Throughout the Virginia Living Museum’s expansions, name changes and transitions, pivotal leadership has bolstered the staff, volunteers and community to continue the Museum’s mission. Key directors in the Museum’s history held on to the vision of the Junior Nature Museum and Planetarium and pushed to…
For the Junior Science Museum and Planetarium, its second decade marked a second wind of interest in Virginia wildlife and science. In 1976, the newly renamed Peninsula Nature and Science Center opened a 7,000-square-foot, $60,000 addition. Beyond its wildlife exhibits and planetarium, the Museum now…
They say behind every great man is a great woman. In the Museum’s case, behind every great museum is a great guild. Present for the growth of the Nature and Science Museum and the expansion of the Virginia Living Museum, the Women’s Guild supported the…
Walking into the Junior Nature Museum and Planetarium in 1966, you’d be greeted by a stuffed bald eagle in the Museum’s lobby. With staffers and volunteers ready to highlight the key exhibits, you’d circle through the Museum’s attractions, and maybe even stop by the planetarium…
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution Jan. 29 commending the Virginia Living Museum for 50 years of outstanding service to the Commonwealth by promoting a better understanding of the delicate balance of the natural world. The resolution was introduced by Del. David Yancey…
On November 13, 1966, a group of more than 100 Hampton Roads residents stood in Deer Park to celebrate the opening of the Junior Nature Museum and Planetarium. Bundled in coats and hats, the crowd gathered to hear Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr. speak…
Virginia Living Museum receives Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award The Virginia Living Museum has received a 2015 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Gold Award for its Living Green in the Bay Watershed program, which exemplifies the museum’s mission of promoting stewardship and conservation practices through engaging exhibits to…
Newport News Shipbuilding designs new flood gates for the Virginia Living Museum It took many hours of trial and error, but the Virginia Living Museum now has new flood gates, thanks to the efforts and generosity of Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls…
Kathy Howell elected president of Virginia Living Museum Board of Trustees June 19, 2014 Kathy Howell, president and creative director, Howell Creative Group, Williamsburg, was elected president of the Virginia Living Museum Board of Trustees for 2014-15 at the annual meeting June 18. Rolf Bartschi,…
Calling future animal keepers and vets! Come play, learn and dream in the new permanent exhibit, “Wild & Well,” that is scheduled to open June 21, 2014 at the Virginia Living Museum. Designed primarily for preK to 3rd grade children, the Wild & Well exhibit…