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Renovations Abounds!
Thanks to the City of Charlottesville, the museum will be getting brand-new, handicapped-accessible bathroms furnished with state-of-the-art hardware and changing tables. These renovations are already underway. As a result, the bathrooms at VDM will be CLOSED for the months of February and March. We encourage all visitors to go to the Visitor's Center located next to the Pavilion. We apologize for the incovenience, but hope that all of our visitors are as excited about the new renovations as we are.
Front Gallery
Have you seen our new Discovery Garage area? In the garage, you can build your own automoblox racecar and test its speed on our downhill track. Play a joyous melody on our improved, industrial pipe organ, and then watch beach balls fly above the gusty Bernoulli Blower.
After you finish with all things industrial, spend some time in our expanded Virginia Frontier area built around our Showalter log cabin. Learn about the Showalter family, try on a period costume, and cook a pretend meal in the cabin’s fireplace. Visit animals in the stable and check out our new signs and find out how life was different in Virginia in the 18th century.
 
Have you seen our new garden? Harvest corn, cabbage, carrots, and more! Feed them to the animals or make a delicious meal in the Showalter cabin.
 
Our new, improved front gallery will be fun and educational for adults and children alike!
Permanent
Exhibits
A-Mazing Airways
Come visit the Virginia Discovery Museum's engaging Front Gallery exhibition! Puffs of air make balls and scarves fly through the A-Mazing Airways tubes!
Toddler Room / Pirate Ship
Come see our world under the sea, illustrated by Jodi Matzer.
Open Studio
Children can express their creativity every day by doing art projects in our Open Studio. Thanks to
our new Open Studio sponsor, UVa Athletics Cavman's Crew.
www.Cavmanscrew.com
The Virginia Discovery Museum's galleries are filled with interesting,
educational and fun permanent exhibits.
- Observation Beehive
- Treehouse Room
- The Showalter Cabin
- Rain Forest Hallway
- Wentzscope (large viewing microscope)
Standards of Learning
Click here for Standards of Learning referenced to Museum exhibits, programs and collections..
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