RICHMOND, Va. — The Church Hill home of Bill Martin, the longtime executive director of the Valentine Museum, is open to the public this weekend for a special estate sale, with all proceeds benefiting the museum he spent more than three decades building into a Richmond institution.
Martin, 71, was struck and killed by a driver while walking in downtown Richmond in December. The sale runs Saturday and Sunday and features antique furniture and art pieces from his home.
Martin joined the museum in 1994 and transformed it into a community resource deeply connected to Richmond’s history and its people. Acting director Meg Hughes reflected on his vision for the institution during a special open house in his honor in February…