FREE Memorial Day admission for veterans & active military personnel

The museum is offering free admission for all veterans and active miliatary personnel, Monday, May 28, 2012.

Project WET education training is June 15

Sign-ups are now being accepted for the museum's Project WET education training on June 15

Rockfish Valley Foundation becomes VMNH affiliate

The Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center is now a VMNH affiliate, providing both institutions with a variety of partnership benefits and collaborative opportunities.

VMNH staff provide disaster relief to museum colleagues

VMNH staff recently came to the aid of museum colleagues at the Fairfield Foundation in Gloucester County, Virginia, following flooding.

VMNH scientist turning toward public to help fund excavation

Dr. Alton Dooley, curator of paleontology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, has spent the majority of his career excavating Virginia's Carmel Church Quarry in Caroline County and is now seeking public support to continue excavating one of the world’s most important fossil sites before high erosion rates and possible development cause the fossils to be lost forever.

Rocks to Racing exhibit now open

The exhibit "Rocks to Racing" is now open, with hands-on activities for all ages.

VMNH scientists develop technique for detecting 7,000 year old genetic condition

VMNH scientists are using black lights to diagnose a genetic condition in squirrels that lived 7,000 years ago. The results of this research were published in a recent issue of the The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

VMNH a leader in STEM education

The Virginia Museum of Natural History's innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs reach students, teachers, and the general public statewide and throughout the region.