Virginia Museum of Natural History

Meet an Allosaurus skeleton and a fossil baleen whale, then walk through Virginia's natural history in the state's own science museum.

21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 · Martinsville, VA

About Virginia Museum of Natural History

The Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville is the state's natural history museum, a Smithsonian affiliate holding more than 22 million specimens. In the entrance hall an Allosaurus skeleton stands under a 14-million-year-old baleen whale, and windows look into working labs. Other galleries cover Virginia's past from start to present, Ice Age skeleton casts, fossils dug up by museum scientists and a hall of African mammals. Admission is $12 for ages 18 to 59 and $6 for children, seniors and college students.

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