Before you plan just a day trip to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to see their newest exhibition, Tiffany: Color and Light, consider that you can explore many other Tiffany works throughout the state of Virginia. The museum has created a statewide tour of Tiffany windows with detailed information on their website. The driving tour includes 33 sites which the museum has organized into 4 regions: central Virginia including Charlottesville, Petersburg, and Richmond; Hampton Roads and Chesapeake (Portsmouth and Norfolk); Northern Virginia and Northern Neck, including Alexandria and Fredericksburg; and the Valley and Western Virginia, including Roanoke and Staunton. The museum’s website even includes downloadable audio with detailed information on selected sites.
So here’s a recommendation, start your Tiffany excursion in Richmond with two or more days at our historic Fan District bed and breakfast to catch the genius of Tiffany at VMFA and the other Richmond sites like Maymont’s window “Peace Be Unto This House,” the windows and mosaic altarpiece at St Paul’s, “Mount Sinai” at Beth Ahaba, and the fifteen windows at Blandford Church in Petersburg. You can even catch the Glorious Glass exhibit at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens displaying contemporary works of Hans Godo Frabel. Then, move on to Norfolk, Charlottesville and Roanoke or Staunton to catch the rest. The Bed and Breakfast Association of Virginia inspects and approves its member inns and you’re sure to find one or two in each of the 4 regions defined by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to indulge in gracious southern hospitality while you explore the works of Tiffany that surround Virginia residents every day. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity, reserve your room at Richmond’s gourmet bed and breakfast today!
Tags: Glorious Glass, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Color and Light Exhibition, Maymont, Tiffany Driving Tour, Tiffany windows, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
