List of museums in Virginia

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This list of museums in Virginia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

This is a sortable list. Click on the small boxes next to any heading title to reorder the list (in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order) by that category.

Name	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
A.A.F. Tank Museum	Danville	Southern	Military	website
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Folk art	website, one of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions
Abram's Delight Museum	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, also 18th Century Valley Cabin located on the grounds
Accomack-Northampton Antique Car Museum	Parksley		Transportation - Automotive	information
Adam Thoroughgood House	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house
African-American Museum of Fauquier County	The Plains		African American	website
Agecroft Hall	Richmond	Central	Historic house
Air Power Park	Hampton	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Aviation
Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society & Museum	Charlottesville	Central	Local history	website
Alexandria Archaeology Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Archaeology	website
Alexandria Black History Museum	Alexandria	Northern	African American	website
Amazement Square	Lynchburg	Central	Children's	website
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society	Amherst	Central		website
American Celebration on Parade	Shenandoah Caverns		Parade floats	website, part of Shenandoah Caverns, collection of parade floats, props, and stage settings from American entertainment and political history
American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar	Richmond	Central	Civil War	Located at Tredegar Iron Works
Anderson Gallery	Richmond	Central	Art	website, part of Virginia Commonwealth University
Andrew Johnston House Museum	Pearisburg		Open air	website, complex of historic house, doctor's office and historical museum, operated by the Giles County Historical Society
Anne Spencer House	Lynchburg	Central	Historic house	Home of Anne Spencer, a poet of the Harlem Renaissance
A. P. Carter Museum	Hiltons		Music	website
Appomattox County Historical Museum	Appomattox	Central	Local history	Website
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Appomattox	Central	Civil War
Arlington Historical Museum	Arlington	Northern	Local history	website, owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial	Arlington	Northern	Historic house
Armstead Tasker Johnson High School Museum	Montross		African American	information, history and legacy of education for African American students in the Northern Neck of Virginia
Army Quartermaster Museum	Fort Lee	Central	Military
Army Women's Museum	Fort Lee	Central	Military
Artisans Center of Virginia	Waynesboro	Shenandoah Valley	Art	website, exhibition galleries of traditional and contemporary crafts made by Virginia artists
Art Museum of Western Virginia	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Art
Ash Lawn-Highland	Charlottesville	Central	Historic house	Estate of James Monroe
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities	Richmond	Central	Historic house	Owns and manages many historic properties in Virginia
Athenaeum, Virginia	Alexandria	Northern	Art	website, home to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, art exhibitions and galleries
Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads		Website
Augusta Military Academy Museum	Fort Defiance		Military	Website
Avoca Museum	Altavista	Central	Historic house	website
Bacon's Castle	Surry	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	Also known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House", owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Ball-Sellers House	Arlington	Northern	Historic house	website, owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society
Balthis House	Front Royal	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
Bassett Hall	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	Part of Colonial Williamsburg
Bassett Historical Center	Bassett		Local history	website, more information
Bedford City County Museum	Bedford	Central	Local history	website
Beebe Ranch	Chincoteaque	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Media	Mini museum at the Beebe Ranch with the famous ponies “Misty” & “Stormy” from the book Misty of Chincoteague
Belle Air Plantation	Charles City		Historic house
Belle Boyd Cottage	Front Royal	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
Belle Grove Plantation	Middletown	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house
Berkeley Plantation	Charles City		Historic house
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives	Richmond	Central	Religious - Jewish	website, Richmond and Southern Jewish experience
Black Heritage Museum of Arlington	Arlington	Northern	African American	website, planned museum, currently only virtual
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia	Richmond	Central		Website
Blacksburg Museum	Blacksburg	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website
Blandford Church	Petersburg	Central	Church	website, Confederate memorial chapel with Tiffany windows
Blue Ridge Farm Museum	Ferrum	Blue Ridge Highlands	Living	website, part of Ferrum College and Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, re-created Virginia-German farmstead
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum	Ferrum	Blue Ridge Highlands	Culture	website, part of Ferrum College, regional folk music, crafts, customs, material culture, folk art
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Franklin County		Biographical
Botetourt County Historical Museum	Fincastle	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Boyd Tavern	Boydton		Historic tavern	website
Boykin's Tavern Museum	Isle of Wight	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	information, scroll down to listing, information
Campbell House	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, home of the Rockbridge Historical Society
Canal Basin Square	Scottsville	Central	Transportation	website, outdoor transportation history park
Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center	Cape Charles		Local history
Cape Henry Lighthouse	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads		Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Car and Carriage Caravan Museum	Luray	Shenandoah Valley	Transportation	website, part of Luray Caverns attractions, authentically restored cars, carriages, coaches and costumes dating from 1725 to 1941
Carlyle House	Alexandria	Northern	Historic house
Carroll County Historical Society Museum	Hillsville	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website
Center in the Square	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley		Website
Central High Museum	Charlotte Court House		School	website
Centre Hill Museum	Petersburg	Central	Historic house	website, Greek Revival mansion with exhibits on history of Petersburg
Chatham Manor	Fredericksburg	Northern	Historic house	Part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum	Chesapeake Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Railway	website
Chesterfield Museum	Chesterfield		Local history	website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
Children's Museum of Richmond	Richmond	Central	Children's
Children's Museum of Virginia	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Children's	website
Chimborazo Medical Museum	Richmond	Central	Medical	Located at the Richmond Visitor Center of Richmond National Battlefield Park
Chippokes Farm & Forestry Museum	Surry	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Agriculture	Located in Chippokes Plantation State Park
Christ Church (Lancaster County, Virginia)	Irvington		Historic church	National Historic Landmark Colonial-era church
Christiansburg Institute	Christiansburg	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website, includes Smokehouse Museum of the Institute's history
Chrysler Museum of Art	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art
CIA Museum	Langley		Espionage	Not open to the public
City Point Early History Museum	Hopewell	Central	Local history	website, includes exhibit of Hopewell China
Civil War Life Museum	Massaponax		Civil War	website
Civil War Museum at Exchange Hotel	Gordonsville	Central	Civil War	website,
Clarke County Historical Association Museum	Clarke County		Local history	website
Clarksville Regional Museum	Clarksville	Southern	Local history	website
Claude Moore Colonial Farm	Langley		Living
Cleveland Virginia History and Heritage Museum	Cleveland		Local history	information
Clover Hill Village	Appomattox	Central	Living	Website
C&O Railway Heritage Center	Clifton Forge	Shenandoah Valley	Railway	website
Coal Mining Heritage Park	Merrimac		Multi	website, outdoor science laboratory and nature center for area schools and an outdoor historic and archaeological museum
Cold War Museum	Lorton		Military	Planned museum
Collingwood Library and Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Library	website, exhibits from the collections about Americanism, patriotism and portraying the "best possible image of our Nation's development to visitors from foreign lands"
Colonial National Historical Park	Various locations	Tidewater/Hampton Roads		23-mile parkway linking Historic Jamestowne, Yorktown National Battlefield, Cape Henry Memorial
Colonial Williamsburg	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Open air
Colvin Run Mill	Great Falls	Northern	Architecture	Website
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website
Courthouse Galleries	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website
Courthouse Tavern Museum	King and Queen Court House		Local history	website, operated by the King and Queen County Historical Society
Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park	Tazewell		Open air	website, history, natural history, Native Americans, pioneer life in 15 reconstructed buildings
Craig County Historical Society Museum	New Castle	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, information
Crewe Railroad Museum	Crewe	Northern	Railway	website
Cyrus McCormick Farm	Steeles Tavern	Shenandoah Valley	Agriculture
Daniel Harrison House	Dayton	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, operated by the Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society, also known as Fort Harrison
Dante Coal Mining and Railroad Museum	Dante		Local history	website, local history, artifacts of coal mining and railroad life and work
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History	Danville	Southern	Multi	website, art, Civil War artifacts, local history
Danville Science Center	Danville	Southern	Science	website
Daura Gallery	Lynchburg	Central	Art	website, part of Lynchburg College
DEA Museum	Arlington	Northern	Law enforcement	website, history of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the impact of drug addiction from past to present
Deltaville Maritime Museum	Deltaville		Maritime	website, museum and Holly Point Nature Park encompass over thirty acres and include two houses, many outbuildings, three docks, and a small boat launching area
Dennis E. Reedy Railroad & Coalmining Museum	Clinchco		Industry	website
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Decorative art	website, one of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions
Dodona Manor	Leesburg	Northern	Biographical	Also known as Gen. George C. Marshall House
Drakes Branch Museum	Drakes Branch		Local history	website
Eastern Shore Railway Museum	Parksley		Railway
Edgar Allan Poe Museum	Richmond	Central	Biographical
Edinburg Madison District Museum	Edinburg	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Art	website, part of Hollins University
Endview Plantation	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Essex County Museum & Historical Society	Tappahannock		Local history	website, more information
Esther Atkinson Museum	Hampden-Sydney	Central	Multi	website, part of Hampden-Sydney College, local history, natural history, art
Fairfax Museum	Fairfax	Northern	Local history	website, also houses the visitor center
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum	Fairfax Station	Northern	Railway	website, Civil War, railroading and local history
Fayette Area Historical Initiative African American Museum (FAHI)	Martinsville	Southern	African American	website, information
Ferry Farm	Fredericksburg		Historic farm	Boyhood home of George Washington
Ferry Plantation House	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum	Abingdon	Blue Ridge Highlands	Historic house	Operated by the William King Regional Arts Center
Fincastle Museum	Fincastle	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, operated by the Historic Fincastle
Fort Monroe	Hampton	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Fort	Includes Casemate Museum
Fort Norfolk	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Fort	website, home of the Norfolk Historical Society
Fort Ward Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Civil War	website
Francis Land House	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Franconia Museum	Franconia		Local history	website
Franklin County Historical Society Museum	Rocky Mount		Local history	website
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park	Fredericksburg	Northern	Civil War
Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center	Fredericksburg	Northern	Local history	website
Freedom House Museum	Alexandria	Northern	African American	website
Freedom Park	Arlington	Northern	Sculpture park
Freeman Store and Museum	Vienna	Northern	Local history	website, operated by Historic Vienna
Friendship Firehouse Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Firefighting	website
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Living
Gadsby's Tavern Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Tavern
Gari Melchers Home	Falmouth	Northern	Art	Home and studio of American artist Gari Melchers
Genex Showcase Miniature Museum	Hampton Roads		Collectibles	website, planned museum to open in 2009
The George C. Marshall Foundation	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	Biographical
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	Washington's Birthplace		Historic house
George Washington Masonic National Memorial	Alexandria	Northern	Presidential memorial	Includes George Washington Museum, Masonic exhibits, a replica of the Alexandria-Washington Lodge room as it was in 1802, library and chapel
George Washington's Office Museum	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	History	website, also information
Glencoe Museum	Radford	Blue Ridge Highlands	History	website
Gloucester Museum of History	Gloucester		Local history	website
Graffiti House	Brandy Station	Northern	Civil War
Grand Lodge Library, Museum & Cultural Foundation	Richmond	Central	Masonic	website, library and museum with Masonic artifacts representing Virginia Masonic history
Grant's Headquarters at City Point Museum	Hopewell	Central	Civil War	Unit of Petersburg National Battlefield Park
Grayson Crossroads Museum	Independence		Local history	website, part of the Historic 1908 Courthouse
Gum Springs Museum & Cultural Center	Alexandria	Northern	African American	website, operated by the Gum Springs Historical Society
Gunston Hall	Mason Neck		Historic house
Gwynn's Island Museum	Gwynn's Island		Local history	website
Haller-Gibboney Rock House Museum	Wytheville	Blue Ridge Highlands	Historic house	website
Hampton History Museum	Hampton	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	website
Hampton Roads Naval Museum	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Maritime
Hampton University Museum	Hampton	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website, over 9,000 objects including African American fine arts, traditional African, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Island, and Asian art, and objects relating to the history of Hampton University
Harmon's Museum	Woodlawn	Blue Ridge Highlands	Commodity	website, Civil War artifacts, early coal mine relics, antique military guns, pioneer tools, early folk music memorabilia, Indian artifacts of Southwestern Virginia, Hillsville Courthouse Tragedy of 1912, Baldwin-Felts Detectives
Harrisonburg Children's Museum	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Children's	website
Harrison Museum of African American Culture	Shenandoah Valley		African American	website
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum	Big Stone Gap		Industry - coal	website
Haymarket Museum	Haymarket	Northern	Local history	website
Hazel Moon Resource Center	Appomattox	Central	Ethnic	website with photos, information, artifacts of Hazel Moon, long time missionary to Africa,
Hearse House and Caretakers' Museum	Lynchburg	Central	History	website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, museum about the cemetery and funerals
Henricus Historical Park	Chester		Living	website, re-creating the second successful English settlement in the New World
Heritage Center at Dayton	Dayton	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, home to the Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Heritage Farm Museum	Loudoun		Agriculture	website, agriculture history, working farm exhibits, general store
Hermitage Foundation Museum and Gardens	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Multi	website, early 20th century historic house museum with a art collection and contemporary exhibition galleries, surrounded by twelve acres of formal gardens and natural woodlands, educational wetlands, a visual arts school and a studio artists program
Herndon Depot Museum	Herndon	Northern	Railway	website, operated by the Herndon Historical Society
Highland County Museum and Heritage Center	McDowell	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Hill House	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	information, operated by the Portsmouth Historical Association
Historic Long Branch	Millwood	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website
Historic Sandusky & Civil War Museum	Lynchburg	Central	Civil War	website, historic house with exhibits about the Civil War
History Museum of Western Virginia	Shenandoah Valley		Local history	website
Holland Page Place	Palmyra	Central	Historic house	website, post Civil War log cabin, operated by the Fluvanna County Historical Society
Hollow History Center	Ararat	Blue Ridge Highlands	Open air	website, open by appointment
Homeplace Mountain Farm & Museum	Weber City		Living	website, information, early pioneer mountain farmstead
Hopkins Candy Factory	Manassas	Northern	Multi	website, houses Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas with an art gallery, theater and history exhibits
Hostetter Museum of Natural History	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Natural history	website, part of Eastern Mennonite University
Housewright House	Buckingham		Local history	website, owned and managed by Historic Buckingham
Hugh Mercer Apothecary	Fredericksburg		Medical	Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Hunter House Victorian Museum	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Isle of Wight County Museum	Isle of Wight	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	information, information, scroll down to listing
Ivy Lodge Museum	Front Royal	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society
James A. Fields House	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	information, information
James Madison University Mineral Museum	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Natural history	website, over 550 crystal and gemstone specimens from around the world
James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library	Fredericksburg		Biographical	website, administered by the University of Mary Washington
Jamestown Settlement	Jamestown	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Living
Jeane Dixon Museum and Library	Strasburg	Shenandoah Valley	Biographical	website, museum about psychic Jeane Dixon
JMU Meteorite Collection	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Geology	website, located at James Madison University
John Fox, Jr. Museum	Big Stone Gap		Biographical	website, home of author John Fox, Jr.
John Marshall House	Richmond	Central	Historic house	Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
John Q. Adams Center for the History of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Medical	website, located in the headquarters of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, also many online exhibits about the history of medical and surgical care of the ears, nose, throat, head, and neck
John Singleton Mosby Museum	Warrenton	Northern	Biographical	website
Josephine School Community Museum	Berryville		African American	website,
Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Firefighting	information, information
June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center	Big Stone Gap		Historic house	website
Kenmore Plantation	Fredericksburg		Historic house
Ker Place Historical House Museum	Onacock		History	Circa 1800 Federal style house museum. Website
Kilmarnock Town Museum	Kilmarnock		Local history	website
King George County Historical Society Museum	King George		Local history	website
King William Historical Museum	King William	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	website
Kinsale Museum	Kinsale		Local history	website
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection	Charlottesville	Central	Art	website, at the University of Virginia
Langhorne House	Danville	Southern	Historic house	information, birthplace of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
L. E. Coleman African-American Museum	Halifax	Southern	African American	website
Lee Chapel	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	History	Historic chapel with museum about the history of the Lee family and George Washington and Washington & Lee University
Lee-Fendall House	Alexandria	Northern	Historic house
Lee Hall Depot	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Railway	website, currently only visible from the outside, to be moved in 2009 and turned into a museum
Lee Hall Mansion	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Legacy Museum of African American History	Lynchburg	Central	African American
Liberty Heritage Society Museum	Warrenton	Northern	Local history	information
Lightship Museum	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Maritime	website
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts	Farmville	Northern	Art	website, part of Longwood University
Loudoun Museum	Leesburg	Northern	Local history	website
Louisa County Historical Society Museum	Louisa	Central	Local history	website
Lovettsville Museum and Historical Society	Lovettsville	Northern	Local history	website
Lyceum, Alexandria's History Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Local history	website
Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts	Lynchburg	Central	Art	website
Lynchburg Museum	Lynchburg	Central	Local history	website, also includes Point of Honor, a Federal home completed in 1815
Lynnhaven House	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website, information, owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
MacCallum More Museum & Gardens	Chase City		Local history	website, includes collection of Native American artifacts
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site	Richmond	Central	Biographical
Magnolia Grange	Chesterfield		Historic house	website, operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia
Maier Museum of Art	Lynchburg	Central	Art	website, part of Randolph College
Manassas Museum	Manassas	Northern	Local history	website
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Manassas	Northern	Civil War
Manassas Railway Depot	Manassas	Northern	Railway	website, officially known as James & Marion Payne Memorial Railroad Heritage Gallery
Mariners' Museum	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Maritime
Marshall House Museum	Woodstock	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, operated by the Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia
Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library	Lancaster County		Open air
Mary Washington House	Fredericksburg		Historic house	Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Matthews Living History Farm Museum	Galax	Blue Ridge Highlands	Agriculture	website
Maymont Park	Richmond	Central	Multi	Historic mansion, carriage collection, arboretum and gardens, wildlife exhibits, children's farm and nature center
McCormick Observatory	Charlottesville	Central
Meadow Farm Museum	Glen Allen	Central	Living	website, 1860 living historical farm and museum
Menokin	Warsaw		Historic house	Ruins of historic house, visitor center focuses on the history of the property and conservation efforts
Merchant's Mill Museum	Occoquan	Northern	Local history	information, information
Middlesex County Museum	Saluda		Local history	information
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex	Waverly		Multi	information, information, includes Wood Products Museum, Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum, and Peanut Museum
Military Aviation Museum	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Aviation	website
Monacan Ancestral Museum	Amherst	Central	Native American	website
Money Museum, (Richmond, Virginia)	Richmond	Central	Money	website, located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, closed for renovations until 2009
Monroe Park Gold Mining Camp Museum	Goldvein	Northern	Industry - gold mining	website
Montgomery Museum	Christiansburg	Blue Ridge Highlands	Multi	website, full name Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller Regional Art Center, local history and art
Monticello	Charlottesville	Central	Presidential home	Estate of Thomas Jefferson
Montpelier	Orange	Central	Presidential home	Estate of James Madison
Morattico Waterfront Museum	Morattico		Maritime	website
Morefield Gem Mine Museum	Amelia	Central	Industry - mining	website, may be closing due to sale
Morgan-McClure Motorsports Museum	Abingdon	Blue Ridge Highlands	Sports	information, currently closed
Morven Park	Leesburg	Northern	Historic house
Mourning Museum	Lynchburg	Central	History	website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, museum about mourning customs
Moses Myers House	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website, owned by Chrysler Museum of Art
Mount Jackson Museum	Mount Jackson	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, information
Mount Vernon	Alexandria	Northern	Presidential home	Estate of George Washington
Muscarelle Museum of Art	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	Part of The College of William & Mary
Museum at Colonial Beach	Colonial Beach		Local history	website, information, operated by the Colonial Beach Historical Society
Museum for American Studies	Charlottesville	Central	Art	website, part of University of Virginia
Museum of American Presidents	Strasburg	Shenandoah Valley	History	website, influence of Virginia on American presidents
Museum of Bank History	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Industry - Banking	information, presented by SunTrust Banks
Museum of Charlotte County	Charlotte Court House		Open air	website
Museum of Culpeper History	Culpeper	Northern	Local history	website
Museum of Geosciences	Blacksburg	Blue Ridge Highlands	Natural history	website, part of Virginia Tech
Museum of Hounds & Hunting North America	Leesburg	Northern	Sports	website, located at Morven Park, art and artifacts about foxhunting
Museum of Military History - Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Military	information
Museum of the Confederacy	Richmond	Central	Civil War
Museum of the Middle Appalachians	Saltville	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website, history, natural history, Native Americans, Civil War exhibits
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	Multi	Historic Glen Burnie house, art collection, decorative arts, gardens
NASA Visitor Center	Wallops Island		Aerospace	Adjacent to Wallops Flight Facility
National Capitol Squadron	Brandy Station	Northern	Transportation - Aviation	website, Commemorative Air Force display of a fleet of aircraft known as the Ghost Squadron
National Firearms Museum	Fairfax	Northern	Weaponry	Located at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier	Petersburg	Central	Civil War	website, part of Pamplin Historical Park
National Museum of the Marine Corps	Triangle		Military
National Sporting Library	Middleburg	Northern	Library	Hosts art exhibitions related to horses and field sports
Natural Bridge Wax Museum	Natural Bridge	Shenandoah Valley	Wax	website
Nauticus	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Science	Also the home of the USS Wisconsin
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park	New Market		Civil War	website, includes Bushong Farm, nine structures interpreting mid-nineteenth century Shenandoah Valley farm life, and Hall of Valor Civil War Museum, commemorating Battle of New Market
Newseum	Rosslyn		Media	Moving to Washington, D.C. in 2008
Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	African American	website
Newtown History Center	Stephens City	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	website, owned by Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk Southern Museum	Norfolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Railway	website
North Bend Plantation	Charles City		Historic house
Northern Neck Farm Museum	Heathsville		Agriculture	website
Nyumba Ya Tausi-Peacock Museum	Bristol	Blue Ridge Highlands	African American	information
Oatlands Plantation	Leesburg	Northern	Historic house
Occoneechee State Park	Clarksville	Southern	Native American	website, visitor center features Native American history, a living hut and artifacts
Old Coast Guard Station Museum	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Military
Old Country Story Museum	Cana	Blue Ridge Highlands	History	information
Old Court House Civil War Museum	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	Civil War	website
Old Cranks Motorcar Museum	Galax	Blue Ridge Highlands	Transportation - Automotive	website
Old Dominion Railroad Museum	Richmond	Central	Railroad	website, operated by the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Preservation Society
Old Jail Museum (Goochland, Virginia)	Goochland	Central	Local history	website, operated by the Goochland County Historical Society
Old Jail Museum (Louisa, Virginia)	Louisa	Central	Jail	website, operated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Old Jail Museum (Warrenton, Virginia)	Warrenton	Northern	Jail	website, information & hours, operated by the Fauquier Historical Society
Old Stone Jail Museum	Palmyra	Central	Jail	website, operated by the Fluvanna County Historical Society
O. Winston Link Museum	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Photography	Railroad photographs
Oyster & Maritime Museum	Chincoteague	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history
Pamplin Historical Park	Petersburg	Central	Living	website, includes National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, three other museums, four historic buildings, civilian and military living history programs, and guided tours of the Breakthrough Battlefield and Tudor Hall Plantation
Pamunkey Indian Museum	King William	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Native American	website
Patrick County Historical Society Museum	Stuart	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website
P. Buckley Moss Museum	Waynesboro	Shenandoah Valley	Art	Website
Peninsula Fine Arts Center	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art
Pest House Medical Museum	Lynchburg	Central	Medical	website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery
Petersburg National Battlefield Park	Petersburg	Central	Civil War	Visitor centers in Petersburg, Hopewell and Dinwiddie
Philpott Lake Visitor Assistance Center	Bassett		Natural history	website, information
Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation	Charles City		Historic house
Plains District Memorial Museum	Timberville	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Pleasant Grove	Palmyra	Central	Historic house	website
Plumb House Museum	Waynesboro	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine and Museum	Pocahontas		Industry - Mining	website
Point of Honor	Lynchburg	Central	Historic house	website
Pope-Leighey House	Alexandria	Northern	Historic house	Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, now on the site of the Woodlawn Plantation
Poquoson Museum	Poquoson		Local history	website
Port Kinsale Maritime Museum	Kinsale		Maritime	website
Port Republic Museum	Port Republic	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Maritime
Presidents Park (Virginia)	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website, sculpture park with 16-18 foot busts of all 43 Presidents of the United States, education programs
Prestwould	Clarksville	Southern	Historic house
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center	Prince George		Local history	website, operated by the Prince George County Historical Society, more information
Princess Pocahontas Museum	Gloucester		Biographical	website, located in Gloucester Courthouse and is open by appointment only
Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum	Natural Bridge	Shenandoah Valley		website
Radford University Art Museum	Radford	Blue Ridge Highlands	Art	website
Radford University Museum of the Earth Sciences	Radford	Blue Ridge Highlands	Natural history	website, fossils, gems, minerals
Ralph Stanley Museum	Clintwood		Music	website, combines the career of Dr. Ralph Stanley with the history of traditional mountain music
Ratcliffe-Allison House	Fairfax	Northern	Historic house	website
Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Museum	Pulaski	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website
Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial	Brookneal		History
Reedville Fisherman's Museum	Reedville		Maritime	Open air museum of local maritime industry
Refuge Waterfowl Museum	Chincoteague	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	Waterfowl decoys, murals, wildlife paintings & skipjack models
Reston Museum	Reston	Northern	Local history	website
Reuel B. Pritchett Museum	Bridgewater		History	website, part of Bridgewater College, artifacts from the American Civil War, Native-Americans, pioneer life, coins, weapons, bibles, bottles & glassware and more
Reeves Center and Watson Pavilion	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	Art	website, part of Washington and Lee University, Asian art and ceramics, also includes Japanese Tea Room
Reynolds Homestead	Critz		Historic house	Boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, operated by Virginia Tech
Richmond County Museum	Warsaw	Central	Local history	website
Richmond National Battlefield Park	Richmond	Central	Civil War
Riddick's Folly	Suffolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website
Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Media
Rippon Lodge	Woodbridge		Historic house
Roanoke Art Museum	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Art
Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum	Hood	Central	Transportation - Automotive	website
Robert Russa Moton Museum	Farmville	Northern	History	Civil rights and segregation
Rochelle-Prince House	Courtland	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website, operated by the Southampton County Historical Society
Rosewell Plantation	Gloucester		Historic site	Ruins of plantation house with archaeological artifacts on exhibit
R.R. Smith Center for History and Art	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Multi	website, home of the Augusta County Historical Society, Historic Staunton Foundation, Staunton Augusta Art Center, exhibition galleries of history and art
Salem Museum	Salem	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
Sanders House	Bluefield		Historic house	website, operated by the Graham Historical Society
Sargeant Museum	Louisa	Central	Local history	website, operated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Saunders Brothers Orchard & Farm Museum	Piney River	Central	Agriculture	website, information, working orchard with collection of farm equipment
Schoolhouse Museum, Virginia	Isle of Wight	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Schoolhouse	website
Science Museum of Virginia	Richmond	Central	Science
Science Museum of Western Virginia	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Science	Website
Scotchtown (plantation)	Ashland		Historic house	Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Scottsville Museum	Scottsville	Central	Local history	website
Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia	Atkins	Blue Ridge Highlands	Living	website
Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum	Mount Olive		Historic house	website, operated by Hottel-Keller Memorial Association
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	Children's	website
Sherwood Forest Plantation	Charles City		Presidential home	Home of President John Tyler
Shirley Plantation	Charles City		Historic house
Siege Museum	Petersburg	Central	Civil War	website
Smithfield Cultural Arts Center	Smithfield	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website
Smithfield Plantation	Blacksburg	Blue Ridge Highlands	Living	website, owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Smith's Fort Plantation	Surry	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	Owned and managed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center	Leesburg	Northern	Nature center	website
Smyth County Historical and Museum Society	Marion	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	information
Southampton Agriculture and Forestry Museum	Courtland	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Industry	website, operated by the Southampton County Historical Society
South Boston - Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts & History	South Boston	Southern	Multi	website, local history, Native Americans, art
South Hill Model Railroad Museum	South Hill	Southern	Toy	website, located in restored South Hill Depot, HO model trains and local train information; location also houses the Virginia S. Evans Doll Museum
Southwest Virginia Museum	Big Stone Gap		Local history	website, Friends of the Museum website, history, culture, and industry of Southwest Virginia
Spotsylvania County Museum	Spotsylvania	Northern	Local history	website, under the direction of the Spotsylvania Historical Association
Springfield Rosseechee Museum	Clarksville	Southern	Native American	information
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Medical	website
Stage Door Gallery	Cape Charles		Art
Star Museum	Abingdon	Blue Ridge Highlands	Media	website, movie star memorabilia
Station House Museum, Lynchburg	Lynchburg	Central	Railway	website, one of four historic house museums located in Old City Cemetery, reconstructed C&O Railway Station furnished as in World War II
Statlers Museum	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Biographical	website, museum of the Statler Brothers
Staunton River Battlefield State Park	Clover		History	website, State Park page
Steamboat Era Museum	Irvington		Maritime	website
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center	Chantilly	Northern	Aerospace	Part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - located at Washington Dulles International Airport
St. James' House	Fredericksburg	Northern	Historic house	website
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum	Winchester	Shenandoah Valley	Civil War
Stonewall Jackson Museum at Hupp's Hill	Strasburg	Shenandoah Valley	Biographical	website
Stonewall Jackson House	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	Biographical
Strasburg Museum	Strasburg	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website, local railroad and pottery industry exhibits
Stratford Hall Plantation	Stratford		Historic house	Home of four generations of the Lee family of Virginia and birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Suffolk Museum	Suffolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website
Suffolk Seaboard Station Railroad Museum	Suffolk	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Railway	website, owned and operated by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society
Sully Plantation	Chantilly	Northern	Historic house
Sweet Briar College Art Gallery	Sweet Briar		Art	website
Tangier History Museum & Interpretive Cultural Center	Tangier Island		Local history	website, opening in 2008
This Century Art Gallery	Williamsburg	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Art	website, contemporary paintings, sculpture and crafts by regional and national artists
Thomas J. Boyd Museum	Wytheville	Blue Ridge Highlands	Local history	website
Tobacco Farm Life Museum of Virginia	South Hill	Southern	Industry - Tobacco	website
Tompkins Cottage	Mathews		Historic house	website, operated by the Matthews Historical Society
Torpedo Factory Art Center	Alexandria	Northern	Art	website, three floors of open studios and galleries
Toy Museum at Natural Bridge	Natural Bridge	Shenandoah Valley	Toy	website, toys, games and dolls which date from 1740 to 2000, largest collection in the world
Tredegar Iron Works	Richmond	Central	Multi	Visitor's center has exhibits about the Civil War, the foundry and rolling mill, and local history
Tuckahoe Plantation	Manakin		Historic house	Boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson
United States Army Women's Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Military
United States National Slavery Museum	Fredericksburg		History	Planned museum
University of Richmond Museums	Richmond	Central	Art	website
University of Virginia Art Museum	Charlottesville	Central	Art	website
Upper Wolfsnare	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Historic house	website, owned by the Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historical Society
U.S. Army Transportation Museum	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Transportation	Located at Fort Eustis
USGS Visitors Center	Reston	Northern	Science	website, science and natural history exhibit center of the United States Geological Survey
U.S. Patent and Trademark Museum	Alexandria	Northern	Technology	website
UVa Computer Museum	Charlottesville	Central	Technology	website, part of University of Virginia
Valentine Richmond History Center	Richmond	Central	Local history
Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Religious	website
Valley Turnpike Museum	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	information, history and heritage of today's US Route 11, aka The Valley Turnpike
Violet Bank Museum	Colonial Heights	Central	Historic house	information
Vinton Historical Society and Museum	Vinton		Local history	website, also website
Virginia Air and Space Center	Hampton	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Aerospace	website
Virginia Aquarium	Virginia Beach	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Aquarium
Virginia Aviation Museum	Richmond	Central	Aviation
Virginia Center for Architecture	Richmond	Central	Architecture
Virginia City, Virginia	Wytheville	Blue Ridge Highlands	Open air	website, 1880’s style frontier town, includes gem & mineral museum
Virginia Discovery Museum	Charlottesville	Central	Children's	website
Virginia Executive Mansion	Richmond	Central	Historic house
Virginia Historical Society	Richmond	Central	History
Virginia Holocaust Museum	Richmond	Central	Holocaust
Virginia House Museum	Richmond	Central	Historic house	part of Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Visitor Center and Aquarium	Gloucester Point		Natural history	website, part of the College of William and Mary
Virginia Living Museum	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Natural history
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	Richmond	Central	Art
Virginia Museum of Natural History	Martinsville	Southern	Natural history	Website
Virginia Museum of Transportation	Roanoke	Shenandoah Valley	Transportation	Trains, planes, automobiles
Virginia Fire & Police Museum	Richmond	Central	Firefighting	website, museum housed at Gallery5
Virginia Quilt Museum	Harrisonburg	Shenandoah Valley	Textile	Website
Virginia Randolph Cottage	Glen Allen	Central	Historic house
Virginia S. Evans Doll Museum	South Hill	Southern	Toy	website, located in restored South Hill Depot, which also houses the South Hill Model Railroad Museum
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum	Portsmouth	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Hall of Fame - Sports
Virginia State Capitol	Richmond	Central	State capitol
Virginia War Museum	Newport News	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Military
VMI Museum	Lexington	Shenandoah Valley	Military	website, part of Virginia Military Institute
Walk in the Wild Nature Museum	Woodlawn	Blue Ridge Highlands	Natural history	website
Walton's Mountain Museum	Schuyler	Central	Media	website, replicas of house and settings from The Waltons television show
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum	Front Royal		Civil War	website
Waynesboro African-American Museum	Waynesboro	Shenandoah Valley	African American	Waynesboro Tourism - Culture, scroll down to listing
Waynesboro Heritage Museum	Waynesboro	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	Waynesboro Tourism Places of Interest
Weems-Botts Museum	Dumfries	Northern	Local history
Westmoreland County Museum & Library	Montross	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	website
Weston Manor	Hopewell	Central	Historic house	18th century plantation house
White Oak Museum	Falmouth	Northern	Civil War	website
Wickham House	Richmond	Central	Historic house	part of Valentine Richmond History Center
Wickham House Museum	Woodstock	Shenandoah Valley	Historic house	website, operated by the Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia
Wilderness Road Regional Museum	Newbern	Blue Ridge Highlands	Open air	website, owned and operated by the New River Historical Society
William King Regional Arts Center	Abingdon	Blue Ridge Highlands	Art	Also operates Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum
Wilton House Museum	Richmond	Central	Historic house
Winmill Carriage Museum	Leesburg	Northern	Transportation	Located at Morven Park, website
Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribal Museum	Stuart	Blue Ridge Highlands	Native American	website
Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum	Bastian	Blue Ridge Highlands	Native American	website, recreated Indian village and museum, owned and operated by the Bland County Historical Society
Women In Military Service For America Memorial	Arlington	Northern	Military	website
Wood Brothers Racing Museum	Stuart	Blue Ridge Highlands	Sports	website
Woodlawn Plantation	Alexandria	Northern	Historic house
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace	Staunton	Shenandoah Valley	Presidential home
Woodstock Museum of Shenandoah County Virginia	Woodstock	Shenandoah Valley	Local history	website
York County Historical Museum	Yorktown	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	Local history	website
Yorktown Victory Center	Yorktown	Tidewater/Hampton Roads	History	website

1 Defunct museums
2 Regions of Virginia
3 See also
4 References
5 External Link

[edit] Defunct museums

[edit] Regions of Virginia

As defined by Virginia Tourism site

Central: Altavista, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Blackstone, Charlottesville, Chester, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Fort Lee, Glen Allen, Goochland, Gordonsville, Hampden-Sydney, Hood, Hopewell, Louisa, Lynchburg, Mineral, Orange, Palmyra, Pamplin, Petersburg, Piney River, Powhatan, Richmond, Schuyler, Scottsville

Northern: Alexandria, Arlington, Brandy Station, Chantilly, Crewe, Culpeper, Dumfries, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Falmouth, Farmville, Fredericksburg, Goldvein, Gum Springs, Haymarket, Herndon, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Manassas, McLean, Middleburg, Mount Vernon, Occoquan, Potomac Mills, Reston, Spotsylvania, Sterling, Vienna, Warrenton, Woodford, White Post

Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Chesapeake, Courtland, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Jamestown, King William, Montross, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk, Surry, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Chincoteague/Assateague on the Eastern Shore

Shenandoah Valley: Boyce, Bridgewater, Clifton Forge, Dayton, Edinburg, Elkton, Fincastle, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Luray, McDowell, Middletown, Millwood, Monterey, Mount Jackson, Natural Bridge, New Castle, Port Republic, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Steeles Tavern, Stephens City, Strasburg, Timberville, Waynesboro, Winchester, Woodstock

Southern: Clarksville, Danville, Gretna, Halifax, Martinsville, South Boston, South Hill

Blue Ridge Highlands: Abingdon, Ararat, Atkins, Bastian, Blacksburg, Bland, Bristol, Cana, Christianburg, Ferrum, Galax, Hillsville, Marion, Newbern, Pearlsburg, Pulaski, Saltville, Stuart, Radford, Woodlawn, Wytheville

[edit] See also

Arboreta in Virginia (category)
Aquaria in Virginia (category)
Botanical gardens in Virginia (category)
Historic landmarks in Virginia
Houses in Virginia (category)
Forts in Virginia (category)
Museums list
Nature Centers in Virginia
Observatories in Virginia (category)
Registered Historic Places in Virginia

[edit] References

[edit] External Link

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