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Top 7 Museums in Hampton, Virginia (VA)
The city of Hampton, Virginia, leads the country in the pursuit of aeronautics and space exploration. The home to Langley Air Force Base and NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton has helped put a man on the moon and a lander on Mars. Visit the Virginia Air & Space Center and learn about the scientific contributions made by these two organizations. The Center features over a hundred interactive exhibits, a 3-D IMAX theater and thirty historic aircraft, including the Apollo 12 Command Module.
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1. Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum
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4.5 based on 530 reviews
Reviewed By WeechWayToTravel
Fort Monroe has been continuously fortified since the early 1600s, originally by the Jamestown settlers. Robert E. Lee was one of the contributors to the stone fortress as a young engineer early in his career. Escaped slaves sought & were granted refuge here. Jefferson Davis was imprisoned here. Sooo much history. The fort is beautiful & has been granted national monument status. Complete with a mote which you can drive through the gated bridges. The Point Comfort Light is located here on the Chesapeake Bay. For perspective, I tend to not be interested in military history. I have traveled the world over. Even I found it very interesting & well presented & easy to follow for all. Well worth the trip, especially for Civil War history. Conveniently located off highway 64 at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
2. Hampton University Museum
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4.5 based on 26 reviews
3. Hampton History Museum
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4.5 based on 69 reviews
Opened in 2003, the Hampton History Museum serves to increase the awareness and understanding of the history of Hampton by maintaining an educational and research center for the collection, exhibition, interpretation, preservation and promotion of the vast historic resources of the City.
Reviewed By dmhn - Buena Park, United States
This is a relatively small museum that has a lot of historical information about the area. The changing exhibit of the moment are the pictures and maps of a Union mapmaker. The detail in his pictures and maps were astounding! We found that exhibit to be very interesting!
4. Virginia Air & Space Science Center
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4.0 based on 530 reviews
Aerospace museum that holds more than 100 exhibits, including the Apollo 12 command module and several IMAX films.
Reviewed By CabanaWoman - Shreveport, United States
This small museum is packed full of great planes, spacecraft, interactive exhibits, kids' activities and a large IMax theater. If you enjoy flight of any kind this is a good place to spend some time.
5. Air Power Park
6. Charles H. Taylor Art Center
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
7. Blue Skies Gallery
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
