Harvest Foundation Hall of Ancient Life
The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont Hall of Ancient Life greets visitors as the first exhibit gallery with a vast assortment of fascinating displays of ancient creatures and modern science.
Uncovering Virginia
Walk through Virginia's natural history from beginning to present inside the museum's Uncovering Virginia exhibit gallery.
Hahn Hall of Biodiversity
The Hahn Hall of Biodiversity features spectacular African mammal collections, including antelopes, a lion, a hyena, a leopard and more.
The museum is hosting a FREE live interactive Virginia State Bar MCLE event for attorneys. To register, call 276-634-4162 or email charlotte.harter@vmnh.virginia.gov. Space is limited; please RSVP by September 30!
Coffee with a Curator: Dr. Elizabeth Moore, Curator of Archaeology.
Dr. Bernard Means of Virginia Commonwealth University will present “Adventures into the (Virtual) Unknown: 3D Laser Scanning and America's Past." This event is FREE, but space is limited! Call 276-634-4162 or email charlotte.harter@vmnh.virginia.gov to RSVP today!
Free science presentations Oct. 10, 14
The Virginia Museum of Natural History is hosting two science-themed presentations free to the public on October 10 and 14, with guest speakers from the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University.
VMNH, VCU Partner on 3D Scanning Project
Staff and students from the Virtual Curation Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University have periodically visited the museum in recent months to work with museum specimens using 3D scanning technology.
VMNH has new Board of Trustees, Foundation Board leadership
The Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History held its first meeting under the leadership of its new chair, Missy Neff Gould, on Saturday, August 24.
VMNH summer camps reach record audience
The museum recently completed its most successful series of summer camps, reaching 205 area children in 17 separate camps.
within a global context in ways that are relevant to all citizens of the Commonwealth.