Press Releases

Virginia Living Museum welcomes Homeschool Families September 27 Homeschool Day will feature natural science and environmental lab programs Newport News, VA (September 13, 2019) – The Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, Virginia will open its classroom doors to homeschoolers, grades K through 12, on Friday, September 27 from 9 a.m. to

Ready. Set. Build! at the Virginia Living Museum beginning Sept. 28 New ‘Building Wild with Nature’ features 7 build zones   Newport News, VA (September 12, 2019) – Join the Virginia Living Museum for Building Wild with Nature, coming to outdoor spaces September 28 to December 6, 2019.  The Museum’s newest

Virginia Living Museum Introduces Two Red Fox Kits Special programming ‘Meet our Fox Kits’ Sept. 21                     Newport News, VA (September 9, 2019) –The Virginia Living Museum welcomed two red fox kits, one male and one female, to the Museum’s outdoor trail habitat on August 20,

Virginia Living Museum Introduces New Female American Red Wolf  Museum committed to conservation of endangered species   Newport News, VA (August 20, 2019) – The Virginia Living Museum has acquired an eleven-year-old female AmericanRed Wolf from the Brevard Zoo in Florida. The endangered wolf was born in Florida and lived with

James C. Burnett re-elected as President to Virginia Living Museum Board of Trustees Seven New Representatives also Appointed   Newport News, VA (July 25, 2019) –James C. Burnett was re-elected for a second term as president to the Virginia Living Museum’s (VLM) Board of Trustees for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Burnett

Naturally Speaking Series at the Virginia Living Museum Take a quick journey through space with NASA’s Pat Troutman   Newport News, VA (July 2, 2019) – Virginia Living Museum’s Naturally Speaking Series welcomes Pat Troutman, space exploration researcher for NASA Langley. Troutman will present his talk “Moon to Mars-Back to the Future” Thursday, July 18, 2019

Celebrate Independence Day at the VLM Get into the Spirit of America with a laser show in the Abbitt Planetarium Newport News, VA (June 24, 2019) –Beat the heat and take in an amazing 4th of July laser show in the Virginia Living Museum’s air conditioned Abbitt Planetarium Theatre. The Spirit of

  Naturally Speaking Series Welcomes National Geographic Emerging Explorer May 16 Talk by Speaker David Gruber presents ‘Glow in the Dark Sharks’     Newport News, VA (May 10, 2019) – Virginia Living Museum’s May Naturally Speaking Series welcomes David Gruber, National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Gruber will present his talk

Virginia Living Museum to open SHARK ZONE May 11 Voting underway to name resident Sandbar Shark Newport News, VA (May 2, 2019) – The Virginia Living Museum is asking the community to vote to name a resident Sandbar Shark and will announce the name at the May 11th grand opening of SHARK ZONE, the Museum’s original and

Newport News, VA (March 27, 2019)- Special Spring Break events at the VLM March 30- April 7  The Virginia Living Museum (VLM) invites the community to check out their special spring break tours, shows, and events. As the days begin to get longer and the weather gets warmer, animals become spirited,

Newport News, VA (December 26, 2018)–American Adventure opens at the Virginia Living Museum January 19, 2019 through April 21, 2019. The exhibit challenges the visitor to Brave the Maze and journey through an experience much like the early colonists.  The exhibit that dares to ask, “Will You Survive?”  This exhibit is made possible