Programs & Exhibits - Jones Memorial Library

Upcoming Events at The Jones

Non-Fiction Book Group Discussion

October 14, 2026 @ 10:30 a.m. at Westminster Canterbury Commons (new October location)
Free discussion, open to the public. Title for discussion is The Transformation of Virginia by Rhys Isaac.

Leaving America Behind: The Lynchburg Colonization Society

October 14, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. at The Jones Reading Room
Lecture in the John D. Owen Jr. Local History series with Joe Stinnett

Dear Folks at Home: Lynchburg and the Great War

October 20, 2026 - April 30, 2027 at The Jones Reading Room
An exhibit about Lynchburg during World War 1
Made possible in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities

Lynchburg's WW1 Last Man's Club

November 04, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. at The Jones Reading Room
Lecture in the John D. Owen Jr. Local History series with William Hansen
Made possible in part by a grant from Virginia Humanities

Past Events at The Jones

Slideshow: The History of Censorship in Virginia with Keith Weimar - May 6, 2026

Slideshow: When Churches Die: The Archivist as Doula - The Jones @ MARAC 2026 - May 1, 2026

Slideshow: Research & Resources at The Joneswith Nancy Jamerson Weiland - April 11, 2026

Documenting & Restoring Virginia's Houses with Travis McDonald - March 11, 2026 : "Last Rites" by Travis McDonald in Lynch's Ferry - Fall/Winter 2025

Documenting & Restoring Virginia's Houses with Travis McDonald - March 11, 2026: "Recording the Quickly Disappearing Past" by Travis McDonald in Lynch's Ferry - Spring/Summer 2025

Upcoming Exhibits

OPENING October 20, 2026
Dear Folks at Home: Lynchburg and the Great War

Explore World War 1 through letters, stories & artifacts
On exhibit in the Reading Room
October 20, 2026 - April 30, 2027
Made part in possible by a grant from Virginia Humanities

Past Exhibits

READ: What does it mean to read free in Central Virginia?

Historical Censorship in Virginia from 1660-1960
October 7, 2025 - March 6, 2026
This exhibit was funded by the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund

"Four Women: A Dunbar Branch Centennial"

2024-2025
History of the Jones Memorial Library and the Dunbar Branch
February 27 - August 31, 2024

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