Please join us for a preview of the 2025 opening of the Shockoe Institute, dedicated to revealing the enduring impact of American slavery on our shared American experience. 

Thursday, July 25, 2024

9:00am - 3:00pm

1st floor Lower Train Shed Main Street Station

 Signage will direct you to the North entrance

Visitors will have the opportunity to learn of the Institute’s plans for its space within Richmond’s historic Main Street Station as well as our collaborations with scholars and community partners as we steward the Mellon Foundation’s unprecedented investment in Richmond’s cultural landscape.

We hope you will join us for a first-look into the Shockoe Institute’s plans to showcase Richmond’s central role in the story of America: the story of the struggle to expand human freedom.