mountain redbelly dace in an underwater video of our mountain stream


Above is a video of our Mountain Stream exhibit from a fish’s viewpoint. I hope you enjoy a unique look some of the over 20 species we display in this exhibit. Most prominent are: the mountain redbelly dace (in post-breeding splendor), blacknose and rosyside dace, central stonerollers (a couple of large males with head tubercles) and roanoke logperch (the camera hogs). Many stream fishes are relatively skittish by nature, and some of the more shy fish species can be seen briefly in the video if you look closely including: redline darters, longfin darters, snubnose darters and fantail darters.

Heads Up!

The Virginia Living Museum will open at 11AM to the public today to allow staff to get operations up and running after extensive power loss last night.

This will NOT interfere with regular summer camp operations, camp will begin at 9AM. 

Thank you for your patience!

Wild Explorations

Heads Up! The Changing Exhibit Gallery, where our Wild Explorations exhibit lives, will close at 3PM today in preparation for an after hours event!