Virginia Living Museum

Get up close to a loggerhead turtle and moon jellies. Touch live spider crabs and fossilized dinosaur tracks. Virginia Living Museum’s Living exhibits depict Virginia’s natural heritage from the mountains to the sea. Explore the underwater world of the Chesapeake Bay and the underground realm of a limestone cave. See spectacular views of the sun from the observatory and travel the universe in the state-of-the-art digital planetarium. Outdoors, one can stroll the boardwalk to view coastal birds, beavers, otters, coyotes, red wolves and other animals in naturalized habitats. See one of the most extensive displays of native plants in Virginia. At Virginia Living Museum you can learn how to build, live and garden green.

• See fish with no eyes and frogs that change colors
• View endangered red wolves
• Experience a steamy cypress swamp and cool mountain cove