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Welcome to the Virginia Living Museum

Virginia’s Animal Attraction & Dino Destination

The Virginia Living Museum is a successful public-private partnership, since 1966, between the City of Newport News and the Virginia Living Museum, a public non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (54-6055922). Together we connect people to nature through educational experiences that promote conservation.
BUILT by the Community, BELOVED by the Community and SUSTAINED by the Community, the Museum depends on private donations to succeed. We appreciate your financial contribution to support engaging education, animal welfare and conservation experiences for you and your family. Please consider a gift to our Annual Fund or a planned gift to our Endowment for future sustainability.

What You’ll See

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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.

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Plants in Action

The Virginia Living Museum has one of the largest displays of native plants in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Geology in Action

The Virginia Living Museum’s Underground Gallery is a journey back through Virginia’s ancient past, a past that has created a rich and colorful present.

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Planetarium in Action

Travel the universe in the digital state-of-the-art Abbitt Planetarium Theater. The 71-seat planetarium theater, renovated and upgraded in 2008, offers a fully digital simulation of the sky.

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Conservation in Action

The Virginia Living Museum is a certified Virginia Green attraction committed to minimizing its environmental impacts by preventing pollution wherever feasible in its operations.

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Join us as we celebrate World Ocean Day at the Virginia Living Museum! Help keep our ocean clean by lending a hand in our litter [...]
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Cost: Members $5, non-members $8 per show.
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Dates: June 25, July 23, August 20 Price: Free with admission Location: How Life Survives Discovery Center Join us at 10 am on select Sunday [...]
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Arcturus is the third brightest star in the nighttime sky and is easily locatable by following the arcing handle of the Big Dipper out and away from the cup. This prominent reddish star is actually a red giant star similar in mass to our own Sun, but older. Arcturus has entered a late stage of stellar evolution, swelling up and becoming 25 times larger than our Sun and about 170 times as luminous. Recent observations indicate that Arcturus may actually be a binary star system, with a stellar companion about 20 times dimmer than the main star and orbiting extremely closely. #VASkies #valivingmuseum ... See MoreSee Less

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Today was Sugars 15th birthday!! Kestrels typically live to 11 years, but in human care, they can live up to 17! Being the tiniest falcon in North America has a lot of challenges, but they will defend their territory from larger birds of prey such as hawks. Sugar has such a big personality, and Im so glad I had the chance to get her out of her shell so everyone can see how amazing she truly is. I have complete faith in her new trainers, Adele and Laurel, to boost her confidence even more!

Today was Sugar's 15th birthday!! Kestrels typically live to 11 years, but in human care, they can live up to 17! Being the tiniest falcon in North America has a lot of challenges, but they will defend their territory from larger birds of prey such as hawks. Sugar has such a big personality, and I'm so glad I had the chance to get her out of her shell so everyone can see how amazing she truly is. I have complete faith in her new trainers, Adele and Laurel, to boost her confidence even more! ... See MoreSee Less

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Working with Sugar was an absolute delight and I miss her so much already - I hope she continues to blossom under the guidance of her new trainers!

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Sweet! Happy birthday!

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