Endangered Red Wolf Hyde calls the Virginia Living Museum “Home”

Male companion joins female, Katniss just in time for Wolf Awareness Week Oct 17-23 Newport News, VA (October 11, 2021) –The Virginia Living Museum welcomes a new male Red Wolf named Hyde to the outdoor Boardwalk Trail. The Virginia Living Museum exhibits over 250 species of native animals with the Red Wolf being the most […]

New VLM Executive Director

December, 15, 2016 Rebecca Kleinhample named executive director of the Virginia Living Museum   Rebecca Kleinhample has been named executive director of the Virginia Living Museum by the museum’s Board of Trustees.   Kleinhample has been serving as interim director since Dec. 1 and has been the museum’s development director since July 2014.   In […]

Shipyard designs flood gates for Virginia Living Museum

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 Industries (NYSE:HII). “This project certainly was a reminder that designing/engineering/building […]

Green Travel Leader Award 2014

Virginia Living Museum receives Green Travel Leader Award You might smell French Fries when Virginia Living Museum staffers Robby Ackerman, Mike Behan and George Mathews, Jr. drive by. That’s because their cars are powered by used frying oil from the museum’s Wild Side Cafe. The project, which began several years ago, now involves five area […]