Richmond Cemeteries

Historic cemeteries increasingly rely on groups of descendants and volunteers to bring fresh energy and care to their sites. The city of Richmond is the beneficiary of one more of these groups with the creation of the Friends of Maury & Mt. Olivet Cemeteries in 2026. Though the two cemeteries have always been managed as […]

This past fall, I got to attend an open house event at the Valentine for educators. The museum’s staff and collections are always excellent. I’ve taken my students there for field trips, and I have used the collections extensively for my cemetery research. That evening’s open house event was lively and inspiring, and I got […]

Richmond does not have many architectural historians. We lost one of our best on December 15, with the passing of Edward Slipek. There have been noteworthy tributes to his work, by Rich Griset in his beloved Style Weekly here and here, by Scott Bass and Harry Kollatz in Richmond Magazine here. His official obituary is […]

On Saturday, 9/13/2025, the Richmond Cemetery Collaboratory and its community partners celebrated the release of a walking tour guide for Richmond’s historic Barton Heights Cemeteries. The cemeteries themselves, founded in 1815 by a society of free black Richmonders, do not have welcome signage or tour support. In an effort to provide a resource to area […]