The Virginia Museum of History and Culture is preparing to unveil an addition to its collections. The maquette of 16-year old civil rights activist Barbara Johns will become part of the Richmond museum’s 9 million items and go on display Friday.
The statue will be available for public viewing for three months inside VMHC’s long-term “History Matters” exhibition while the museum decides how to display it on a more permanent basis.
Elizabeth Klaczynski, VMHC’s associate curator of exhibitions, said the maquette — a preliminary model of a larger sculpture — presents an important opportunity…