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Virginia Living Museum

Description

The Virginia Living Museum, its pond, forest, and grounds, offer a chance to see 200 different species of native wildlife. Visitors can get up close to photograph and view wildlife in the wild or in the museum’s exhibits. Exhibits allow close-up views of bald eagle, bobcat, cedar waxwing, eastern screech owl, hooded merganser, otter, and beaver, to name a few. The Museum’s natural habitat attracts warblers, woodland birds, waterfowl, osprey, and more according to the season. The Living Museum features a native wildlife park, aquariums, living natural history exhibits, planetarium, observatory, indoor and outdoor aviaries, children’s learning garden, outdoor classroom, boardwalk at the pond’s edge, easy-to-walk woodland trail, backyard habitat display, and native botanical garden.

Wildlife Sightings

Birds Recently Seen at Virginia Living Museum:

  • Canada Goose
  • Mourning Dove
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Osprey
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Great Crested Flycatcher

100 species have been reported at this site to date.

Recent Checklists:

Date# of SpeciesSubmitted By
3 May 202624Jason Strickland
1 May 20262Jason Strickland
25 Apr 202615Jason Strickland
17 Apr 202611Larry Hose
21 Mar 20264Jason Strickland

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Amenities & Accessibility Considerations

Site Amenities

  • On-site Parking
  • Restrooms

Other Site Amenities: Interpretive Program/Events

Maps & Directions

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Physical Address: 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601

From I-64, exit onto US-17 S/J Clyde Morris Blvd, continue straight onto Avenue of the Arts/J Clyde Morris Blvd, turn left onto Deer Park Entrance and follow it to the parking area.

Site Information

Managed By:

  • City of Newport News

Access Requirements:

Contact Information:

  • Visit Website
  • Sites, or portions of sites, can be closed periodically for management activities. Please always check the site’s website for additional information prior to visiting.

About the VBWT

The Virginia Bird and Wildlife Trail is a network of over 600 greenspaces and blueways throughout the Commonwealth selected for their wildlife viewing potential. Walk a nature trail, paddle a river, or enjoy a scenic overlook and you’ll soon see why Virginia is a premier destination for birding and wildlife viewing.

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