The Coastal Plain Aviary is temporarily closed. 

Wild & Well Exhibit

Wild & Well Exhibit

Calling all future animal keepers and vets! Come play, learn and dream in our new permanent exhibit, called “Wild & Well”.  Be an Animal Keeper and role play preparing various diets for the animals in the museum. The new exhibit comes with a play kitchen food bins, animal diet cards and animal holding cages with life-sized stuffed animals! Can you prepare a balanced diet for them? Then, pretend to be a Vet and diagnose various native animals and prescribe and perform treatment to improve their health with a wide variety of play props, including examination tables, x-ray walls, and stethoscopes! Who knows maybe someday our young vets and keepers will return to work here at the Virginia Living Museum! Read more…

Time: 9am-5pm Monday through Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday

Cost: Included in museum admission

Funded by: An anonymous donor and Riverside

The Virginia Living Museum will open at 9am and close at 1pm with no admissions being accepted after 12pm. The trail will be closed all day tomorrow to allow for ice preparation. Tickets will be discounted.

Be safe and stay warm!