Virginia War Museum — Attraction in Newport News

Fittingly, I stumbled upon the Virginia War Museum on Memorial Day. I initially visited the memorial park outside in the immediate vicinity of the Museum building, and then wandered inside. Plan to spend 1-2 hours on site to do this museum justice. The outside park area includes a holocaust Memorial, and a number of predominantly naval memorials. The Museum only charged me $6 for admission - it may cost you a few $ more. It has some tremendous displays and memorabilia from the colonial period to the present day. It has a special section dedicated to the ‘68-‘69 period of the Vietnam war, and another special exhibit on black American...

This is a nice museum. Very interesting with a lot of artifacts and information. I would have given it 5 stars except for one exhibit. In the farthest corner of the museum, by the emergency exit door, hidden by another case is a small plaque. On it are listed a few of the women KIA in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

It's part of a tiny exhibit of women in the war, in a hallway.

Surely the museum can find a better place to highlight the sacrifice of these military casualties. And as a Veteran who happens to be female, I have to say, if you want to highlight women who serve, don't put the entire exhibit in an...

What a great museum to walk you through the history of United States war throughout the years. Great unique artifacts from each time period. Plan on being there a couple of hours to get the true experience. We got there around 2:30, and felt rushed towards the end to make sure we had read everything by the time the doors closed at 4:30. Could have spent another hour checking out the exhibits and reading about the displays. Outside there were many other items, but we did not get a chance to see them. $20 for a family of 5 for the museum is a...