| EAPOE | Subject of a museum in Richmond, Va., for short |
| POE | Subject of museums in Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md. |
| MUSEUM | The VA, for example (6) |
| ASHE | Athlete with a statue in Richmond, Va. |
| ROBERTELEE | First monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va. |
| ALI | Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky |
| UTE | Subject of a museum in eastern Colorado |
| SPAM | Food that's the subject of a museum in Austin, Minn. |
| NIXON | Subject of a museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. |
| DALI | Subject of a museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| ABBA | Subject of a museum in Stockholm, Sweden |
| HARVARD | Difficult securing first in Richmond (Virginia) university (7) |
| LYNDON | Johnson that's the subject of a museum at the University of Texas |
| BERRA | Ballplayer who's the subject of a museum at Montclair State University |
| UTES | People whose history and contemporary culture are the focus of a museum in Montrose, Colorado |
| KEEPER | Short word for a person responsible for protecting an estate's game; a curator of a museum; or, a lighthouse wickie (6) |
| KEW | Short name of a botanic garden in Richmond, London (3) |
| HAMPTONCOURT | --- --- Palace, royal residence in Richmond, England, built for Cardinal Wolsey (7,5) |
| TEND | Take care of the oldest people in Richmond at last (4) |
| ISABELLA | __ Plantation, a woodland garden in Richmond Park, London (8) |
