Virginia Living Museum Awarded $99,947 Grant From The Blocker Foundation
The Virginia Living Museum has been awarded a transformative $99,947 grant from The Blocker Foundation, launching an immersive wildlife education initiative that will connect thousands of students with the museum’s groundbreaking new Wild Care Center. The grant will fund an 18-month initiative to develop and implement innovative, standards-based science education programs targeting underserved students ages […]
Virginia Living Museum Receives Two Virginia Green Travel Awards
The Virginia Living Museum has been recognized with two distinguished honors at the 2024/25 Virginia Green Travel Star & Leader Awards. The museum received the Virginia Green Travel Star Award for “Most Innovative Green Projects” for its Recycling Revamp initiative led by the museum’s Green Teens, and museum staff member Deanna Orr was honored with […]
An Early Spring Is Predicted at the Virginia Living Museum!
524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd ∙ Newport News, VA 23601 ∙ (757) 595-1900 Newport News, VA (February 2, 2025) – Today at the Virginia Living Museum’s 15th “Not So” Groundhog Day celebration, Lux the Skunk, predicted an early spring for Virginia. The crowd was thrilled with this native Virginia species that acted as the honorary […]
Help Name Virginia Living Museum’s New Prickly Friend
[NEWPORT NEWS, VA] – The Virginia Living Museum is thrilled to announce the arrival of its newest member – a young North American Porcupine who traveled to them from the Alaska Zoo. To celebrate this special addition, the museum is inviting the public to participate in the naming for their quill-covered newcomer. The female porcupine, who […]
