The Virginia Museum of Natural History features award-winning exhibits, fun family festivals, and spectacular events. Don't miss the Museum Store and PALEO Cafe.
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- Location:
- Martinsville, VA, 24112
- Phone:
- 274-634-4141
- Mon - Sat:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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- Wildlife Art Revealed exhibit
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Saturday, September 26 at 9:00am - VMNH Holiday Open House
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Tuesday, December 1 at 3:00pm
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Make tracks to the Holiday Open House Event at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Enjoy free admisson to the museum from 3 to 6 p.m., along with Museum Store specials. Don't miss Santa's reading of the book "Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas". Below is the schedule of events for the Holiday Open House Event at ...the museum. For more information, please call 276-634-4141 or email information@vmnh.virginia.gov.
1 p.m. - Classes from Albert Harris Elementary School to decorate live trees
3 to 6 p.m. - Holiday Open House participants can visit the museum from 3 to 6 p.m. with free admission. Visitors can experience the museum's award-winning exhibits and get a first glimpse at the spectacular 20-foot tall VMNH Christmas Tree in The Harvest Foundation Great Hall.
3 to 4 p.m. – Scavenger Hunt, Shopping and Refreshments
4 p.m. – Puppet Skits
4:30 p.m. – Children’s Choirs
5:30 p.m. – Santa will be on hand to read the book "Dinosaurs' Night before Christmas". (COPIES OF THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE MUSEUM STORE AT VMNH).
6 p.m. - Lighting of the Live Christmas TreesRead More
1 p.m. - Classes from Albert Harris Elementary School to decorate live trees
3 to 6 p.m. - Holiday Open House participants can visit the museum from 3 to 6 p.m. with free admission. Visitors can experience the museum's award-winning exhibits and get a first glimpse at the spectacular 20-foot tall VMNH Christmas Tree in The Harvest Foundation Great Hall.
3 to 4 p.m. – Scavenger Hunt, Shopping and Refreshments
4 p.m. – Puppet Skits
4:30 p.m. – Children’s Choirs
5:30 p.m. – Santa will be on hand to read the book "Dinosaurs' Night before Christmas". (COPIES OF THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE MUSEUM STORE AT VMNH).
6 p.m. - Lighting of the Live Christmas TreesRead More
Virginia Museum of Natural History The Virginia Museum of Natural History held its 1st Annual Chili Cook-off on Saturday, October 24 at the museum.
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A new Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH) exhibit looks not only at wildlife but also the intricate process of creating a work of art. “Wildlife Art Revealed” will open Saturday and continue through Jan. ...
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Publication released in honor of world-renowned VMNH curator....The Virginia Museum of Natural History has released the special publication "A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor or Richard L. Hoffman’s 80th Birthday". The publicati...
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Reduced admission, membership, museum rental rates extended - Visitors to the Virginia Museum of Natural History this fall will receive reduced admission rates and discounted new-membership fees as the museum extends its popular “Summer Stimulus” program through January 2010. The program includes a...
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U.S. officials returned to China fossils seized at various ports of entry in the United States Monday.
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Federal investigators Monday returned dinosaurs eggs, saber-toothed cat and other fossils stolen from China. Customs official had seized the fossils, taken without permission from China, and asked researchers at Chicago's Field Museum and the Virginia Museum of Natural History to...
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Bones of sabre-toothed cat and a partial skull of a dinosaur among the relics confiscated by US customs agents
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Fossilized bones of a saber-toothed cat and dinosaurs that may be 100 million years old are among "priceless" artifacts that the United States handed over to China in a ceremony Monday.
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The Virginia Museum of Natural History, located in Martinsville, Virginia, is a place where scientific research about the Commonwealth of Virginia's natural history and public understanding merge and is an agency of the Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...
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The Virginia Natural History Society is hosting a symposium at VMNH on September 26, with an evening reception and banquet to be held the evening of September 25. The theme for the symposium is "Historical Explorations into Virginia's Natural History".
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The Virginia Museum of Natural History has become as much of a force in the scientific world during its 25-year existence as larger, more established museums in its field, according to world-renowned scientist Noel T. ...
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The Virginia Museum of Natural History has made a lot of progress during the past 25 years, officials agree. “We’ve faced many challenges over the years,” including funding cuts and convincing the state to build the museum a new building, Interim Executive Director Gloria Niblett said.
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