Virginia Living Museum

Together, TowneBank and the Virginia Living Museum serve others and enrich lives! Thank you Brian Skinner, President & Regional Banking Director Virginia & Northeastern North Carolina for visiting and joining Executive Director, Rebecca Kleinhample and Matt Oliver, Assistant Ectotherm Curator for a Friday Fish Feeding! We look forward to celebrating conservation education at Metamorphosis (https://lnkd.in/eFGaQV4D) with TowneBank.

The Virginia Living Museum is thrilled to announce the arrival of Nora, a delightful North American river otter, who is joining the Museum after her heartwarming rescue and care at the The Maryland Zoo. Later this year, guests can come to meet Nora and witness her playful antics in her new home! ➡️ Read More: https://lnkd.in/eTsgkJVf

Alexis Burrell, Community Benefit Project Manager Peninsula, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center/Sentara Careplex Hospital joined us for a tour of the Virginia Living Museum and also a sneak peek of the new Wild Care Center. Sentara Health's grant support allows the Museum to grow and strengthen its K-12 STEM programming by developing more educational partnerships with schools and teachers. Alexis, thank you for allowing us to share the Museum's conservation education mission. Sentara is committed to serving our community - Thank you!

Metamorphosis! Come be a part of our beautiful future. https://lnkd.in/eFGaQV4D Built by the community, beloved by the community, sustained by the community. Thank you: TowneBank, Abbitt Realty Company LLC, W. M. Jordan Company, Ferguson

A big thank you to Coastal Virginia Magazine and all of the VLM family who voted! The Virginia Living Museum was entered into the 2024 Best of Coastal Virginia Readers’ Choice Awards where more than 249,000 votes were cast in various categories from favorite restaurants to favorite attractions and won 🥇 in the categories of Best Family Friendly Attraction and Best Science & Nature Museum! The Virginia Living Museum continues to be a museum leader in its use of native wildlife to present its message – stimulating knowledge, awareness and appreciation of the living world. Visitors to the Living Museum encounter more habitats, wildlife and plant species than would be encountered in a lifetime of outdoor adventures in Virginia. The exhibits showcase all of the state’s regions from the upland coves of the Appalachian Mountains to the salty offshore waters of the Atlantic Ocean and feature more than 245 different animal species. The Museum’s unique exhibits are also a vital component in its extensive education programming. The Museum believes in hands-on education; that by experiencing science it will become memorable. More than two million students have visited the Museum since 1987. All of the Museum’s classes are correlated to Virginia’s Standards of Learning and targeted to specific grade levels. For Museum members and visitors, there are special programs and weekend safaris to the caves, swamps and fossil banks of Virginia, helping to bring science and nature up close and personal to young and old alike. With more than 500 active volunteers, the Virginia Living Museum is testimony to the appreciation and overwhelming support it receives from the local community. Thank you again to everyone who supports the VLM! #coastalvirginia #newportnews #virginiabeach #williamsburg

Built by the community Beloved by the community Sustained by the community

Executive Director, Rebecca Kleinhample and bird and mammal volunteer Joe Watkins visited 13News Now (WVEC) on Tuesday to talk about animal nutrition at the Virginia Living Museum and how that relates to the new Wild Care Center. See what they have to say in the interview here: https://lnkd.in/edpYkV7c

Sometimes we are fortunate enough to meet giants. Dr. Brian Davis, CEO of Georgia Aquarium impacted so many in our conservation and education field. His passion and humanity were incomparable. Deepest condolences to our Georgia Aquarium colleagues.

Thanks to the support of Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation’s grant, the Museum’s environmental educators lead youth and adult volunteers in many Community Conservation field projects. This past Sunday, Dominion Energy staff members, Crystal B. Bright and Carolyn Champion and special guests, joined the VLM’s Ectotherms Team and summer campers on campus for one session of our Turtle Census. Staff began this multi-year research project to monitor the population changes of freshwater turtles in our local watershed. This hands-on census results in a real-world impact on the community monitoring the health of native wildlife populations. Dominion Energy, thank you for your support and for counting, measuring and releasing 36 turtles with us! Learn more about the Virginia Living Museum’s Turtle Census project here: https://lnkd.in/dFAzTStF

This National Zookeeper Week, we celebrated the Virginia Living Museum’s incredible zookeepers! These dedicated individuals have been the unsung heroes of our beloved museum. Day in and day out, they pour their hearts into caring for our animal family, educating our visitors, and fostering a deep connection between our community and wildlife. To our amazing zookeepers: Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. You’ve touched countless lives – both human and animal – over the years. Your enthusiasm inspires future conservationists, your knowledge enriches our understanding of the natural world, and your compassion sets an example for us all. Thank you for being the backbone of our animal family. Your dedication makes the Virginia Living Museum not just a place to see animals, but a home where conservation comes to life and where our community connects with nature. We’re incredibly grateful for you today and every day. Happy National Zookeeper Week! #NationalZookeeperWeek #ThankYouZookeepers