List of museums in Virginia

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This list of museums in Virginia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

This is a sortable list. Click on the small boxes next to any heading title to reorder the list (in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order) by that category.


Name Town/City Region Type Summary
A.A.F. Tank Museum Danville Southern Military website
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Folk art website, one of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions
Abram's Delight Museum Winchester Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, also 18th Century Valley Cabin located on the grounds
Accomack-Northampton Antique Car Museum Parksley Transportation - Automotive information
Adam Thoroughgood House Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house
African-American Museum of Fauquier County The Plains African American website
Agecroft Hall Richmond Central Historic house
Air Power Park Hampton Tidewater/Hampton Roads Aviation
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society & Museum Charlottesville Central Local history website
Alexandria Archaeology Museum Alexandria Northern Archaeology website
Alexandria Black History Museum Alexandria Northern African American website
Amazement Square Lynchburg Central Children's website
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society Amherst Central website
American Celebration on Parade Shenandoah Caverns Parade floats website, part of Shenandoah Caverns, collection of parade floats, props, and stage settings from American entertainment and political history
American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar Richmond Central Civil War Located at Tredegar Iron Works
Anderson Gallery Richmond Central Art website, part of Virginia Commonwealth University
Andrew Johnston House Museum Pearisburg Open air website, complex of historic house, doctor's office and historical museum, operated by the Giles County Historical Society
Anne Spencer House Lynchburg Central Historic house Home of Anne Spencer, a poet of the Harlem Renaissance
A. P. Carter Museum Hiltons Music website
Appomattox County Historical Museum Appomattox Central Local history Website
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Appomattox Central Civil War
Arlington Historical Museum Arlington Northern Local history website, owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Arlington Northern Historic house
Armstead Tasker Johnson High School Museum Montross African American information, history and legacy of education for African American students in the Northern Neck of Virginia
Army Quartermaster Museum Fort Lee Central Military
Army Women's Museum Fort Lee Central Military
Artisans Center of Virginia Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley Art website, exhibition galleries of traditional and contemporary crafts made by Virginia artists
Art Museum of Western Virginia Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Art
Ash Lawn-Highland Charlottesville Central Historic house Estate of James Monroe
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Richmond Central Historic house Owns and manages many historic properties in Virginia
Athenaeum, Virginia Alexandria Northern Art website, home to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, art exhibitions and galleries
Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Website
Augusta Military Academy Museum Fort Defiance Military Website
Avoca Museum Altavista Central Historic house website
Bacon's Castle Surry Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house Also known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House", owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Ball-Sellers House Arlington Northern Historic house website, owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society
Balthis House Front Royal Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
Bassett Hall Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house Part of Colonial Williamsburg
Bassett Historical Center Bassett Local history website, more information
Bedford City County Museum Bedford Central Local history website
Beebe Ranch Chincoteaque Tidewater/Hampton Roads Media Mini museum at the Beebe Ranch with the famous ponies “Misty” & “Stormy” from the book Misty of Chincoteague
Belle Air Plantation Charles City Historic house
Belle Boyd Cottage Front Royal Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
Belle Grove Plantation Middletown Shenandoah Valley Historic house
Berkeley Plantation Charles City Historic house
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives Richmond Central Religious - Jewish website, Richmond and Southern Jewish experience
Black Heritage Museum of Arlington Arlington Northern African American website, planned museum, currently only virtual
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia Richmond Central Website
Blacksburg Museum Blacksburg Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website
Blandford Church Petersburg Central Church website, Confederate memorial chapel with Tiffany windows
Blue Ridge Farm Museum Ferrum Blue Ridge Highlands Living website, part of Ferrum College and Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, re-created Virginia-German farmstead
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Ferrum Blue Ridge Highlands Culture website, part of Ferrum College, regional folk music, crafts, customs, material culture, folk art
Booker T. Washington National Monument Franklin County Biographical
Botetourt County Historical Museum Fincastle Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Boyd Tavern Boydton Historic tavern website
Boykin's Tavern Museum Isle of Wight Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house information, scroll down to listing, information
Campbell House Lexington Shenandoah Valley Local history website, home of the Rockbridge Historical Society
Canal Basin Square Scottsville Central Transportation website, outdoor transportation history park
Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center Cape Charles Local history
Cape Henry Lighthouse Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Car and Carriage Caravan Museum Luray Shenandoah Valley Transportation website, part of Luray Caverns attractions, authentically restored cars, carriages, coaches and costumes dating from 1725 to 1941
Carlyle House Alexandria Northern Historic house
Carroll County Historical Society Museum Hillsville Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website
Center in the Square Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Website
Central High Museum Charlotte Court House School website
Centre Hill Museum Petersburg Central Historic house website, Greek Revival mansion with exhibits on history of Petersburg
Chatham Manor Fredericksburg Northern Historic house Part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Chesapeake Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Railway website
Chesterfield Museum Chesterfield Local history website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
Children's Museum of Richmond Richmond Central Children's
Children's Museum of Virginia Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Children's website
Chimborazo Medical Museum Richmond Central Medical Located at the Richmond Visitor Center of Richmond National Battlefield Park
Chippokes Farm & Forestry Museum Surry Tidewater/Hampton Roads Agriculture Located in Chippokes Plantation State Park
Christ Church (Lancaster County, Virginia) Irvington Historic church National Historic Landmark Colonial-era church
Christiansburg Institute Christiansburg Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website, includes Smokehouse Museum of the Institute's history
Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art
CIA Museum Langley Espionage Not open to the public
City Point Early History Museum Hopewell Central Local history website, includes exhibit of Hopewell China
Civil War Life Museum Massaponax Civil War website
Civil War Museum at Exchange Hotel Gordonsville Central Civil War website,
Clarke County Historical Association Museum Clarke County Local history website
Clarksville Regional Museum Clarksville Southern Local history website
Claude Moore Colonial Farm Langley Living
Cleveland Virginia History and Heritage Museum Cleveland Local history information
Clover Hill Village Appomattox Central Living Website
C&O Railway Heritage Center Clifton Forge Shenandoah Valley Railway website
Coal Mining Heritage Park Merrimac Multi website, outdoor science laboratory and nature center for area schools and an outdoor historic and archaeological museum
Cold War Museum Lorton Military Planned museum
Collingwood Library and Museum Alexandria Northern Library website, exhibits from the collections about Americanism, patriotism and portraying the "best possible image of our Nation's development to visitors from foreign lands"
Colonial National Historical Park Various locations Tidewater/Hampton Roads 23-mile parkway linking Historic Jamestowne, Yorktown National Battlefield, Cape Henry Memorial
Colonial Williamsburg Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Open air
Colvin Run Mill Great Falls Northern Architecture Website
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website
Courthouse Galleries Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website
Courthouse Tavern Museum King and Queen Court House Local history website, operated by the King and Queen County Historical Society
Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park Tazewell Open air website, history, natural history, Native Americans, pioneer life in 15 reconstructed buildings
Craig County Historical Society Museum New Castle Shenandoah Valley Local history website, information
Crewe Railroad Museum Crewe Northern Railway website
Cyrus McCormick Farm Steeles Tavern Shenandoah Valley Agriculture
Daniel Harrison House Dayton Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, operated by the Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, also known as Fort Harrison
Dante Coal Mining and Railroad Museum Dante Local history website, local history, artifacts of coal mining and railroad life and work
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History Danville Southern Multi website, art, Civil War artifacts, local history
Danville Science Center Danville Southern Science website
Daura Gallery Lynchburg Central Art website, part of Lynchburg College
DEA Museum Arlington Northern Law enforcement website, history of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the impact of drug addiction from past to present
Deltaville Maritime Museum Deltaville Maritime website, museum and Holly Point Nature Park encompass over thirty acres and include two houses, many outbuildings, three docks, and a small boat launching area
Dennis E. Reedy Railroad & Coalmining Museum Clinchco Industry website
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Decorative art website, one of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions
Dodona Manor Leesburg Northern Biographical Also known as Gen. George C. Marshall House
Drakes Branch Museum Drakes Branch Local history website
Eastern Shore Railway Museum Parksley Railway
Edgar Allan Poe Museum Richmond Central Biographical
Edinburg Madison District Museum Edinburg Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Art website, part of Hollins University
Endview Plantation Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Essex County Museum & Historical Society Tappahannock Local history website, more information
Esther Atkinson Museum Hampden-Sydney Central Multi website, part of Hampden-Sydney College, local history, natural history, art
Fairfax Museum Fairfax Northern Local history website, also houses the visitor center
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum Fairfax Station Northern Railway website, Civil War, railroading and local history
Fayette Area Historical Initiative African American Museum (FAHI) Martinsville Southern African American website, information
Ferry Farm Fredericksburg Historic farm Boyhood home of George Washington
Ferry Plantation House Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum Abingdon Blue Ridge Highlands Historic house Operated by the William King Regional Arts Center
Fincastle Museum Fincastle Shenandoah Valley Local history website, operated by the Historic Fincastle
Fort Monroe Hampton Tidewater/Hampton Roads Fort Includes Casemate Museum
Fort Norfolk Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Fort website, home of the Norfolk Historical Society
Fort Ward Museum Alexandria Northern Civil War website
Francis Land House Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Franconia Museum Franconia Local history website
Franklin County Historical Society Museum Rocky Mount Local history website
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Fredericksburg Northern Civil War
Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center Fredericksburg Northern Local history website
Freedom House Museum Alexandria Northern African American website
Freedom Park Arlington Northern Sculpture park
Freeman Store and Museum Vienna Northern Local history website, operated by Historic Vienna
Friendship Firehouse Museum Alexandria Northern Firefighting website
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia Staunton Shenandoah Valley Living
Gadsby's Tavern Museum Alexandria Northern Tavern
Gari Melchers Home Falmouth Northern Art Home and studio of American artist Gari Melchers
Genex Showcase Miniature Museum Hampton Roads Collectibles website, planned museum to open in 2009
The George C. Marshall Foundation Lexington Shenandoah Valley Biographical
George Washington Birthplace National Monument Washington's Birthplace Historic house
George Washington Masonic National Memorial Alexandria Northern Presidential memorial Includes George Washington Museum, Masonic exhibits, a replica of the Alexandria-Washington Lodge room as it was in 1802, library and chapel
George Washington's Office Museum Winchester Shenandoah Valley History website, also information
Glencoe Museum Radford Blue Ridge Highlands History website
Gloucester Museum of History Gloucester Local history website
Graffiti House Brandy Station Northern Civil War
Grand Lodge Library, Museum & Cultural Foundation Richmond Central Masonic website, library and museum with Masonic artifacts representing Virginia Masonic history
Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum Hopewell Central Civil War Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield Park
Grayson Crossroads Museum Independence Local history website, part of the Historic 1908 Courthouse
Gum Springs Museum & Cultural Center Alexandria Northern African American website, operated by the Gum Springs Historical Society
Gunston Hall Mason Neck Historic house
Gwynn's Island Museum Gwynn's Island Local history website
Haller-Gibboney Rock House Museum Wytheville Blue Ridge Highlands Historic house website
Hampton History Museum Hampton Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history website
Hampton Roads Naval Museum Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Maritime
Hampton University Museum Hampton Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website, over 9,000 objects including African American fine arts, traditional African, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Island, and Asian art, and objects relating to the history of Hampton University
Harmon's Museum Woodlawn Blue Ridge Highlands Commodity website, Civil War artifacts, early coal mine relics, antique military guns, pioneer tools, early folk music memorabilia, Indian artifacts of Southwestern Virginia, Hillsville Courthouse Tragedy of 1912, Baldwin-Felts Detectives
Harrisonburg Children's Museum Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Children's website
Harrison Museum of African American Culture Shenandoah Valley African American website
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum Big Stone Gap Industry - coal website
Haymarket Museum Haymarket Northern Local history website
Hazel Moon Resource Center Appomattox Central Ethnic website with photos, information, artifacts of Hazel Moon, long time missionary to Africa,
Hearse House and Caretakers' Museum Lynchburg Central History website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, museum about the cemetery and funerals
Henricus Historical Park Chester Living website, re-creating the second successful English settlement in the New World
Heritage Center at Dayton Dayton Shenandoah Valley Local history website, home to the Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Heritage Farm Museum Loudoun Agriculture website, agriculture history, working farm exhibits, general store
Hermitage Foundation Museum and Gardens Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Multi website, early 20th century historic house museum with a art collection and contemporary exhibition galleries, surrounded by twelve acres of formal gardens and natural woodlands, educational wetlands, a visual arts school and a studio artists program
Herndon Depot Museum Herndon Northern Railway website, operated by the Herndon Historical Society
Highland County Museum and Heritage Center McDowell Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Hill House Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house information, operated by the Portsmouth Historical Association
Historic Long Branch Millwood Shenandoah Valley Historic house website
Historic Sandusky & Civil War Museum Lynchburg Central Civil War website, historic house with exhibits about the Civil War
History Museum of Western Virginia Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Holland Page Place Palmyra Central Historic house website, post Civil War log cabin, operated by the Fluvanna County Historical Society
Hollow History Center Ararat Blue Ridge Highlands Open air website, open by appointment
Homeplace Mountain Farm & Museum Weber City Living website, information, early pioneer mountain farmstead
Hopkins Candy Factory Manassas Northern Multi website, houses Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas with an art gallery, theater and history exhibits
Hostetter Museum of Natural History Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Natural history website, part of Eastern Mennonite University
Housewright House Buckingham Local history website, owned and managed by Historic Buckingham
Hugh Mercer Apothecary Fredericksburg Medical Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Hunter House Victorian Museum Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Isle of Wight County Museum Isle of Wight Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history information, information, scroll down to listing
Ivy Lodge Museum Front Royal Shenandoah Valley Local history website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
James A. Fields House Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house information, information
James Madison University Mineral Museum Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Natural history website, over 550 crystal and gemstone specimens from around the world
James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library Fredericksburg Biographical website, administered by the University of Mary Washington
Jamestown Settlement Jamestown Tidewater/Hampton Roads Living
Jeane Dixon Museum and Library Strasburg Shenandoah Valley Biographical website, museum about psychic Jeane Dixon
JMU Meteorite Collection Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Geology website, located at James Madison University
John Fox, Jr. Museum Big Stone Gap Biographical website, home of author John Fox, Jr.
John Marshall House Richmond Central Historic house Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
John Q. Adams Center for the History of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Museum Alexandria Northern Medical website, located in the headquarters of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, also many online exhibits about the history of medical and surgical care of the ears, nose, throat, head, and neck
John Singleton Mosby Museum Warrenton Northern Biographical website
Josephine School Community Museum Berryville African American website,
Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum Staunton Shenandoah Valley Firefighting information, information
June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center Big Stone Gap Historic house website
Kenmore Plantation Fredericksburg Historic house
Ker Place Historical House Museum Onacock History Circa 1800 Federal style house museum. Website
Kilmarnock Town Museum Kilmarnock Local history website
King George County Historical Society Museum King George Local history website
King William Historical Museum King William Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history website
Kinsale Museum Kinsale Local history website
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Charlottesville Central Art website, at the University of Virginia
Langhorne House Danville Southern Historic house information, birthplace of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
L. E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax Southern African American website
Lee Chapel Lexington Shenandoah Valley History Historic chapel with museum about the history of the Lee family and George Washington and Washington & Lee University
Lee-Fendall House Alexandria Northern Historic house
Lee Hall Depot Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Railway website, currently only visible from the outside, to be moved in 2009 and turned into a museum
Lee Hall Mansion Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Legacy Museum of African American History Lynchburg Central African American
Liberty Heritage Society Museum Warrenton Northern Local history information
Lightship Museum Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Maritime website
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Farmville Northern Art website, part of Longwood University
Loudoun Museum Leesburg Northern Local history website
Louisa County Historical Society Museum Louisa Central Local history website
Lovettsville Museum and Historical Society Lovettsville Northern Local history website
Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum Alexandria Northern Local history website
Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts Lynchburg Central Art website
Lynchburg Museum Lynchburg Central Local history website, also includes Point of Honor, a Federal home completed in 1815
Lynnhaven House Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website, information, owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
MacCallum More Museum & Gardens Chase City Local history website, includes collection of Native American artifacts
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site Richmond Central Biographical
Magnolia Grange Chesterfield Historic house website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
Maier Museum of Art Lynchburg Central Art website, part of Randolph College
Manassas Museum Manassas Northern Local history website
Manassas National Battlefield Park Manassas Northern Civil War
Manassas Railway Depot Manassas Northern Railway website, officially known as James & Marion Payne Memorial Railroad Heritage Gallery
Mariners' Museum Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Maritime
Marshall House Museum Woodstock Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, operated by the Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library Lancaster County Open air
Mary Washington House Fredericksburg Historic house Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Matthews Living History Farm Museum Galax Blue Ridge Highlands Agriculture website
Maymont Park Richmond Central Multi Historic mansion, carriage collection, arboretum and gardens, wildlife exhibits, children's farm and nature center
McCormick Observatory Charlottesville Central
Meadow Farm Museum Glen Allen Central Living website, 1860 living historical farm and museum
Menokin Warsaw Historic house Ruins of historic house, visitor center focuses on the history of the property and conservation efforts
Merchant's Mill Museum Occoquan Northern Local history information, information
Middlesex County Museum Saluda Local history information
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex Waverly Multi information, information, includes Wood Products Museum, Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum, and Peanut Museum
Military Aviation Museum Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Aviation website
Monacan Ancestral Museum Amherst Central Native American website
Money Museum, (Richmond, Virginia) Richmond Central Money website, located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, closed for renovations until 2009
Monroe Park Gold Mining Camp Museum Goldvein Northern Industry - gold mining website
Montgomery Museum Christiansburg Blue Ridge Highlands Multi website, full name Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center, local history and art
Monticello Charlottesville Central Presidential home Estate of Thomas Jefferson
Montpelier Orange Central Presidential home Estate of James Madison
Morattico Waterfront Museum Morattico Maritime website
Morefield Gem Mine Museum Amelia Central Industry - mining website, may be closing due to sale
Morgan-McClure Motorsports Museum Abingdon Blue Ridge Highlands Sports information, currently closed
Morven Park Leesburg Northern Historic house
Mourning Museum Lynchburg Central History website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, museum about mourning customs
Moses Myers House Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website, owned by Chrysler Museum of Art
Mount Jackson Museum Mount Jackson Shenandoah Valley Local history website, information
Mount Vernon Alexandria Northern Presidential home Estate of George Washington
Muscarelle Museum of Art Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art Part of The College of William & Mary
Museum at Colonial Beach Colonial Beach Local history website, information, operated by the Colonial Beach Historical Society
Museum for American Studies Charlottesville Central Art website, part of University of Virginia
Museum of American Presidents Strasburg Shenandoah Valley History website, influence of Virginia on American presidents
Museum of Bank History Staunton Shenandoah Valley Industry - Banking information, presented by SunTrust Banks
Museum of Charlotte County Charlotte Court House Open air website
Museum of Culpeper History Culpeper Northern Local history website
Museum of Geosciences Blacksburg Blue Ridge Highlands Natural history website, part of Virginia Tech
Museum of Hounds & Hunting North America Leesburg Northern Sports website, located at Morven Park, art and artifacts about foxhunting
Museum of Military History - Portsmouth Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Military information
Museum of the Confederacy Richmond Central Civil War
Museum of the Middle Appalachians Saltville Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website, history, natural history, Native Americans, Civil War exhibits
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Winchester Shenandoah Valley Multi Historic Glen Burnie house, art collection, decorative arts, gardens
NASA Visitor Center Wallops Island Aerospace Adjacent to Wallops Flight Facility
National Capitol Squadron Brandy Station Northern Transportation - Aviation website, Commemorative Air Force display of a fleet of aircraft known as the Ghost Squadron
National Firearms Museum Fairfax Northern Weaponry Located at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier Petersburg Central Civil War website, part of Pamplin Historical Park
National Museum of the Marine Corps Triangle Military
National Sporting Library Middleburg Northern Library Hosts art exhibitions related to horses and field sports
Natural Bridge Wax Museum Natural Bridge Shenandoah Valley Wax website
Nauticus Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Science Also the home of the USS Wisconsin
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park New Market Civil War website, includes Bushong Farm, nine structures interpreting mid-nineteenth century Shenandoah Valley farm life, and Hall of Valor Civil War Museum, commemorating Battle of New Market
Newseum Rosslyn Media Moving to Washington, D.C. in 2008
Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads African American website
Newtown History Center Stephens City Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history website, owned by Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk Southern Museum Norfolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Railway website
North Bend Plantation Charles City Historic house
Northern Neck Farm Museum Heathsville Agriculture website
Nyumba Ya Tausi-Peacock Museum Bristol Blue Ridge Highlands African American information
Oatlands Plantation Leesburg Northern Historic house
Occoneechee State Park Clarksville Southern Native American website, visitor center features Native American history, a living hut and artifacts
Old Coast Guard Station Museum Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Military
Old Country Story Museum Cana Blue Ridge Highlands History information
Old Court House Civil War Museum Winchester Shenandoah Valley Civil War website
Old Cranks Motorcar Museum Galax Blue Ridge Highlands Transportation - Automotive website
Old Dominion Railroad Museum Richmond Central Railroad website, operated by the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Preservation Society
Old Jail Museum (Goochland, Virginia) Goochland Central Local history website, operated by the Goochland County Historical Society
Old Jail Museum (Louisa, Virginia) Louisa Central Jail website, operated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Old Jail Museum (Warrenton, Virginia) Warrenton Northern Jail website, information & hours, operated by the Fauquier Historical Society
Old Stone Jail Museum Palmyra Central Jail website, operated by the Fluvanna County Historical Society
O. Winston Link Museum Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Photography Railroad photographs
Oyster & Maritime Museum Chincoteague Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history
Pamplin Historical Park Petersburg Central Living website, includes National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, three other museums, four historic buildings, civilian and military living history programs, and guided tours of the Breakthrough Battlefield and Tudor Hall Plantation
Pamunkey Indian Museum King William Tidewater/Hampton Roads Native American website
Patrick County Historical Society Museum Stuart Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website
P. Buckley Moss Museum Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley Art Website
Peninsula Fine Arts Center Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art
Pest House Medical Museum Lynchburg Central Medical website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery
Petersburg National Battlefield Park Petersburg Central Civil War Visitor centers in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie
Philpott Lake Visitor Assistance Center Bassett Natural history website, information
Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation Charles City Historic house
Plains District Memorial Museum Timberville Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Pleasant Grove Palmyra Central Historic house website
Plumb House Museum Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley Historic house
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine and Museum Pocahontas Industry - Mining website
Point of Honor Lynchburg Central Historic house website
Pope-Leighey House Alexandria Northern Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, now on the site of the Woodlawn Plantation
Poquoson Museum Poquoson Local history website
Port Kinsale Maritime Museum Kinsale Maritime website
Port Republic Museum Port Republic Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Maritime
Presidents Park (Virginia) Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website, sculpture park with 16-18 foot busts of all 43 Presidents of the United States, education programs
Prestwould Clarksville Southern Historic house
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center Prince George Local history website, operated by the Prince George County Historical Society, more information
Princess Pocahontas Museum Gloucester Biographical website, located in Gloucester Courthouse and is open by appointment only
Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum Natural Bridge Shenandoah Valley website
Radford University Art Museum Radford Blue Ridge Highlands Art website
Radford University Museum of the Earth Sciences Radford Blue Ridge Highlands Natural history website, fossils, gems, minerals
Ralph Stanley Museum Clintwood Music website, combines the career of Dr. Ralph Stanley with the history of traditional mountain music
Ratcliffe-Allison House Fairfax Northern Historic house website
Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Museum Pulaski Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial Brookneal History
Reedville Fisherman's Museum Reedville Maritime Open air museum of local maritime industry
Refuge Waterfowl Museum Chincoteague Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art Waterfowl decoys, murals, wildlife paintings & skipjack models
Reston Museum Reston Northern Local history website
Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Bridgewater History website, part of Bridgewater College, artifacts from the American Civil War, Native-Americans, pioneer life, coins, weapons, bibles, bottles & glassware and more
Reeves Center and Watson Pavilion Lexington Shenandoah Valley Art website, part of Washington and Lee University, Asian art and ceramics, also includes Japanese Tea Room
Reynolds Homestead Critz Historic house Boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, operated by Virginia Tech
Richmond County Museum Warsaw Central Local history website
Richmond National Battlefield Park Richmond Central Civil War
Riddick's Folly Suffolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Media
Rippon Lodge Woodbridge Historic house
Roanoke Art Museum Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Art
Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum Hood Central Transportation - Automotive website
Robert Russa Moton Museum Farmville Northern History Civil rights and segregation
Rochelle-Prince House Courtland Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website, operated by the Southampton County Historical Society
Rosewell Plantation Gloucester Historic site Ruins of plantation house with archaeological artifacts on exhibit
R.R. Smith Center for History and Art Staunton Shenandoah Valley Multi website, home of the Augusta County Historical Society, Historic Staunton Foundation, Staunton Augusta Art Center, exhibition galleries of history and art
Salem Museum Salem Shenandoah Valley Local history website
Sanders House Bluefield Historic house website, operated by the Graham Historical Society
Sargeant Museum Louisa Central Local history website, operated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Saunders Brothers Orchard & Farm Museum Piney River Central Agriculture website, information, working orchard with collection of farm equipment
Schoolhouse Museum, Virginia Isle of Wight Tidewater/Hampton Roads Schoolhouse website
Science Museum of Virginia Richmond Central Science
Science Museum of Western Virginia Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Science Website
Scotchtown (plantation) Ashland Historic house Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Scottsville Museum Scottsville Central Local history website
Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia Atkins Blue Ridge Highlands Living website
Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum Mount Olive Historic house website, operated by Hottel-Keller Memorial Association
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Winchester Shenandoah Valley Children's website
Sherwood Forest Plantation Charles City Presidential home Home of President John Tyler
Shirley Plantation Charles City Historic house
Siege Museum Petersburg Central Civil War website
Smithfield Cultural Arts Center Smithfield Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website
Smithfield Plantation Blacksburg Blue Ridge Highlands Living website, owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Smith's Fort Plantation Surry Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center Leesburg Northern Nature center website
Smyth County Historical and Museum Society Marion Blue Ridge Highlands Local history information
Southampton Agriculture and Forestry Museum Courtland Tidewater/Hampton Roads Industry website, operated by the Southampton County Historical Society
South Boston - Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts & History South Boston Southern Multi website, local history, Native Americans, art
South Hill Model Railroad Museum South Hill Southern Toy website, located in restored South

Hill Depot, HO model trains and local train information; location also houses the Virginia S. Evans Doll Museum
Southwest Virginia Museum Big Stone Gap Local history website, Friends of the Museum website, history, culture, and industry of Southwest Virginia
Spotsylvania County Museum Spotsylvania Northern Local history website, under the direction of the Spotsylvania Historical Association
Springfield Rosseechee Museum Clarksville Southern Native American information
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum Alexandria Northern Medical website
Stage Door Gallery Cape Charles Art
Star Museum Abingdon Blue Ridge Highlands Media website, movie star memorabilia
Station House Museum, Lynchburg Lynchburg Central Railway website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, reconstructed C&O Railway Station furnished as in World War II
Statlers Museum Staunton Shenandoah Valley Biographical website, museum of the Statler Brothers
Staunton River Battlefield State Park Clover History website, State Park page
Steamboat Era Museum Irvington Maritime website
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Chantilly Northern Aerospace Part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - located at Washington Dulles International Airport
St. James' House Fredericksburg Northern Historic house website
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum Winchester Shenandoah Valley Civil War
Stonewall Jackson Museum at Hupp's Hill Strasburg Shenandoah Valley Biographical website
Stonewall Jackson House Lexington Shenandoah Valley Biographical
Strasburg Museum Strasburg Shenandoah Valley Local history website, local railroad and pottery industry exhibits
Stratford Hall Plantation Stratford Historic house Home of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia and birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Suffolk Museum Suffolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website
Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum Suffolk Tidewater/Hampton Roads Railway website, owned and operated by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society
Sully Plantation Chantilly Northern Historic house
Sweet Briar College Art Gallery Sweet Briar Art website
Tangier History Museum & Interpretive Cultural Center Tangier Island Local history website, opening in 2008
This Century Art Gallery Williamsburg Tidewater/Hampton Roads Art website, contemporary paintings, sculpture and crafts by regional and national artists
Thomas J. Boyd Museum Wytheville Blue Ridge Highlands Local history website
Tobacco Farm Life Museum of Virginia South Hill Southern Industry - Tobacco website
Tompkins Cottage Mathews Historic house website, operated by the Matthews Historical Society
Torpedo Factory Art Center Alexandria Northern Art website, three floors of open studios and galleries
Toy Museum at Natural Bridge Natural Bridge Shenandoah Valley Toy website, toys, games and dolls which date from 1740 to 2000, largest collection in the world
Tredegar Iron Works Richmond Central Multi Visitor's center has exhibits about the Civil War, the foundry and rolling mill, and local history
Tuckahoe Plantation Manakin Historic house Boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson
United States Army Women's Museum Alexandria Northern Military
United States National Slavery Museum Fredericksburg History Planned museum
University of Richmond Museums Richmond Central Art website
University of Virginia Art Museum Charlottesville Central Art website
Upper Wolfsnare Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Historic house website, owned by the Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historical Society
U.S. Army Transportation Museum Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Transportation Located at Fort Eustis
USGS Visitors Center Reston Northern Science website, science and natural history exhibit center of the United States Geological Survey
U.S. Patent and Trademark Museum Alexandria Northern Technology website
UVa Computer Museum Charlottesville Central Technology website, part of University of Virginia
Valentine Richmond History Center Richmond Central Local history
Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Religious website
Valley Turnpike Museum Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Local history information, history and heritage of today's US Route 11, aka The Valley Turnpike
Violet Bank Museum Colonial Heights Central Historic house information
Vinton Historical Society and Museum Vinton Local history website, also website
Virginia Air and Space Center Hampton Tidewater/Hampton Roads Aerospace website
Virginia Aquarium Virginia Beach Tidewater/Hampton Roads Aquarium
Virginia Aviation Museum Richmond Central Aviation
Virginia Center for Architecture Richmond Central Architecture
Virginia City, Virginia Wytheville Blue Ridge Highlands Open air website, 1880’s style frontier town, includes gem & mineral museum
Virginia Discovery Museum Charlottesville Central Children's website
Virginia Executive Mansion Richmond Central Historic house
Virginia Historical Society Richmond Central History
Virginia Holocaust Museum Richmond Central Holocaust
Virginia House Museum Richmond Central Historic house part of Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Visitor Center and Aquarium Gloucester Point Natural history website, part of the College of William and Mary
Virginia Living Museum Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Natural history
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond Central Art
Virginia Museum of Natural History Martinsville Southern Natural history Website
Virginia Museum of Transportation Roanoke Shenandoah Valley Transportation Trains, planes, automobiles
Virginia Fire & Police Museum Richmond Central Firefighting website, museum housed at Gallery5
Virginia Quilt Museum Harrisonburg Shenandoah Valley Textile Website
Virginia Randolph Cottage Glen Allen Central Historic house
Virginia S. Evans Doll Museum South Hill Southern Toy website, located in restored South Hill Depot, which also houses the South Hill Model Railroad Museum
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Portsmouth Tidewater/Hampton Roads Hall of Fame - Sports
Virginia State Capitol Richmond Central State capitol
Virginia War Museum Newport News Tidewater/Hampton Roads Military
VMI Museum Lexington Shenandoah Valley Military website, part of Virginia Military Institute
Walk in the Wild Nature Museum Woodlawn Blue Ridge Highlands Natural history website
Walton's Mountain Museum Schuyler Central Media website, replicas of house and settings from The Waltons television show
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum Front Royal Civil War website
Waynesboro African-American Museum Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley African American Waynesboro Tourism - Culture, scroll down to listing
Waynesboro Heritage Museum Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley Local history Waynesboro Tourism Places of Interest
Weems-Botts Museum Dumfries Northern Local history
Westmoreland County Museum & Library Montross Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history website
Weston Manor Hopewell Central Historic house 18th century plantation house
White Oak Museum Falmouth Northern Civil War website
Wickham House Richmond Central Historic house part of Valentine Richmond History Center
Wickham House Museum Woodstock Shenandoah Valley Historic house website, operated by the Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia
Wilderness Road Regional Museum Newbern Blue Ridge Highlands Open air website, owned and operated by the New River Historical Society
William King Regional Arts Center Abingdon Blue Ridge Highlands Art Also operates Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum
Wilton House Museum Richmond Central Historic house
Winmill Carriage Museum Leesburg Northern Transportation Located at Morven Park, website
Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribal Museum Stuart Blue Ridge Highlands Native American website
Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum Bastian Blue Ridge Highlands Native American website, recreated Indian village and museum, owned and operated by the Bland County Historical Society
Women In Military Service For America Memorial Arlington Northern Military website
Wood Brothers Racing Museum Stuart Blue Ridge Highlands Sports website
Woodlawn Plantation Alexandria Northern Historic house
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Staunton Shenandoah Valley Presidential home
Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia Woodstock Shenandoah Valley Local history website
York County Historical Museum Yorktown Tidewater/Hampton Roads Local history website
Yorktown Victory Center Yorktown Tidewater/Hampton Roads History website


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[edit] Regions of Virginia

As defined by Virginia Tourism site

  • Central: Altavista, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Blackstone, Charlottesville, Chester, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Fort Lee, Glen Allen, Goochland, Gordonsville, Hampden-Sydney, Hood, Hopewell, Louisa, Lynchburg, Mineral, Orange, Palmyra, Pamplin, Petersburg, Piney River, Powhatan, Richmond, Schuyler, Scottsville
  • Northern: Alexandria, Arlington, Brandy Station, Chantilly, Crewe, Culpeper, Dumfries, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Falmouth, Farmville, Fredericksburg, Goldvein, Gum Springs, Haymarket, Herndon, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Manassas, McLean, Middleburg, Mount Vernon, Occoquan, Potomac Mills, Reston, Spotsylvania, Sterling, Vienna, Warrenton, Woodford, White Post
  • Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Chesapeake, Courtland, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Jamestown, King William, Montross, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk, Surry, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Chincoteague/Assateague on the Eastern Shore
  • Shenandoah Valley: Boyce, Bridgewater, Clifton Forge, Dayton, Edinburg, Elkton, Fincastle, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Luray, McDowell, Middletown, Millwood, Monterey, Mount Jackson, Natural Bridge, New Castle, Port Republic, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Steeles Tavern, Stephens City, Strasburg, Timberville, Waynesboro, Winchester, Woodstock
  • Southern: Clarksville, Danville, Gretna, Halifax, Martinsville, South Boston, South Hill
  • Blue Ridge Highlands: Abingdon, Ararat, Atkins, Bastian, Blacksburg, Bland, Bristol, Cana, Christianburg, Ferrum, Galax, Hillsville, Marion, Newbern, Pearlsburg, Pulaski, Saltville, Stuart, Radford, Woodlawn, Wytheville

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