia History collects, preserves, and interprets the history of the commonwealth. An educational program focusing on the lifeways of the Powhatan Indians uses reproductions of Native American material culture. The Museum consists of a complex of 19th-c. structures and interprets the history of the New River area.