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The museum celebrates the history, heritage and future of historic Aberdeen Gardens. Free admission, call to schedule a tour.
Historical home built circa 1719. Tours and special events. Free admission for tours.
Organization dedicated to collecting local African history and promoting, encouraging, and coordinating original historical activities, relating to African Americans in the Portsmouth area through oral and written interviews and other research activities.
Free Museum Admission- Rockets and Aircraft within the Park. Playground.
Living history museum sharing an awareness and understanding of the early history, settlement, and development of the United States through the convergence of American Indian, European, and African cultures and the enduring legacies bequeathed to the nation. Summer History Camps available.
The Armed Forces Memorial is a 160-foot monument with 20 bronze cast letters (actual letters from members of the Armed Forces who never returned from war) scattered across the base of a flagpole.
Seasonal. Art & artifacts documenting the migratory birds that pass through this area of Eastern Virginia.
Performance venue and historical landmark in Norfolk.
The Barry Art Museum is operated by the Old Dominion University Museum Foundation, in partnership with Old Dominion University. Admission is Free. Public programs and activities are offered.
Historic site where five miles of evidence from the Battle of Dam #1 can still be found.
Scene of the April 5, 1862 Battle of Lee's Mill.
Follow markers through Town Point Park and Downtown Norfolk on the self-guided tour. Download map on the website link.
Historical site and home of The Confederate Monument. Guided lantern tours offered.
Memorial dedicated to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Hands-On Exhibits, Activities and Events. Birthday Parties, Summer Camps and Homeschool Programs are available. Planetarium. Sensory-Friendly Hours are regularly scheduled.
Art Museum. General admission is free. Free family activities including family festivals, story time, pre-k programs, glass-blowing demonstrations and more. Homeschool Studio, Scouts events, summer camps available. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from 12-5pm.
A series of Civil War battle sites also used as a path for the Underground Railroad.
Scene of the sinking of the U.S.S. Cumberland and U.S.S. Congress by the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia.
d'Art Center hosts art exhibitions, houses gallery and studio spaces with on-site resident artists to interact with, and provides interactive programming. The center also offers art-focused summer camp programming for ages 6-13 in June - August, and children's workshops and classes for ages 6+!
A historical home built in 1769 this house has witnessed the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Tours, exhibits, special events and programs throughout the entire year. Civil War Camps.
Historic Federalist style home built in 1830. Tours of the home, special events, and summer camps available.
Historical site of the first church in Suffolk.
Free Casement Museum Admission.
For at least 400 years, the point of land known as Old Point Comfort that now includes Fort Monroe has served as the key defensive site at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
Due to its historical and cultural significance, Fort Monroe was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and recognized as the Fort Monroe National Monument through an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in 2011.
The last remaining harbor front fort from the time of George Washington. Free admission.