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Elegba Folklore Society

Richmond, Virginia

Art, Culture, History

Elegba Fokllore Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization that offers a variety of services in cultural arts programming and communications. Providing educational opportunities through the arts, its purposes are to bring to communities a deeper understanding of the rich diversity of its own cultural traditions and to encourage participation in those traditions.Exhibitions of African World Art and artifacts, painting, sculpture, drawing, dolls, cards and crafts. Tours, art classes, other programs and events, performances, bus tours and workshops are available.

Executive Mansion

Richmond, Virginia

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Executive Mansion is the oldest continually occupied governor’s residence built for that purpose in the United States. The Mansion serves as a home for Virginia's Governors, a place for public events and is also open at certain times for visitors. The current residents of the Executive Mansion are Governor Robert F. McDonnell and his family.