Our Mission: To collect, preserve, interpret and promote the county’s past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Chartered on September 23, 1981 to meet the growing demand for genealogical and historical research, the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV) traces its origins to a Museum Society organized in 1961. The Museum Society was responsible for the first Chesterfield County Museum which opened in 1980.
Who We Are
Trinity Church Building – CHSV Library and Office
We are a charitable member organization supported by dedicated volunteers and governed by-laws and an all-volunteer Board of Directors. CHSV is incorporated as a 501 (c) 3 organization in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
July 5 @ Noon – 1 p.m.
Thomas Jefferson is often referred to as “the pen of the Revolution” for writing the Declaration of Independence. Of all his accomplishments, most Americans today associate Jefferson first and foremost as the author of our nation’s founding document. However, at the time, Jefferson himself was displeased with the final draft of the Declaration that the Continental Congress approved and distanced himself from his own work. Historical interpreter Marc Holma will portray Mr. Jefferson and will discuss the authorship of the Declaration of Independence and how it came about.
