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With its rivers and waterfalls, mountains and sandy coast, Virginia has an array of wildlife ranging from the extremely rare red wolf to the aluminous moon jellyfish. See more than 250 of these species at the VLM.
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Welcome to the Virginia Living Museum
View endangered red wolves. Get up close to a loggerhead turtle and moon jellies. See fish with no eyes and frogs that change colors. Touch live spider crabs and fossilized dinosaur tracks. It’s all at the Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, where living exhibits depict Virginia’s natural heritage from the mountains to the sea. The Museum introduces visitors to more than 250 living species native to Virginia through exhibits, discovery centers and interactive hands-on exhibits.
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Reptiles! Bizarre and Beautiful Feb. 13-15
Experience a close encounter of the reptile kind. See a wide variety of native and exotic reptiles on display and in live animal programs. The Virginia Living Museum will exhibit some of the seldom seen reptiles in its collection including a Gila Monster, Blue-tongued Skink and a baby alligator. Among the exotic reptiles being exhibited are: Waxing Monkey Treefrog, Leaf Tailed Gecko, Water Monitor Lizard and several rattlesnakes. Special planetarium showing of “A Sky Full of Scales.”
"Beguiled by the Wild" opens Feb. 27
This is the first Virginia exhibit of works by master illustrator and artist Charley Harper (1922-2007) whose life-long love of nature inspired his work. Harper was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. He called his style “minimal realism," capturing the essence of his subjects with the fewest possible visual elements. The exhibit includes children's artwork and art activities in Harper's style.
Lots to do in February at the VLM
Feb. 2 Groundhog Night: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24 Follow the Drinking Gourd planetarium show 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 Animal Tracks and Signs: Adult seminar 6 p.m.
Feb. 13-15 Reptiles! Bizarre and Beautiful: Three days of native and exotic reptiles
Feb. 13 Star Party/Laser Lights: Star gazing, planetarium program and 3 laser shows
Feb. 20 Family Film Night: "Roving Mars" 7 p.m.
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Paleo/Oceanography Lecture Feb. 13
The Virginia Living Museum will host a lecture by Dr. Kenneth MacLeod of the University of Missouri-Columbia as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership at 2 p.m.
The Consortium's Deep Earth Academy will have hands-on activities and displays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Challenge Met
Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Virginia Living Museum has met its $3 million goal to receive a $6 million gift and has paid off its $9 million construction loan by the Dec. 31, 2009 deadline.
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