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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=61443\n\nThe Office of Historic Alexandria is excited t
 o share that the exterior rehabilitation work has been completed on the F
 reedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street. The Museum will reopen on Novemb
 er 6 and the official ribbon cutting will be on November 8 at 1 p.m. Expe
 rts will be onsite November 8 from 1 - 3 p.m. to share behind the scenes 
 details on the exterior renovation work.\n\nThe process of rehabilitating
  the exterior of the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street began in Ju
 ne of 2024. Now the front facade has returned to its pre-Civil War appear
 ance\, helping to tell the story of the domestic slave trade in Alexandri
 a. The next phase at Freedom House Museum shifts to the inside where engi
 neers and preservation specialists will design ways to make the interior 
 spaces accessible to all.\n\nThe full rehabilitation project was guided b
 y extensive historical documentation of the building and was recommended 
 in the Historic Structures Report and supported by the community in the C
 omprehensive Plan. Learn more by visiting the Rehabilitation Project page
 . \n \nThe rehabilitation was carried out by Oak Grove Restoration Compan
 y on behalf of the City of Alexandria and was funded through private dona
 tions\, Commonwealth of Virginia funds\, and a Save America's Treasures g
 rant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Par
 k Service\, U.S. Department of the Interior.\n\nLocation: Freedom House M
 useum\nAudience: The same as NULL value.\nTags: Black History\, Museums\,
  Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRehabilitation
  Project Page\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/museums/freedom-house-rehabil
 itation-project\n
DTEND:20251108T200000Z
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DTSTART:20251108T180000Z
GEO:38.803899;-77.054490
LOCATION:Freedom House Museum
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Freedom House Museum Reopens
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/museums/freedom-house-rehabilitation-proj
 ect
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=61443">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=61443</a><br />\n<br />The Office of Hist
 oric Alexandria is excited to share that the exterior rehabilitation work
  has been completed on the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street. The 
 Museum will reopen on November 6 and the official ribbon cutting will be 
 on November 8 at 1 p.m. Experts will be onsite November 8 from 1 ? 3 p.m.
  to share behind the scenes details on the exterior renovation work.\n<br
  />\n<br />The process of rehabilitating the exterior of the Freedom Hous
 e Museum at 1315 Duke Street began in June of 2024. Now the front facade 
 has returned to its pre-Civil War appearance\, helping to tell the story 
 of the domestic slave trade in Alexandria. The next phase at Freedom Hous
 e Museum shifts to the inside where engineers and preservation specialist
 s will design ways to make the interior spaces accessible to all.\n<br />
 \n<br />The full rehabilitation project was guided by extensive historica
 l documentation of the building and was recommended in the Historic Struc
 tures Report and supported by the community in the Comprehensive Plan. Le
 arn more by visiting the Rehabilitation Project page. \n<br /> \n<br />Th
 e rehabilitation was carried out by Oak Grove Restoration Company on beha
 lf of the City of Alexandria and was funded through private donations\, C
 ommonwealth of Virginia funds\, and a Save America?s Treasures grant from
  the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service
 \, U.S. Department of the Interior.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Freedom Hous
 e Museum\n<br />Audience: The same as NULL value.\n<br />Tags: Black Hist
 ory\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="h
 ttps://www.alexandriava.gov/museums/freedom-house-rehabilitation-project"
 >Rehabilitation Project Page</a><br>\n
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