Virginia Museum of Natural History

06/03/2026

The Cynthia Eanes Gray Memorial Pollinator Garden is beaming bright today — just like its namesake always did!

06/02/2026

Summer Adventure Camp season is in full swing!

Gleeful excitement could be heard coming from inside The Harvest Foundation Hall of Ancient Life this afternoon as 17 curious, young explorers investigated the gallery as part of a scavenger hunt activity led by museum educator Jordan Brim!

While all camps for ages 6-8 are now full, we still have spaces (and scholarships for those who qualify) available for our upcoming camps for children ages 9-11. Follow the link below to learn more and register today!

www.vmnh.net/education/summer-adventure-camps

06/01/2026

Goodbye, boring carpet tiles. Hello, beautiful hard flooring.

New exhibit space inside the museum continues to take shape!

05/29/2026

VMNH Associate Curator of Paleontology Dr. Adam Pritchard recently co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describing a new shuvosaurid species, Labrujasuchus expectatus!

To celebrate the achievement, we've rebooted "Tales of Ancient Life", where he highlights the discovery and shares some interesting tidbits about the newly described species!

Want to read the paper? You can now access it online at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2026.2618182.

VMNH Associate Curator of Paleontology Dr. Adam Pritchard recently co-authored a paper in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describing a new shuvosaurid...

05/28/2026

Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at VMNH 530-700pm tonight! Drop in!

05/27/2026

SCHOLARSHIPS (AND SPOTS) STILL AVAILABLE!!

Thanks to the generous support of the Kiwanis Club of Martinsville, VA, the Southwestern Piedmont Master Naturalists, Just Call Granny Ministry, Wallace Parham and Dr. Raymond Bernor, full camp scholarships remain available for the following camps. Several paid spots remain available for these camps, as well!

June 1-5
Camp Science Exploration (Ages 6-8)

June 22-26
Camp-ology (Ages 9-11)

July 27-31
Junior Detective Camp (Ages 9-11)

To learn more and to register online before it's too late, visit www.vmnh.net/education/summer-adventure-camps now!

05/27/2026

More room for discovery is coming soon!

A crew from Shively Electric is putting the final touches on brand-new track lighting inside exciting new special exhibit gallery space that will soon be open to visitors. Stay tuned for more details!

05/26/2026

The museum's public elevator is now back in service! All floors are now accessible to all visitors.

05/22/2026

OOPS!! The museum's public access elevator decided to go on vacation for Memorial Day Weekend and didn't decide to tell anyone until this afternoon!

We apologize for this inconvenience, but the public access stairwell will be the only way for visitors to get to the museum's 2nd floor and basement until early next week.

We will follow-up with repair updates as they become available.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

05/22/2026