Newport News: Museums & Historical Places
Battle of Dam #1- Historical Site
Description:
Historic site where five miles of evidence from the Battle of Dam #1 can still be found.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Battle of Lee’s Mill- Historic Site
Description:
Scene of the April 5, 1862 Battle of Lee's Mill.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Civil War Trails
Description:
A series of Civil War battle sites also used as a path for the Underground Railroad.
Address:
Hampton Roads, VA
Congress & Cumberland Overlook- Historical Site
Description:
Scene of the sinking of the U.S.S. Cumberland and U.S.S. Congress by the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Endview Plantation
Description:
2020 Summer camps have been canceled.
Historical home built in 1769 this house has witnessed the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Tours, exhibits, special events and programs throughout the entire year. Civil War Camps.
Historical home built in 1769 this house has witnessed the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Tours, exhibits, special events and programs throughout the entire year. Civil War Camps.
Phone:
(757) 887-1862
Email:
endview@nnva.gov
Lee Hall Depot
Description:
The Lee Hall Depot was constructed in the 1880s. The site is under construction, visitors can not access the inside of the depot due to construction.
Phone:
(757) 886-2715
Lee Hall Mansion
Description:
One of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula. Tours, activities and special events offered throughout the year.
Phone:
(757) 888-3371
Mariners' Museum
Description:
Maritime History Museum. Youth and family programs. Homeschool Programs.
Phone:
(757) 596-2222
Email:
jdill@marinersmuseum.org
Monitor-Merrimack Overlook- Historic Site
Description:
Scene of the famous Battle of the Ironclads, the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center
Description:
This 1899 Victorian home belonged to Joseph Thomas Newsome, a prominent Newport News attorney, journalist, and civil rights pioneer. Local programs and community events.
Phone:
(757) 247-2360
Skiffe's Creek Redoubt - Historical Site
Description:
This site was part of the Skiffes Creek Line. It was built to defend the Confederate Mulberry Island-James River section during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Victory Arch Historic Site
Description:
A memorial to the men and women of the armed forces. Currently is used as the site of the Newport News annual Memorial and Veterans Day ceremonies.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Virginia Living Museum
Description:
Virtual Camps available for Summer 2020!
Hands-on activities, observatory, planetarium, outdoor boardwalk, native plant and conservation gardens, and 250 living species. Birthday parties available. Summer camps. Homeschool Programs.
Hands-on activities, observatory, planetarium, outdoor boardwalk, native plant and conservation gardens, and 250 living species. Birthday parties available. Summer camps. Homeschool Programs.
Phone:
(757) 595-1900
Email:
judy.triska@thevlm.org
Virginia War Museum
Description:
Museum displays documenting America's wars from 1775 to the present. Summer camps.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Email:
virginiawarmuseum@nnva.gov
Warwick Court House- Historical Site
Description:
Site of the 1810 courthouse and also the site of the recently restored 1884 Warwick Court House.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
Young's Mill- Historic Site
Description:
Area local to this 1820 tide mill formed part of the first line of defense during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
Phone:
(757) 247-8523
