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September 2023 by James Od
Staff is great
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April 2023 by Lisa G.
Stopped in for some Virginia-specific gifts for out of town guests. The selection was a bit small... and over-priced! I wonder who curates the book selection. Seems like they have a pretty good eye. Nice staff. Inside the Library of Virginia just to the left. Beautiful space.
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August 2022 by Gloria V.
The gift shop is inside the library. You go through to glass doors and then make a left and you're in! The 2 girls working there are so nice and friendly! One of them showed me things I was looking for. They have a lot of cute things. Ended up buying what I wanted.
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August 2022 by Dr. Rosie Ann Riley
This store is located inside The Library of Virginia. It’s open on Monday’s although the library is closed. The young woman (Willy) working was so very friendly and knowledgeable about items in store.There is a great selection of gift items, books, t-shirts and much more. They even have an area for young children with books and stuffed animals. I bought a hand puppet that was on sale. Too cute yo pass up!I’m so glad that have this store and was able to purchase souvenirs. Otherwise, it would have been a complete wasted trip to library.
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April 2022 by Don Harrelson
Everything Virginia
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January 2022 by Samantha L.
The Virginia Shop is a gift shop located inside of The Library of Virginia. We didn't like how we had to go through an airport security or an event venue style checkpoint, where we had to remove everything from our pockets, bag check, and walk through a metal detector just to access the gift shop. The gift shop was rather disappointing. It was mostly a bookstore with a few gifts locally made in VA. These gifts included literature inspired tea, tea mugs, and coasters, banned books face masks, bar and cutting/serving boards, bookmarks, and honey/maple syrup.
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May 2021 by Cassie Crandall
Stopped by this shop for the first time on a whim and it was so cute! They have a nice collection of books for sale and Virginia is for Lovers souvenirs. Lots of nice gifts. Will definitely be back!
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August 2020 by Constance M
We drove out of the way to come to this store at 1030 this morning to buy a few items. The nice front desk lady went in and asked the lady if we can come in and she said they were only allowing people who made an appointment at the library to visit. Doesn’t say that on the site or anywhere. If it did, we would not have drove there. No one was in the shop and I’m sure employee wanted to go back to watch tv or play on her phone. The owner might want to consider giving someone else a job or updating the website if that is the policy.
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August 2020 by Constance M.
We drove out of the way to come to this store at 1030 this morning to buy a few items. The nice front desk lady went in and asked the lady if we can come in and she said they were only allowing people who made an appointment at the library to visit. Doesn't say that on the site or anywhere. If it did, we would not have drove there. No one was in the shop and I'm sure employee wanted to go back to watch tv or play on her phone. The owner might want to consider giving someone else a job or updating the website if that is the policy.
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November 2018 by Roberta Phillips
Nice! Enjoyed the visit.
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November 2018 by Julian C.
The only annoying thing about this place is the security up front..there's nobody checking you at any other library in Richmond
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October 2018 by Marc H.
Great place for genealogy research. There are three rooms of volumes of research materials for each county in Virginia. There is another room for research for family research. Downstairs the library holds a wonderful book store with books and other items that must change seasonally because the employees set up spaces for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. They do not stay open late.
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August 2018 by Patrick B.
The library was very clean and comfortable. I am not from the area but had to get work done so I can here for a quiet space and got just that.
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March 2018 by Hina L.
Huge library! I have not been to a library in a while. Upon entering there is some security you have to go through. After that, you have entered a huge lobby area and the staircase goes up to the library. I didn't really wander around that much as I had to get some work done. But it is pretty large and there are lots of tables to work at. The chairs are SUPER comfortable! And the best part is that they have outlets close by. I did have a drink in hand as I walked in and didn't see any signs of no food or drinks. But someone approached me and mentioned that beyond the entry point there are no drinks allowed. So I had to chug my latte- I was almost done anyways. Computers available for printing for a small price. Overall, very nice library for some quite work or reading. Super nice staff and clean library overall.
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October 2017 by Marcus-allen Tunstall
The food is good if you want to grab something quick at the Library. The staff is AWESOME. Love the salad's and quesadillas. This from the guy who the lady in the back said I like your shirt but don't know who is 84. (Lol)