News Articles

August 28, 2010

http://www.vmnh.net/news.cfm?ID=251

August 25, 2010

Several banners are being hung in the museum's Harvest Foundation Great Hall. These banners will improve the acoustics of the space, while also improving The Great Hall's overall appearance. There will be three 4' x 16' hanging banners, along with two large 9' x 12' wall-mounted murals; the murals will feature illustrations by world-renowned artist Karen Carr for the Virginia Museum of Natural History. The banners were printed by Solid Stone Fabrics of Martinsville, Virginia.

August 25, 2010

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=25003

August 24, 2010

http://www.vmnh.net/news.cfm?ID=267

August 24, 2010

http://www.vmnh.net/news.cfm?ID=264

August 23, 2010

Installing fiber-optic lighting for the new Hahn Hall of Biodiversity, opening at the Virginia Museum of Natural History on Saturday, August 28, with a museum member reception the prior evening.

August 23, 2010

"Clawd", a model of a Jefferson's Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii), was moved from the museum's upper level to the "Saltville" exhibit in the "Uncovering Virginia" gallery on Sunday as VMNH staff prepare to transform the museum's upper level into a permanent dinosaur exhibit area.

August 17, 2010

The first of several banners was hung today, August 17, 2010, in The Harvest Foundation Great Hall.

August 9, 2010

The ship under construction in the Hooker Furniture Discovery Reef - opening August 26 at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.

August 2, 2010

http://www.vmnh.net/news.cfm?ID=261