RICHMOND, Va. — Two years after it opened the door to using eminent domain if needed for the project, the City of Richmond is looking to nail down a location for a planned slavery museum that would anchor a larger commemorative site in Shockoe Bottom. At a committee meeting this week, City Councilmember Cynthia Newbille reported that administrators have begun vetting options for the planned National Slavery Museum, which would anchor the likewise in-the-works Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus. Read more on Richmond BizSense.
Richmond vetting locations for slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom
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Main Street Station’s train shed is adjacent to sites that would form the Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus, including the Lumpkin’s Jail/Devil’s Half Acre site visible to the right.
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