Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

art museum in Richmond, Virginia
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Summary

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was a member of North American Reciprocal Museum Association[3].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was a member of Virginia Association of Museums[4].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was a member of Southeastern Museums Conference[5].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is located in Richmond[6].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is in the country of United States[7].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's instance of is recorded as art museum[8].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's instance of is recorded as publishing house[9].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's instance of is recorded as museum[10].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's architect is recorded as Rick Mather[11].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's founder is recorded as Virginia General Assembly[12].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's founder is recorded as John Barton Payne[13].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is part of Boulevard[14].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's Commons category is recorded as Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[15].
  • March 27, 1934 marks the founding of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[16].
  • January 1, 1934 marks the founding of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[17].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.556422, 'lon': -77.474706}[18].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's significant event is recorded as repatriation[19].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's significant event is recorded as restitution of Nazi-looted art[20].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's official website is recorded as https://www.vmfa.museum/[21].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's sponsor is recorded as Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation[22].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Virginia Museum of Fine Arts[23].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's director / manager is recorded as Alex Nyerges[24].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+410734'}[25].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's phone number is recorded as (804) 340-1400[26].
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places contributing property[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Virginia General Assembly[12] and John Barton Payne[13]. Recorded inception include March 27, 1934[16] and January 1, 1934[17].

Identity

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is part of Boulevard[14].

Leadership

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's director / manager is recorded as Alex Nyerges[24].

Why It Matters

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Works attributed to it include Summary of Provenance Information VMFA 2023/12[29], a document[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . vmfa.museum. vmfa.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . archdaily.com. archdaily.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . connectva.org. connectva.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . piedmontlifestyle.com. piedmontlifestyle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . narmassociation.org. Retrieved . narmassociation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . vamuseums.org. Retrieved . vamuseums.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . semcdirect.net. Retrieved . semcdirect.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . virginia.org. virginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virginia museum to return 44 stolen or looted works to Egypt, Italy and Turkey. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Richmond museum to return Nazi-looted painting to art dealer’s heir. washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Art's most popular : Exhibition and museum visitor figures 2021. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . virginia.org. virginia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6w ago · Surajr7 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 9w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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