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  • Beyond the Frame: An Introduction

    • Art
    • Beyond the Frame
    • Collections

    Learn more about the inspiration behind our new  monthly video series Beyond the Frame!

  • Hampton Roads City Nature Challenge, April 30 to May 3, 2021

    • Mariners' Park
    • Wildlife

    Do you and your family have cabin fever? Do you want to participate in community science efforts in Hampton Roads? Do you love The Mariners’ Park and other natural areas around our region? Well look no further– we have the event for you!

  • Hampton Roads History – Hilton Village’s Colony Inn

    • Hampton Roads History

    Henry “‘Eddie”’ Huntington decided to use his Newport News Realty Company to revitalize Hilton and construct the Colony Inn. The inn was built at the intersection of Warwick Road and Main Street.

  • Girl Power–1918 Style

    • Military
    • Photography
    • Women's History

    Discover the inspiring story of women's roles in the U.S. Navy’s Naval Aircraft in 1918.

  • Celebrating 10 years of History Bites

    • Cultural Heritage
    • Recreation

    What’s History Bites, you ask? It is a fabulous food event that has served as the finishing touch of the Museum’s annual Commemoration of the Battle of Hampton Roads for the past 10 years!

  • Spirits on USS Monitor: A Daily Dose of Grog

    • Civil War
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Military
    • USS Monitor

    Grog was first introduced in the 18th century, eventually a mix of rum, gin, or whiskey with water, sugar, and lime or lemon.

  • The fruitful earth: A brief tale of the talented Janet Taylor

    • Women's History

    During the Victorian period in England, a famous astronomer and mathematician named Janet Taylor (formerly Jane Ann Ionn), made her indelible mark in the male-dominated field of science and navigation

  • He was, above all, a Mariner

    • Cultural Heritage
    • Recreation

    Most everyone knows Hal Holbrook as a quintessential actor of television, movies, and the stage. Most everyone knows Hal Holbrook as a quintessential actor of television, movies, and the stage.

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