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Welcome to the Virginia Living Museum
Virginia’s Animal Attraction & Dino Destination
View endangered red wolves. Get up close to a moray eel and moon jellies. See fish with no eyes and frogs that change colors. Touch live horseshoe crabs. Relive the age of the dinosaurs. It’s all at the Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, where living exhibits depict Virginia’s natural heritage from the mountains to the sea. Visitors experience animals native to Virginia in habitats, discovery centers and interactive exhibits. The Virginia Living Museum showcases Virginia’s natural and living resources to encourage understanding and protection of our natural world. Explore the new outdoor Dinosaur Discovery Trail with 16 life-like dinosaurs, paleo camp, dig pits & dinosaur fossils. Join us for American Adventure opening January 2019.
What You’ll See
Animals in Action
The Virginia Living Museum is home to more than 250 species of animals found in Virginia including reptiles, mammals, birds and fish. We provide a sanctuary for orphaned, non-releasable or injured animals.
Happening Today
Dino on the Loose – 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Otter Enrichment – 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Aviary Feeding – 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Star of Wonder: Mystery of the Christmas Star – 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Aquarium Feeding – 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Laser Holidays – 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Happening Now on Social Media
BREAKING SCIENCE NEWS: The horned frog, last seen in Ecuador in 2005, has been rediscovered. (via National Geographic)
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/lost-marsupial-frog-rediscovered-ecuador-choco-forest/...
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador
nationalgeographic.com
This strange frog, which incubates eggs on its back, disappeared for more than a decade before being rediscovered.
CALLING ALL GIRL SCOUTS! Come camp overnight at the Virginia Living Museum February 15! Solve a “whodunnit” style mystery, visit the Abbitt Observatory for live stargazing, meet live animals, and sleep in the Museum’s exhibits. Book now! thevlm.org/education/kids/scouts/
Jessica Kowalski
Kelli Fenz not this year, but maybe future stuff.
Amanda Nicksic Selkirk your troop is famous
Lynsie McIlhinney Erin Ginn
Stacey Pousson we should take the girls!!!
Yvonne Milteer
How cool!
Lisa King, did you see this?
Christy Lewis Archer..