Public Outreach

Have the Virginia Living Museum Visit You In Person

We’ll come TO YOU with living creatures. The programs below are particularly appropriate for libraries, organizations, church groups, retirement centers and nursing homes. Several programs are also available to schools, PTAs and day care centers in the evening or on the weekend (depending on staff availability).

VLM's Mini Museum

Now you can bring the Virginia Living Museum to your next event. Well, maybe not the whole Museum, but a VLM educator, a table full of engaging hands-on Museum specimens and a LIVE animal is certainly the next best thing! Tell us about your event and we’ll be happy to design an amazing “mini museum” just for you and your group.

Available Times: evening until 9pm and weekends with staff availability.

Cost: $345 minimum for up to 2 hours; $75 per additional hour. Add $50 for evening program after 5pm.

Contact: 757-595-9135, Monday-Friday, 9am – 4:30pm, or email.

Mother Nature's Road Show Summer 2022

Enhance your summer activities for children, families, scouts and senior citizens with a visit from the Virginia Living Museum. We will come to your library, day care facility, retirement community, church or camp to add live animals and involve your clients in an educational and fun program. All programs are 40 minutes in length and mix fascinating live animals with educational fun.

Available Times: Monday through Friday, 9am – 3:30pm, summer only. Programs are 40 minutes long.

Cost: $150 per program. Travel fee may be required for programs outside the Tidewater area.

Shells by the Seashore

Explore the sea and the shore as we encounter different objects and animals we may find on a trip to the seashore.

A Day in the Wild

What do animals do all day? What do they do at night? Live a day in the wild lives of Virginia’s native animals, and meet some of them along the way.

Contact: 757-595-9135, Monday-Friday, 9am – 4:30pm, or email.

Animal Shows

Animal Friends

Explore some amazing ambassador animals through a close-up encounter. Learn about what makes them unique, discover their individual stories, and find ways we can best protect their wild counterparts.

Length: 45 minutes

Cost: $250