Does a stingray really feel like wet bologna? What do a horseshoe crab's mouth and a toothbrush have in common? Find out for yourself at our two touch pools. Examine skulls, shells, shark jaws, and...

Edward Virginius Valentine (1838-1930) sculpted the Robert E. Lee memorial in Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. In Richmond, he's famous for the statue of Thomas...

The Valentine Richmond History Center's Wickham House is a spectacular example of 19th century Federal architecture and displays some of the country's finest examples of interior decorative painting...

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...

Explore Newton's laws, gravity, momentum, potential and kinetic energy in whole-body experiences! Walk, bounce and leap in the reduced gravity of the moon. Float on air. Test your astronaut skills as...

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 exhibition features material from the vast Virginia Historical Society portrait collection. The paintings presented tell poignant stories about five people: a woman who inspired the English poet...

After more than three years of planning, the Virginia Air & Space Center has opened the first phase of its new hands-on space gallery.

The Edgar Brown exhibit remains in the second floor display area. The pictorial history of Virginia Beach has been so popular with visitors, we hope to keep the photographs on display indefinitely.

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...

Looking beyond the authority of "experts," such as museums and professional historians, this exhibition illustrates how every person creates, through personal experience, his or her own usable...

The Museum's collection contains approximately 35,000 two and three-dimensional objects and images documenting nearly 3,000 years of mankind's experiences on the seas and waterways of the world.

This memorial, built in the 1920s by more than two million American Freemasons, honors and perpetuates the memory, character and virtues of George Washington.

View history and cutting edge technology at our world-class, fully-automatic, digital Amateur Radio satelllite station. Discover how Ham Radio is exploring the next big steps in digital technology and...

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...

Play area featuring games, puzzles, toys and books, plus pedal airplanes for the little ones!

Experience the story of Virginia fossil discoveries and learn more about the "missing" Virginia dinosaurs.

Gunston Hall's collection of objects tells the story of the Mason family and 18th century life in colonial Virginia. Currently, the collection contains over 50 pieces owned by the Mason family in...

In 'Animal Secrets', families will learn as they explore the hidden habitats and secret lives of forest animals.

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...

When you visit Andalo's Clubhouse, some old friends will greet you. Thomas the Tank Engine and his Sodor neighbors will be waiting to take you on train adventures.

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...

See life-size working reproductions of the Wright brothers' airplanes. The Wright brothers used the Wright Flyer in the world's first controlled, powered flight. The other three are experimental...

Dabble in illusions, astronomy and the science of light.

Guided house tours are offered every half hour. These tours focus on the life of George Mason and his family; they tell of the slaves, servants, and others who worked for the Mason family and point...

The Piper Cub is a full-sized aircraft that visitors can enter and fiddle with the controls of.

Get a close up look at the fastest, highest-flying aircraft on record -- the SR-17 Blackbird. It's a mysterious spy plane developed in secret and flown on missions that are just now beginning to be...

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...

This exhibit features a variety of interactive displays that demonstrate how lift is created, how plane directions are controlled and how lift, thrust and drag work.