Closed: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas
trekaroo.com
Although Alexandria is fortunate to have several specialized museums, The Lyceum is the only one that collects and interprets artifacts and history from all periods of the City's past, from its founding in 1749 through the present day. (Alexandria Archaeology collects material earlier than 1749. ) - The collection includes architectural fragments removed from the building during renovation, furniture
museumstuff.com
The neoclassical Lyceum holds the story of Alexandria: permanent and rotating exhibits reveal the development, events and character of this changing port town founded in 1749...
patch.com
This Greek-Revival building was built in 1839 as the intellectual and cultural center for the city of Alexandria .
mytravelguide.com
This history of Alexandria is on display, from its time as part of the District of Columbia to the present.
washingtonpost.com
The Lyceum, with its Greek Revival architecture, was the City of Alexandria, Virginia's first intellectual and cultural center. Today it serves as the comprehensive history museum for the City.
alexandria.va
"Alexandria's History Museum" collects, preserves and interprets the history and material culture of the city of Alexandria and the surrounding Northern Virginia area. Features prints, documents, photographs, ceramics, silver, furniture and Civil War memorabilia. The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1839 as the city's first cultural center. In 1974, it was restored and converted to the nation
virginia.org
In 1839, a group of gentlemen calling themselves The Alexandria Lyceum joined with the Alexandria Library Company to build a grand hall to provide a place for lectures, scientific experiments and quiet reading. Eventually, the building itself became known as The Lyceum and, since that time, it has been a Civil War hospital, a private home, an office building and the nation's first Bicentennial Center
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