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• 62,000 square foot exhibition hall open in March 2004 with new displays and activities.
• Aviary showcases more than 16 species of birds that either breed in Virginia or fly along the coastal flyway, including pelicans, cormorants, egrets, herons, ibis and ducks. Approach the aviary on a new 800-foot boardwalk 11 feet above Derr Park Lake and into the treetops.
• Daily programs change and include astronomy and planetarium, summer programs for children and teens and fossial collecting.

• Restored 1945 art deco movie theater.
• THX and Dolby Digital sound system.
• Sandwiches, pizza, desserts, wine, beer, sodas ordered by phone directly from your table while watching a first run movie.

1st run movies with food/beverage table and balcony seating

• More than 2 million people a year flock to Town Point Park for concerts, festivals, movies and other events - check out the Web site for a schedule.
• Seven-acre Park has an outdoor concert amphitheatre overlooking the Elizabeth River.
• People stroll the Park during the day to watch the comings and goings in the harbor and to see the boats tied up at the piers.

Festivals and events from March through December

• Leisurely 30-minute narrated trip on pontoon boat on the last undeveloped salt marsh in Virginia Beach.
• Wildlife includes Bald Eagles, Ospreys, and Wading birds.
• Learn about the history and ecology of Owl Creek and the Museum's conservation efforts.

Saturday and Sunday May 22 to June 6
Daily June 7 to Labor Day
Saturday and Sunday Septmeber 7 to early October

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• This is the place to take the kids on any day. Children of all ages welcome.
• Bubble room, climbing wall, fire engine and police car, play space, planetarium and lots more to keep youngsters entertained.
• Special events include NASA/Space Days and Kite Day.

• 2-hour boat trip.
• Boat has heated, encloses area and open decks.
• Humpback whales are the predominant species.

Open late December to mid-March
Reservations required

• Elegent 2,500 seat theater is home to the Virginia Symphony and Norfolk Forum lectures.
• Broadway at Chrysler Hall series brings touring productions of popular Broadway shows to Norfolk.
• Chrysler Hall hosts a wide range of performances and event throughout the year.

Open year-round

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• One of the last undisturbed coastal environments on the East Coast, there are six miles of natural beaches, 12 primitive camp sites, and nine miles of hiking/biking trails-no vehicular access.
• Take the electric tram through Back Bay Wildlife Refuge to the park daily April through October-call 757-498-BIRD for reservations.
• Barrier spit bordered by Atlantic Ocean on the East, Back Bay on the West.

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• Built circa 1680, named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1962 and is designated a National Historic Landmark.
• Hall and parlor house reminiscent of an English cottage, furnished with English furniture, ceramics, pewter, textiles and other 17th-century items.
• Costumed interpreters show the lifestyle of a wealthy Virginia colonist.

• Offical visitor center of NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base.
• Home of the scorched Apollo 12 Command Module that went to the moon and back.
• 3D IMAX theater with daily show schedule.

Open year-round
Admission Charged

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• 208 inductees including athlets, coaches, administrators, contributors and media from all parts of Virginia.
• Inductees include golfer Curtis Strange, Baltimore Orioles hard-hitting catcher Johnny Oates and Olympic gymnast Hope Spivey.
• Large collection of sports artifacts including Arthur Ashe`s tennis racquet and Sam Snead`s signature straw hat.

• Dedicated to the wild birds of the Atlantic Flyway (over Virginia Beach) and preserving the unique heritage of Eastern Virginia.
• DeWitt Cottage, the only remaining turn-of-the-century seaside cottage, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Geese, ducks and other water birds follow the Atlantic flyway North in the Spring and South in the Fall.

Daily Memorial Day to September 30.
Closed Mondays October 1 to May 31.
FREE admission.
Donations accepted.

Founded in 1931 by late psychic Edgar Cayce, the "father of holistic medicine", the ARE is Virginia Beach's premier center offering spa services, sleep clinics, and a variety of holistic treatments. The Visitor Center, located off Pacific Avenue in the Virginia Beach resort area, hosts tours, movies, and lectures based on Cayce's readings. Want to know more? Click Here

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• Houses one of the worldâ??s great collections of glass (including outstanding works by Louis Comfort Tiffany).
• Special exhibitions and programs throughout the year.
• Guides and audio tours available.

• Observe playfull Bottlenose dolphins in their natural habitat.
• Power Catamaran Atlantic Princess is comfortable and quiet.
• Guides explain dolphin social behaviors and latest research.

Reservations required
Fee charged
Late April to early September

• One of the largest international maritime museums in the world; collection is composed of more then 35,000 items, including ship models, scrimhaw, maritime paintings, decorative arts, intricately carved figureheads and working steam engines.
• U.S. Monitor Center and Chris-Craft archives.
• Permanent galleries and exhibitions along with temporary exhibitions explore a varietyof maritime subjects.

Open Daily year-round
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
Admission charged

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• Elegant Federal Period home built in 1792. Moses Myers was one of America`s first millionaires and one of Norfolk`s first Jewish residents.
• The art collection boasts artwork by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, John Wesley Jarvis and many other noted American artists.
• Most of the current collection of furnishings was acquired by the first generation of Myers and reflects the French influences prevalent during the period.

• Ocean Discoveries is an interacitve, hands-on two-hour boat trip conducted by Marine Biologists and Oceanographers.
• SCUBA trips dive the intriguing wrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: World War II casualties, fishing trawlers, tankers, liberty ships, sailing vessels, freighters, barges, supply ships, and schooners.
• During the summer and fall the Bottlenose Dolphins jump and play daily in their natural habitat along the Virginia Beach shoreline.

Sunset Dolphin cruises: mid-May to mid-October
Day and overnight SCUBA trips: mid-May to end of November
Day eco-cr

• If the actors look familiar, it`s because you may have seen some of them on TV recently.
• Angelo`s has been staging Murder Mysteries for over 10 years.
• Solve the mystery and you win a prize. Hint: The butler did it!.

Full dinner buffet and Murder Mystery
May to September open Monday and Wednesday through Saturday
September to May

• Final resting place of General MacArthur and his wife. MacArthur was one of the most colorful and controversial men in American history.
• 24-minutes film on the life and times of General MacArthur is shown continuously.
• Nine seperate galleries tell the story of General MacArthur and the millions of American men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces from the Civil War through the Korean War.

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• Oldest African American museum in the United States and one of the oldest museums in the state of Virginia. The collections feature over 9,000 objects including tranditional African, Native America, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Island and Asian art.
• One of the nation`s largest and most comprehensive collection of materials on the history and culture od African Americans and Native Americans.
• Approximately 2 million items and 19,000 photographs relating to the American Indian Education Program, including historic images taken on western reservations that exist nowhere else in the world.