[Illustration: _Virginia Museum of Fine Arts_]
This State institution, opened in January, 1936, houses the famous John
Barton Payne collections of paintings and prints; the T. Catesby Jones
collection of twentieth century European paintings, the Glasgow
collection of European Renaissance art, and the fabulous Lillian Thomas
Pratt collection of Russian jewelry. The Museum and collections are
valued at more than $5,000,000. In addition to its collections, it
conducts a regular program of specially assembled exhibitions, lectures
and concerts. The museum is the largest art museum in the South and has
gained a national reputation because of its biennial exhibitions of
contemporary American paintings as well as many other special
exhibitions. ¶ _Proceed on the Boulevard two blocks to Ellwood Avenue,
turn right on Ellwood six blocks to Nansemond. Turn left on Nansemond
one block to Cary Street. Turn right on Cary to central entrance of
Windsor Farms residential area. (Street is marked Windsor Way). Proceed
through Windsor Farms to Virginia House on Sulgrave Road at Wakefield
Road._