Lights will shine at the new Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

The museum will hold an illumination ceremony 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the building at 122 W. Leigh St., museum Director Tasha Chambers has announced.

The museum is scheduled to open to the public during the last week of December after the completion of a $13 million renovation and expansion of the building that once served as home to the historic Leigh Street Armory.

The illumination event is free and open to the public. Of- ficials from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, American Civil War Museum, The Valentine, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Virginia Historical Society are scheduled to unveil a historical marker and new Black History Museum sign.

Richmond native, author and lecturer Selden Richardson is scheduled to speak at the ceremony. The Richmond Boys Choir also will perform. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information: www.blackhistorymuseum.org/news.