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Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA

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Virginia Living Museum

An open-air museum in Newport News showing living animals and plants native to Virginia, with aquarium, science, aviary, and planetarium elements.

524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601 · Newport News, VA

About Virginia Living Museum

The Virginia Living Museum is an open-air museum in Newport News that features living exhibits of species native to Virginia. Its offerings blend an aquarium, a science center, an aviary, a botanical preserve, and a planetarium. Visitors can watch scheduled animal feedings and talks, join ambassador encounters with less familiar animals, and book behind-the-scenes tours that show how staff care for the animals. The museum also runs a Homeschool Day each month with discounted self-guided admission, seasonal evening events, and a Halloween family event. Membership, volunteering, and donations support its education, conservation, and animal welfare work.

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