Exhibits

Masters of the Night

Masters of the Night

Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats brings the mystery surrounding bats out of the dark. The special exhibit opens February 10, 2024.

Learn More

Hall of Ancient Life

Hall of Ancient Life

Welcome to the museum! The Harvest Foundation Hall of Ancient Life greets visitors as the first exhibit gallery with a vast assortment of fascinating displays of ...

Learn More

Stories From Skeleton

Stories From Skeleton

Featuring a variety of specimens from the museum's scientific collections, "Stories from Skeletons" highlights the wealth of information scientists can learn from animal an...

Learn More

Uncovering Virginia

Uncovering Virginia

Walk through Virginia's natural history from beginning to present inside the museum's Uncovering Virginia exhibit gallery. The exhibit features recreations of six research ...

Learn More

How Nature Works

How Nature Works

The Lee & George W. Lester, II How Nature Works gallery is divided into two distinct sections; How Nature Works: Rocks and How Nature Works: Life. The former demonstrat...

Learn More

Ice Age

Ice Age

Through the museum’s casting and molding program, VMNH has re-created full-sized, skeleton casts of some of the most iconic creatures of the Pleistocene epoch, which ...

Learn More

The Hidden Life of Ants

The Secret Life Of Ants

Ants may be small in size, but they are living large at the Virginia Museum of Natural History!  "Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants", donated to the...

Learn More

Hahn Hall of Biodiversity

Hahn Hall of Biodiversity

The Hahn Hall of Biodiversity features the spectacular African mammal collections of Dr. Thomas Marshall Hahn Jr., President Emeritus of Virginia Tech. Dr. Hahn generously ...

Learn More

The Fossil Overlook

Fossil Overlook

The museum's Fossil Overlook exhibit, sponsored by the Hermes Family Foundation, highlights fossils unearthed by museum scientists and other researchers, as well as accurat...

Learn More

Discovery Reef

Discovery Reef

The Hooker Furniture Discovery Reef is a hands-on, interactive play and discovery area for children. The target age for the Discover Reef is 8 and under, although the inter...

Learn More

VMNH Traveling Exhibits

VMNH Traveling Exhibits

Traveling exhibits are available for rent by other museums and institutions!

Learn More
map of Virginia and surrounding areas

Please Visit Us Soon

Hours:

Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday - Monday: Closed

Admission:

$10 for ages 18-59
$5 for ages 3-17, seniors 60+, and college students
FREE for children under 3, museum members, and members of ASTC participating institutions

My 4 year old son loves going to the museum. The exhibits are educational, interactive and kid-friendly.

Beth Deathrage

Hear More  arrow