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Two-story indoor exhibit of a cypress swamp at the museum. The main building features animals living in several exhibits that depict the many environments of Virginia, including the coastal plain, a 30,000 US gallons (110,000 L) Chesapeake Bay exhibit, the Piedmont, an Appalachian Mountain cove, a cypress swamp, and underground, as well as a gallery of nocturnal life.
Newport News Park. Coordinates: 37°10′45″N 76°33′7″W. Newport News Park, in Newport News, Virginia, is the largest park in the system of municipal parks maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. At 8,065 acres (32.63 km²), it is one of largest city-run parks in the United States, and offers a wide ...
Location of Newport News in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport News, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...
1881–1896: tiny farming village becomes a new city. Newport News was merely an area of farm lands and a fishing village until the coming of the railroad and the subsequent establishment of the great shipyard. As a 16-year-old in 1837, Collis P. Huntington had visited the rural village known as Newport News Point.
Museums in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Pages in category "Museums in Newport News, Virginia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Mariners' Museum Park is 550 acres of privately maintained, naturally wooded property that offers visitors a quiet and serene place to walk, run, or picnic. Within the Park is the 167-acre The Mariners' Lake . Following the shoreline of The Mariners' Lake is the five-mile Noland Trail. Dedicated as a gift from the Noland Family in 1991 and ...
Virginia Living Museum: Newport News: Newport News: Hampton Roads: Natural history museum of indigenous animals, aviary, outdoor animal displays, botanical preserve and planetarium Walker Nature Center: Reston: Fairfax: Northern: website, 72 acres, operated by the community, 2 miles of trails Woodpecker Ridge Nature Center: Fincastle: Botetourt ...
J. Thomas Newsome House. / 36.98972°N 76.40500°W / 36.98972; -76.40500. J. Thomas Newsome House is a historic home located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a 2⁄2 -story, seven-bay, asymmetrical, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a steeply pitched irregularly composed roof, three sided bay, front ...