Save on entry fees to two local museums

Valentine history center: Pay what you can

Times are tough. A couple of local museums do not think they should be any tougher.

So through Labor Day, the Valentine Richmond History Center is instituting Give What You Can Sundays. On Sundays, the regular admission will be waived ($8 adults, $7 seniors, students and children), and patrons will be encouraged to give whatever they can -- all the way down to nothing.

Give What You Can Sundays applies to the history center and the Wickham House, which was built in 1812.

Meanwhile, the Museum of the Confederacy is offering $2 off admission every day to residents of Richmond, Chesterfield County and Henrico County. Official identification will be required to receive the discount. Without the discount, admission is $8 for the museum or the White House of the Confederacy ($7 for seniors 62 and older, $4 for children 7-13) or $11 for a combination ($10 for seniors, $6 for children).