The List
Name | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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A.A.F. Tank Museum | Danville | Southern | Military | website |
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum | Williamsburg | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Art | The museum, based on Abby Aldrich Rockefeller's donations of folk art objects, opened its doors in 1957, and is, today, 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 | Eastern Shore | Transportation - Automotive | information |
Adam Thoroughgood House | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | 17th century modified hall & parlor house with quaint English cottage architecture & herb & flower gardens. |
African-American Museum of Fauquier County | The Plains | Northern | 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 |
Almshouse Farm | Machipongo | Eastern Shore | Farm | Working farm with a three building complex that provides an in-depth look at the living conditions & culture of the rural poor in the 19th century south. website |
Amazement Square | Lynchburg | Central | Children's | website |
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society | Amherst | Central | Local history | website |
American Celebration on Parade | New Market | Shenandoah Valley | Parade floats | website, part of Shenandoah Caverns, collection of parade floats, props, & stage settings from American entertainment & 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 | Blue Ridge Highlands | Open air | website, complex of historic house, doctor's office & historical museum |
Anne Spencer House | Lynchburg | Central | Historic house | Home of Anne Spencer, a poet of the Harlem Renaissance |
A. P. Carter Museum | Hiltons | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | African American | information, history & 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 & contemporary crafts made by Virginia artists |
Ash Lawn-Highland | Charlottesville | Central | Historic house | Estate of James Monroe |
Athenaeum, Virginia | Alexandria | Northern | Art | Home to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, art exhibitions and galleries |
Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Art | Website, dedicated to wildfowl & located in the 19th century DeWitt Cottage. Features displays on decoys & carvers, and contains a pictorial history of Virginia Beach & the city's first library. |
Augusta Military Academy Museum | Fort Defiance | Shenandoah Valley | Military | Website |
Avoca Museum | Altavista | Central | Historic house | Victorian period house |
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 Preservation Virginia |
Ball-Sellers House | Arlington | Northern | Historic house | Owned and operated by the Arlington Historical Society, 18th century house |
Balthis House | Front Royal | Shenandoah Valley | Historic house | website, operated by the Warren Heritage Society |
Barrier Islands Museum | Machipongo | Eastern Shore | Local history | Artifacts & exhibits on the Barrier Islands with a look at the hearty people who endured & overcame difficult conditions living there. website |
Bassett Hall | Williamsburg | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | Part of Colonial Williamsburg |
Bassett Historical Center | Bassett | Southern | Local history | website, more information |
Bedford City County Museum | Bedford | Central | Local history | website |
Beebe Ranch | Chincoteaque | Eastern Shore | Media | Mini museum at the Beebe Ranch with the famous ponies “Misty” & “Stormy” from the book Misty of Chincoteague |
Belle Air Plantation | Charles City | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | 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 | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | |
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives | Richmond | Central | Religious - Jewish | 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 | African American | Website |
Blacksburg Museum | Blacksburg | Blue Ridge Highlands | Local history | Planned museum in the Alexander Black House and Cultural Center with focus on area African-American history |
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 | Blue Ridge Highlands | Biographical | |
Botetourt County Historical Museum | Fincastle | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website |
Boyd Tavern | Boydton | Southern | Historic tavern | website |
Boykin's Tavern Museum | Isle of Wight | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | information, scroll down to listing, information |
Burwell-Morgan Mill | Millwood | Shenandoah Valley | Mill | website, operated by the Clarke County Historical Association, restored grist mill |
Campbell House (Lexington, Virginia) | 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 | Eastern Shore | Local history | |
Cape Henry Lighthouse | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Maritime | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
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 |
Central High Museum | Charlotte Court House | Southern | 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 |
Cherry Hill Farmhouse | Falls Church | Northern | Historic house | 1845 Greek-revival house with authentic 18th and 19th century furniture and period tools in the 1856 barn |
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum | Chesapeake Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Railway | website |
Chesterfield Museum| | Chesterfield | Central | 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 | |
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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Northern | 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 | Northern | Civil War | website |
Civil War Museum at Exchange Hotel | Gordonsville | Central | Civil War | website, |
Clarke County Historical Association Museum | Berryville | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website |
Clarksville Regional Museum | Clarksville | Southern | Local history | website |
Claude Moore Colonial Farm | Langley | Northern | Living | |
Cleveland Virginia History and Heritage Museum | Cleveland | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Blue Ridge Highlands | Multiple | website, outdoor science laboratory and nature center for area schools and an outdoor historic and archaeological museum |
Cold War Museum | Lorton | Northern | 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 | History | 23-mile (37 km) 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 | Restored operational 19th-century water-powered mill |
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Art | website Focuses on 20th century art with changing exhibitions of American & international artists. |
Courthouse Galleries | Portsmouth | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Art | website |
Courthouse Tavern Museum | King and Queen Court House | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | website, operated by the King and Queen County Historical Society |
Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park | Tazewell | Heart of Appalachia | 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 |
Custom House (Yorktown, Virginia) | Yorktown | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | History | website, operated by the Comte de Grasse Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, early 18th century custom house |
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 | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Chesapeake Bay | Maritime | website, museum and Holly Point Nature Park encompass over 30 acres (120,000 m2) and include two houses, many outbuildings, three docks, and a small boat launching area |
Dennis E. Reedy Railroad & Coalmining Museum | Clinchco | Heart of Appalachia | Industry | website |
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum | Williamsburg | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Decorative art | One of Colonial Williamsburg's attractions, 17th to 19th century American and British furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms and textiles |
Dodona Manor | Leesburg | Northern | Biographical | Also known as Gen. George C. Marshall House |
Drakes Branch Museum | Drakes Branch | Southern | Local history | website |
Eastern Shore Railway Museum | Parksley | Eastern Shore | 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 | 17th century plantation, restored to 1862 appearance during the American Civil War |
Essex County Museum & Historical Society | Tappahannock | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Northern | Historic farm | Boyhood home of George Washington |
Ferry Plantation House | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | Mid 19th century period house |
Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum | Abingdon | Blue Ridge Highlands | Historic house | Operated by the William King Museum, mid 19th century period house |
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 (Virginia) | 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 | Early 19th century period plantation house |
Franconia Museum | Franconia | Northern | Local history | website |
Franklin County Historical Society Museum | Rocky Mount | Blue Ridge Highlands | 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 | Features 5 historic, reconstructed working farms from Germany (1710), Northern Ireland (1730), England (1690), Botetourt County, Virginia (1850), Rockingham County, Virginia (1773). |
Gadsby's Tavern Museum | Alexandria | Northern | Tavern | |
Gallery 5 | Richmond | Central | Art | Visual art gallery and performing arts center |
Gari Melchers Home | Falmouth | Northern | Art | Home & studio of American artist Gari Melchers |
Genex Showcase Miniature Museum | Portsmouth | Tidewater/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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Blue Ridge Highlands | 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 | Northern | Historic house | |
Gwynn's Island Museum | Gwynn's Island | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | website |
Haller-Gibboney Rock House Museum | Wytheville | Blue Ridge Highlands | Historic house | website |
Hall of Valor Civil War Museum | New Market | Shenandoah Valley | Military | 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 | |
Harrison Museum of African American Culture | Roanoke | Shenandoah Valley | African American | website |
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum | Big Stone Gap | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Central | Living | 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 of Loudoun County | Loudoun | Northern | Agriculture | website, agriculture history, working farm exhibits, general store, children's play area |
Hermitage Foundation Museum and Gardens | Norfolk | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Multi | website, early 20th century historic house museum with an 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 | Operated by the Herndon Historical Society, railroad and local history displays |
Highland County Museum and Heritage Center | McDowell | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website |
Hill House (Portsmouth, Virginia) | 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 | Roanoke | 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 | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Central | Local history | website, owned and managed by Historic Buckingham |
Hugh Mercer Apothecary | Fredericksburg | Northern | Medical | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
Hunter House Victorian Museum | Norfolk | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | Late Victorian period house and furnishings |
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 Museum | Orange | Central | Presidential | |
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 | Northern | Biographical | Administered by the University of Mary Washington, President James Monroe's law office, personal and family artifacts |
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 | Heart of Appalachia | Biographical | website, home of author John Fox, Jr. |
John Marshall House | Richmond | Central | Historic house | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
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 | Shenandoah Valley | African American | website, |
Jumbo Antique Fire Engine Museum | Staunton | Shenandoah Valley | Firefighting | information, information |
June Tolliver House & Folk Art Center | Big Stone Gap | Heart of Appalachia | Historic house | website |
Kenmore Plantation | Fredericksburg | Northern | Historic house | |
Ker Place Historical House Museum | Onancock | Eastern Shore | History | Circa 1800 Federal style house museum. Website |
Kilmarnock Town Museum | Kilmarnock | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | website |
King George County Historical Society Museum | King George | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | website |
King William Historical Museum | King William | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Local history | website |
Kinsale Museum | Kinsale | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | website |
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection | Charlottesville | Central | Art | Part of the University of Virginia, indigenous Australian art |
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 | Mid 19th century period house, used as a headquarters for Confederate generals during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 |
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 | Early 18th-century period house |
MacArthur Memorial Museum | Norfolk | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Biographical | website, life of General Douglas MacArthur |
MacCallum More Museum & Gardens | Chase City | Southern | Local history | website, includes collection of Native American artifacts |
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site | Richmond | Central | Biographical | |
Magnolia Grange | Chesterfield | Central | Historic house | Operated by the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, 1820s period plantation house |
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College | 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 | |
Marine Raider Museum | MCB Quantico | Northern | Military | History of Marine Raiders |
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 | Chesapeake Bay | Open air | |
Mary Washington House | Fredericksburg | Northern | Historic house | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
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 |
Meadow Farm Museum | Glen Allen | Central | Living | website, 1860 living historical farm and museum |
Menokin | Warsaw | Chesapeake Bay | 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 (Virginia) | Saluda | Chesapeake Bay | Local history | information |
Miles B. Carpenter Museum Complex | Waverly | Central | Multiple | 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 |
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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Owned by Chrysler Museum of Art, early 19th century period home of a prosperous Jewish merchant and his family |
Mount Jackson Museum | Mount Jackson | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website, information |
Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon | 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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 Bank History | Staunton | Shenandoah Valley | Industry - Banking | information, presented by SunTrust Banks |
Museum of Charlotte County | Charlotte Court House | Southern | Open air | website |
Museum of Chincoteague Island | Chincoteague | Eastern Shore | Local history | |
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 | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | 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 Civil War Chaplains Museum | Lynchburg | Military | website; on the campus of Liberty University | |
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 | Northern | 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 |
Nelson County Museum of History | Lovingston | Central | Local history | website, cornerstone of museum is Oakland House, once Mitchell’s Brick House Tavern |
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park | New Market | Shenandoah Valley | 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 |
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 | Owned by Chrysler Museum of Art, city history, decorative arts, maritime and military heritage |
Norfolk Southern Museum | Norfolk | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Railway | website |
North Bend Plantation | Charles City | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | |
Northern Neck Farm Museum | Heathsville | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Visitor center features Native American history, a living hut and artifacts |
Old Coast Guard Station Museum | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Military | Depicts this Coast Guard Station's life-saving activities & history as well as the many ship-wrecks off the Virginia coast. |
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 |
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 | Information on the Pamunkey people, their history and way of life |
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 | Southern | Natural history | website, information |
Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation | Charles City | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | |
Plains District Memorial Museum | Timberville | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website |
Pleasant Grove (Palmyra, Virginia) | Palmyra | Central | Historic house | website |
Plumb House Museum | Waynesboro | Shenandoah Valley | Historic house | |
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine and Museum | Pocahontas | Heart of Appalachia | Industry - Mining | Historic coal mine and equipment |
Point of Honor | Lynchburg | Central | Historic house | Early 19th century period house, exhibits about Lynchburg's history |
Pope-Leighey House | Alexandria | Northern | Historic house | Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, now on the site of the Woodlawn Plantation |
Poquoson Museum | Poquoson | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Local history | website |
Port Kinsale Maritime Museum | Kinsale | Chesapeake Bay | Maritime | website |
Port Republic Museum | Port Republic | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum | Portsmouth | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Maritime | |
Prestwould | Clarksville | Southern | Historic house | |
Prince George County Regional Heritage Center | Prince George | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Prince George County Historical Society, more information |
Princess Pocahontas Museum | Gloucester | Chesapeake Bay | Biographical | website, located in Gloucester Courthouse and is open by appointment only |
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 | Heart of Appalachia | Music | Combines the career of Dr. Ralph Edmond 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 | Central | History | |
Reedville Fisherman's Museum | Reedville | Chesapeake Bay | Maritime | Open air museum of local maritime industry |
Refuge Waterfowl Museum | Chincoteague | Eastern Shore | Art | Waterfowl decoys, murals, wildlife paintings & skipjack models |
Reston Museum | Reston | Northern | Local history | website |
Reuel B. Pritchett Museum | Bridgewater | Shenandoah Valley | 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 | Blue Ridge Highlands | Historic house | Boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, operated by Virginia Tech |
Richmond County Museum | Warsaw | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Northern | Historic house | |
Roanoke Art Museum | Roanoke | Shenandoah Valley | Art | |
Roaring Twenties Antique Car Museum | Hood | Central | Transportation - Automotive | website |
Robert Russa Moton Museum | Farmville | Central | 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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Heart of Appalachia | 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 | Central | Historic house | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
Scottsville Museum | Scottsville | Central | Local history | website |
Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia | Atkins | Blue Ridge Highlands | Living | website |
Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum | Mount Olive | Shenandoah Valley | Historic house | website, operated by Hottel-Keller Memorial Association |
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum | Winchester | Shenandoah Valley | Children's | website |
Sherwood Forest Plantation | Charles City | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Presidential home | Home of President John Tyler |
Shirley Plantation | Charles City | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | 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 Preservation Virginia |
Smith's Fort Plantation | Surry | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Historic house | Owned and managed by Preservation Virginia |
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 | Heart of Appalachia | Local history | 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 | Eastern Shore | 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 | Southern | History | Two visitor centers, exhibits on the American Civil War, Native Americans, railroads, production of electric energy |
Steamboat Era Museum | Irvington | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Central | Art | website |
Tangier History Museum & Interpretive Cultural Center | Tangier Island | Eastern Shore | Local history | website, opening in 2008 |
Taubman Museum of Art | Roanoke | Shenandoah Valley | Art | Formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, focus is American art, particularly Western Virginia and the Appalachian region |
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 | Chesapeake Bay | Historic house | website, operated by the Matthews Historical Society |
Torpedo Factory Art Center | Alexandria | Northern | Art | 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 | Central | Historic house | Boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson |
United States Army Women's Museum | Alexandria | Northern | Military | |
United States National Slavery Museum | Fredericksburg | Northern | 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 | American inventions, inventors, patent and trademark systems |
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 | Shenandoah Valley | Local history | website, also website |
Virginia Air and Space Center | Hampton | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Aerospace | Space explorations, NASA and Air Force aircraft and technology |
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center | Virginia Beach | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Natural history | Formerly known as the Virginia Marine Science Museum, aquarium and marine science exhibits |
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 | Exhibits on the arts, sciences, humanities, history and nature |
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 | Chesapeake Bay | 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 | Virginia's natural heritage |
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 | Documents American military history from 1775 to the present |
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 | Shenandoah Valley | Civil War | website |
Watermen's Museum | Yorktown | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | History | 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 | Includes museum with exhibits on women in the military and military history |
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 | County history, domestic artifacts, decorative arts, 18th century log house |
Yorktown Battlefield | Yorktown | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | History | Part of Colonial National Historical Park, includes the Yorktown Visitor Center with exhibits about the Battle of Yorktown (1781), the early 18th century Nelson House and the Moore House where surrender negotiations occurred |
York County Historical Museum | Yorktown | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | Local history | website |
Yorktown Victory Center | Yorktown | Tidewater/Hampton Roads | History | website, America’s evolution from colonial status to nationhood |
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