Newport News, VA (November 21, 2017) – Brianne Phillips, DVM, joins the staff as a lead veterinarian this Fall. Dr. Phillips is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and has recently completed a three-year residency with the North Carolina State University College of…
Newport News, VA, November 10, 2017 – Virginia Living Museum’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most…
The Virginia Living Museum’s (VLM) Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Coco, is being safely transported back to the North Carolina Aquarium for release into the Atlantic Ocean south of Manteo, NC. Thursday morning, November 2, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., aquarists will guide Coco into a bin at…
Brendan Player Receives Wason Conservation Scholarship Newport News, VA (October 27, 2017) – On September 28, 2017, Brendan Player, a Christopher Newport University doctoral student, received the first Wason Conservation Scholarship. This honor recognizes a college student who demonstrates ability and achievement in environmental…
September 13, 2017 – The Virginia Living Museum (VLM) honored 144 volunteers during a banquet dinner at the Museum on Friday, August 25, 2017. The evening also acknowledged Cardinal Club Inductees, hourly and yearly volunteer milestones and the highest volunteer honor, The Gloria Lombardi Award for…
September 12, 2017 – The Virginia Living Museum (VLM) would like to congratulate and recognize new management in 2017. Andrea Svendsen has been appointed Guest Services Director, Judy Triska assumes the position of Marketing Director and Sarah A. B. Wilson joins management as Development Director. Andrea…
June 20, 2017 Virginia Living Museum Recognizes 2017 Sullivan Award Recipients Acknowledges Service Milestone Employees During the Virginia Living Museum’s 2017 Annual Meeting, Sullivan Awards were presented to four staff members for outstanding contributions to the museum. The Sullivan Award is named after Bob Sullivan,…
From paint brushes and construction plans to safaris and fundraisers, the Warwick Rotary Club has been an ever-present supporter of the Virginia Living Museum since its inception. Inspired by a Rotary member’s dream for a nature center in Hampton Roads, in the 1960s the Warwick…
What organization witnesses dinosaurs, floods, dead bodies and massive expansion in just 50 years? Since 1966 the Virginia Living Museum has brought the cute, crawly, creepy and even cretaceous to the Hampton Roads community. Through indoor and outdoor exhibits, traveling exhibits and educational programs, the…
As the Virginia Living Museum entered its fourth decade, Museum staff and volunteers continued the legacy established by the original Junior Nature Museum and Planetarium. With a firm emphasis on education and wildlife preservation, the Museum pushed into its 40th year with plans for new…