• Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb. Exhibition and 3-D Movie. Nov 19 - Mar 11. Tickets on sale now!
  • Children in 21st century galleryBar - blackJacob Lawrence: The Legend of John Brown. Feb 4 - Jun 10. Free!
  • Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer. Dec 24 - Mar 18.
  • Ancient Egyptian Percussion! Join percussionists Yousif Sheronick and Layne Redmond for a visual survey of ancient Egyptian percussion drawn from temple walls, reliefs, tomb paintings, and sculptures. Thu, Feb 23, 6:30 pm. Click for tickets and info.Bar - blackSunken Relief from Tel-El-Amarna (63.20.3)
  • The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy. Jan 21 - Apr 15. Free admission.Bar - blackMourners Exhibition

VMFA After Dark

VMFA After Dark - McGlothlin entrance at dusk

Celebrate art after dark every Thursday and Friday until 9 pm. Evening entertainment includes Friday Art & Wine, Jazz Café, films, poetry readings, dancing, and other special events. Hours vary on holidays.

Friday Art & Wine

Friday Art and Wine


Best Café
Fridays, 5 – 8:30 pm (tours at 7 and 7:30 pm)

Unwind with refreshing, half-price beverages and tantalizing, half-hour art tours. Free tours include “The King,” “Welcome to the Jungle,” and “Every Rose Has its Thorn.”

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VMFA member event


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Upcoming Events View Full Calendar

February 23, 2012 10:00 AM-11:00 AM | Preschool Programs Young at Art: Rock 'n' Roll
February 23, 2012 4:30 PM-7:00 PM | Educator Programs Native Universe: Language and Lands of the First American Peoples
February 23, 2012 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Music Jazz Cafe: The LKB Jazz Trio
February 23, 2012 6:30 PM-7:30 PM | Music Ancient Egyptian Percussion
February 24, 2012 10:00 AM-1:00 PM | Portfolio Review Day 2012
February 24, 2012 10:00 AM-1:00 PM | General Portfolio Review Day
February 24, 2012 1:00 PM-1:45 PM | Talks How . . .do you paint on velvet?
February 24, 2012 5:00 PM-9:00 PM | Films VCU Southern Film Festival: Southern Rebellion
February 24, 2012 5:00 PM-8:30 PM | Evening Events Friday Art & Wine
February 25, 2012 10:30 AM-4:30 PM | Saturdays in the Studio: Animation in a Day
February 25, 2012 1:00 PM-6:30 PM | Films VCU Southern Film Festival: Southern Rebellion (Sat)
February 28, 2012 10:00 AM-11:00 AM | Preschool Programs Young at Art: Rock 'n' Roll
February 29, 2012 10:00 AM-11:00 AM | Preschool Programs Young at Art: Rock 'n' Roll
March 1, 2012 4:30 PM-7:00 PM | Shopper’s Delight: American Domestic Objects from the Colonial Era to 1900
March 1, 2012 6:00 PM-9:00 PM | Music Jazz Cafe: Emme St. James & Her Jazz Gentlemen
Open 365! Daily 10 am - 5 pm, Thurs + Fri until 9 pm.
It's your art! General admission is always FREE
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