Newport News: Museums & Historical Places

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.

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.

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.

The Lee Hall Depot was constructed in the 1880s. The site is under construction, visitors can not access the inside of the depot due to construction.

One of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula. Tours, activities and special events offered throughout the year.

Maritime History Museum. Youth and family programs. Homeschool Programs.

Scene of the famous Battle of the Ironclads, the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor.

This innovative approach to community policing provides a location where citizens can inquire about crime prevention topics, as well as obtain information about other community agencies. The center is fully staffed by volunteers, making it the first such facility in Virginia. It also houses many interesting items of police memorabilia.

This 1899 Victorian home belonged to Joseph Thomas Newsome, a prominent Newport News attorney, journalist, and civil rights pioneer. Local programs and community events.

This site was part of the Skiffes Creek Line. It was built to defend the Confederate Mulberry Island-James River section during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.

A memorial to the men and women of the armed forces. Currently is used as the site of the Newport News annual Memorial and Veterans Day ceremonies.

Hands-on activities, observatory, planetarium, outdoor boardwalk, native plant and conservation gardens, and 250 living species. Birthday parties available. Summer camps. Homeschool Programs.

Museum displays documenting America's wars from 1775 to the present. Summer camps.

Site of the 1810 courthouse and also the site of the recently restored 1884 Warwick Court House.

The earthworks located adjacent to this 1820 tide mill were the western anchor of Confederate Major General John B. Magruder's first line of defense during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.