This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private

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es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

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s) are not included. This is a sortable list. Click on the small boxes next to any heading title to reorder the list (in alphabetical order or reverse alphabetical order) by that category.

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Anderson Gallery Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (also referred to as VCU School of the Arts or simply VCUarts) is a public non-profit art and design school located in Richmond, Virginia. One of many degree-offering schools at VCU, the Schoo ...

, Richmond, part of VCU School of the Arts, closed in 2015, collection moved to VCU Libraries * Artisans Center of Virginia Galleries, Waynesboro, closed the galleries in 2009 * Beebe Ranch, Chincoteaque, closed in 2010 * Claude Moore Colonial Farm * Civil War Life Museum, Massaponax * Collingwood Library and Museum, Alexandria * Dennis Reedy Railroad & Coalmining Museum, Clinchco *

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, Arlington, former sculpture park * Frontier City, Virginia Beach * Jeane Dixon Museum and Library, Strasburg *

Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum The Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum was located at Brown Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Quantico, Virginia. It housed a wide variety of historic Marine Corps vehicles/tanks (both wheeled and tracked), equipment, artillery pieces and aircraft ...

- Marine Corps Base Quantico * Morgan-McClure Motorsports Museum, Abingdon * Museum of American Presidents, Strasburg * Natural Bridge Toy Museum, Natural Bridge; closed November 2012 * Natural Bridge Wax Museum, Natural Bridge, closed in 2014 * P. Buckley Moss Museum, Waynesboro, closed in 2014 * Presidents Park (Virginia), Williamsburg, closed as of 9/30/10 * Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum and Dark Maze, Natural Bridge; destroyed in a fire April 16, 2012. *

Refuge Waterfowl Museum The Refuge Waterfowl Museum was located at 7059 Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily lo ...

, Chincoteague, closed in 2013 and contents auctioned * Smithsonian Institution Naturalist Center, Leesburg, closed in 2011 * Statlers Museum, Staunton, museum of the

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, closed in 2002 * United States Geological Survey Visitors Center, Reston *

United States National Slavery Museum The United States National Slavery Museum was an unfunded proposal for a museum to commemorate American slavery. Fredericksburg proposal In 2001 a non-profit organization was founded in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to raise funds and campaign to esta ...

Virginia's Explore Park Explore Park is a passive recreation facility operated by the Roanoke County Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. The park is located at milepost 115 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Roanoke County, Virginia, with of the park lying in Roanok ...

Regions of Virginia

As defined by Virginia Tourism site * Central: Altavista, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Blackstone, Charlottesville, Chester, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Farmville, Fort Lee, Glen Allen, Goochland, Gordonsville, Hampden-Sydney, Hood, Hopewell, Louisa, Lynchburg, Mineral, Orange, Palmyra, Pamplin, Petersburg, Piney River, Powhatan, Richmond, Schuyler, Scottsville. * Chesapeake Bay region: Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland *

Northern Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

: Alexandria, Arlington, Brandy Station, Chantilly, Crewe, Culpeper, Dumfries, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Goldvein, Gum Springs, Haymarket, Herndon, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Manassas, McLean, Middleburg, Mount Vernon, Occoquan, Potomac Mills, Reston, Spotsylvania, Sterling, Vienna, Warrenton, Woodford, White Post. * Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Chesapeake, Courtland, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Jamestown, King William, Montross, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk, Surry, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Chincoteague/Assateague on the Eastern Shore. *

Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge- ...

: Boyce, Bridgewater, Clifton Forge, Dayton, Edinburg, Elkton, Fincastle, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Luray, McDowell, Middletown, Millwood, Monterey, Mount Jackson, Natural Bridge, New Castle, Port Republic, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Steeles Tavern, Stephens City, Strasburg, Timberville, Waynesboro, Winchester, Woodstock. * Southern: Clarksville, Danville, Gretna, Halifax, Martinsville, South Boston, South Hill. * Blue Ridge Highlands: Abingdon, Ararat, Atkins, Bastian, Blacksburg, Bland, Bristol, Cana, Christianburg, Ferrum, Galax, Hillsville, Marion, Newbern, Pearlsburg, Pulaski, Saltville, Stuart, Radford, Woodlawn, Wytheville.

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Museums: Virginia is for Lovers

Virginia Association of Museums
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Regions of Virginia

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