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Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum

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Coastal history is alive and thriving at the Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum. Standing proudly at 24th Street on the Boardwalk in Virginia Beach.

11/13/2022

Join us this Thursday 11/17 for an open house featuring a wind powered light display, sweet refreshments, live music, and exclusive merchandise!

06/17/2022

Join us on June 22 from 4-7 pm, for the Power of Wind Open House! Food and drinks will be provided. Program presentation will begin at 5:30 with several speakers including special guest Pam Northam.

02/07/2022

The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum has been nominated for Best History Museum in the CoVa Magazine 2022 Best of Awards!

Please visit covabestof.com to cast your vote for Best History Museum and many other categories. Voting ends on March 4th and each voter is allowed one vote per category. Thank you for your support!

01/25/2022

We are proud to announce that we received a grant today from Dominion Foundation!

These funds will allow us to create a new upcoming exhibit: “The Power of Wind” and make it as interactive and informative as we hoped! 🌬

To hear more about this tune into today at 5 and be on the lookout for updates on this exciting project!

01/17/2022

We had yachts of fun this afternoon documenting some shipwreck pieces that were washed up from this weekends storm! 🚢🌧

The ships exact identity remains unknown for now, but we hope to do further research in identifying the names and time frames of these pieces!

Photo credits to our wonderful volunteer Nickie! 📸

12/03/2021

big shoutout to the lookout tower for the best sunset pictures🤩

📸 James Lewis

11/30/2021

It’s and this year we hope you’ll consider donating to the Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum! The link is in our instagram bio and also available here: https://vbsurfrescuemuseum.networkforgood.com/projects/146876-giving-tuesday

The VBSRM is located in the historic 1903 former Seatack Lifesaving Station. It houses a collection of history, spanning from shipwrecks in the 1800s to lifeguards in the 1980s.

Your support of the VBSRM will help: 🌊 preserve & store artifacts
🌊provide display cases for more items
🌊allow more educational & community outreach
🌊 and so much more!

The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and gifts made are tax deductible.

11/29/2021

Are you enjoying the holiday season? We are! ☃️

Yesterday was the annual Santa on the Beach, put together by the VB Lifeguard Association. Children, families, and pets all got to take photos with Santa and his festive lifeguard stand! 🎅🏽

We also got busy decorating! If you’re passing the museum (or booking an off season tour on our website!) check out our dolphin reindeer flying by the door! 🐬🦌

11/21/2021

Our last day open this season was yesterday and it went swimmingly! 🐬

We were glad to welcome Boyscout Troop 111 in to explore the museum and learn about coastal maritime history in Virginia Beach! A few retired Coast Guard members also stopped in for tours and to check out our historic lookout tower. The 40% Off Anniversary Sale was a big hit with everyone who came into the giftshop and we hope they enjoyed their time at the museum!

We are now closed for the season, while new displays & exhibits will be put up! Reminder that private tours & events are still available at the museum by appointment only. To schedule please visit our website and look at the “visit us” section. 🏖

11/18/2021

We are closing for the season! 🚨

This Saturday 11/20 will be our last day officially open until 2022. Group tours and private events are still gladly welcome, but by appointment only. To request a tour or hold an event, head over to the ‘visit us’ section of our website.

Our entire giftshop will be 40% off on Saturday so be sure to stop by and see us before we close for the winter to fix up our museum space!

Thank you to everyone who came by this year and supported the museum, we hope to see you in 2022!

11/17/2021

We are proud members of the coalition because we are dedicated to promoting offshore wind, clean energy transformation, and economic opportunity in the commonwealth! Join us and learn more: www.virginiaosw.org or through our websites events & programs tab. 🌬

11/05/2021

Some pictures from the 7th annual beach cleanup on Windsday! Thanks to everyone who came out and kept it Beachy Clean with us 🏖🧽

Address

2401 Atlantic Avenue
Virginia Beach, VA
23451

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

(757) 422-1587

Website

http://vbsurfrescuemuseum.org/donate-support/

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