Enjoy the scenery on this 10-minute walk that meanders through salt marsh and woodland preserve between the Aquarium's buildings. Climb the 30-foot observation tower to get a view of Owls Creek from...

This exhibition takes a closer look at the production and decoration of ceramic wares of the eighteenth century. Find out the difference between stoneware, earthenware and porcelain and discover how...

Your journey into life sciences begins with the five-story DNA strand and leads you into the Very Small Gallery and the amazing realm of cells and DNA. Investigate genes, traits and heredity. Find out...

Investigate the amazing properties of aluminum-lithium alloy while experimenting with its strength and stability. Assemble part of the international space station. Study Virginia's moon rock. Witness...

Dabble in illusions, astronomy and the science of light.

Investigate and explore key concepts of electricity. Make electricity arc through the air, use your voice to make a laser beam dance and generate electricity. Discover the principles behind a simple...

This exhibit features toys from three centuries. Visitors to the exhibition will see dollhouses that range from a four-room Philadelphia early nineteenth-century row house to a twelve foot long...

This exhibition explores the use of quilting to decorate bed coverings, clothing, and accessories of the 17th and 18th centuries. See detailed drawings of elaborate quilting patterns that often are...

See detailed fact pages highlighting the incredible air and spacecraft on display at the Center.

This exhibition reveals the steps taken to conserve this important late 18th-century double portrait of Maryland sisters Sally Scott and Anna Maria Murray. Before displaying the painting, it was...

This exhibition in the Elizabeth Ridgely and Miodrag Blagojevich Gallery highlights pieces from three regions: Eastern Virginia, Pennsylvania and New England. While early furniture forms and styles...

This exhibition looks at colonial kitchen equipment from an aesthetic and practical viewpoint, highlighting its beauty and utility.

This exhibition features five copies of the famous document printed in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Printers competed to produce copies that...

This exhibition features splendid examples of British and American antiques from 1660 to 1820, including a sterling silver chandelier made for King William III and Charles Willson Peale's portrait of...

In 1964, Reynolds Metals Company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia., launched an extraordinary creation -- the Aluminaut, the world's first aluminum submarine. During its career, the Aluminaut set...

This exhibit, focusing on the natural resources and history of Lee Memorial Park, features original botanical watercolor paintings by Bessie Niemeyer Marshall.

Learn about some of the fossil remains and minerals that can be found in Virginia. Visitors can learn about the geology and animal residents of limestone caves, study a cut-away of the layers of a...

This exhibit focuses on the animals and habitats that are an integral part of the Chesapeake Bay area.

This 600-square-foot exhibit, the Goodson House, is an environmental education center featuring the latest techniques and products to build and maintain an earth-friendly home.

'The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont Great Hall' will welcome visitors with a vast assortment of fascinating pieces. Towering above will be the enormous skeleton of an Allosaurus dinosaur while the...

From the rivers to the Chesapeake Bay and finally, into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, this journey of water through Virginia introduces you to the many aquatic animals and plants that are native...

Visitors can meet small sharks, pine voles, ghost crabs, moon jellyfish and other nocturnal critters.

This two-story, glass-covered walkthrough introduces visitors to two environments: 'Appalachian Cove,' which includes a mountain stream and lake display featuring live fish, as well as free-flying...

The 'Uncovering Virginia' exhibit will look at the natural history of your home state. Six recreated dig sites will represent important scientific finds in Virginia. Each site will reveal a snapshot...

Students will get down, dirty, and dimensional using a variety of mediums including wire, plaster, paper-mache, and clay.

Learn more about the field of archaeology including the scientific processes, excavation methods, and methods for forming the resulting conclusions. The exhibit shows how scientists use clues from the...

This exhibition features travel photography.

The ground beneath your feet is always changing. Most people don't know that rocks keep a vast and accurate record of these changes. The exhibit 'How Nature Works: Rocks' will show how rocks bear...

This exhibit is anchored by a display of the fall line of the James River in Richmond, filled with smallmouth bass, catfish, wood turtles and other aquatic creatures.

Glen McClure's photographs of the Hampton Roads-based Dominion Derby Girls capture the bold attitudes and extravagant costumes of these unusual subjects.