Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth, VA
A quick tour of the Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth, VA
Children's Museum of Virginia
The train display is absolutely amazing. We are looking forward to returning to spend more time is the train exhibit room.
Children's Museum of Virginia, Portsmouth
We had a great few hours at the museum during a rainy day on vacation in Virginia. We only wish we had gone earlier in the day.
Children's Museum of Virginia | Portsmouth, VA | The Vacation Channel
Step inside a world where bubbles grow bigger than you are, where the forces of energy electrify and spark the imagination, where you can be a farmer, a banker, a scientist, a star gazer. Come to where the big people think you're having an educational experience and you're just having a lot of fun!
Give them the run of The City!
We've made it kid size and theirs to explore from the bank to the market, from the fire engine to the pet area.
Get the inside track on Trains.
Little kids (and big ones, too) love trains, and oh, have we got a huge collection of trains! Clanging and puffing and zooming like you knew they could.
Adhesion. Cohesion. And bursts of Laughter.
It's the new Bubble Room. Make them. Pop them. Stand inside one! Once your child has experienced standing in a bubble, science will never be the same!
Inspire tomorrow's Stars.
Nothing quite amazes or inspires a child like that first trip to a planetarium. Take that trip with them at the Children's Museum.
For more information on the Children's Museum of Virginia, please visit
Holidays in Olde Towne Portsmouth Virginia
Olde Towne Arts & Antique Open House
November 22nd 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM - This kickoff to the winter holiday shopping season features art, music and entertainment in the shops, galleries and restaurants. TCC Chorus will be performing at the Trinity Church 7:30. Historic High Street Shopping District will be open late for this event.
Vintage Homes of Olde Towne Portsmouth Holiday Tours
Saturday, December 7, 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Welcome to our Vintage Homes and kindle the spirit of your Holiday Season. Explore
with our self guided walking tour. Tickets are available at the Portsmouth Visitors Center in advance or at each home the day of the tour. $20.00
See you there!
16th Annual Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival
December 14th Noon - 6:00 PM - A musical tribute to the spirit of the holiday season, stroll along the first seven Historic Squares of High Street and enjoy performances, children's activities, re-enactors in period attire, carolers and strolling characters. Street performances and indoor performances. Stay warm by the fire on each corner of the square and roast marshmallows with a Portsmouth Firefighter. Fun for the whole Family!
Olde Fashioned Holiday Window Painting
Through December 31 - Historic High Street Shopping District shop windows become a canvas for Portsmouth student's artwork with a holiday theme.
Snow Wonders and Winter Wonderland Portsmouth, Virginia
It snows every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Olde Towne Portsmouth November 27th thru December 26th. Free music, light and snow show. Join us inside for holiday themed make-n-take activities and you might even spot Santa wandering around.
Winter Wonderland comes to life November 27th and delights kids of all ages through December 31st. Enjoy scenes from the famous Coleman Collection Christmas Wonderland, make-n-take activities, face painting, and more. Cap off the year with Noon Years Eve and running of the bubble wrap December 31st!
Rainkeepers at the Science Museum of Virginia
The Science Museum of Virginia was awarded a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create a storm water demonstration, education and training facility. The program encourages behaviors that reduce stormwater and pollutants entering the James River and Chesapeake Bay.
LCCA Convention (Virginia Children's Museum), 07-24-2012
Lionel Collectors Club of America held its 2012 convention in Norfolk, Virginia. This tour offered an open house evening and dinner at the Virginia Children's Museum in Portsmouth, Virginia. Their model train layout featured various O-Gauge trains.
Virginia City Railroad Museum
Vintage train
The Singletary Afrikan Art Museum Portsmouth VA
Creative Caring Learning Homeschool took a field trip today to The Singletary Gallery of African Art
Located: 3600 Greenwood Drive Portsmouth VA 23701
+1 (757) 487-7362 Dr. Singletary
Best time to visit is Sunday after 2pm. Call and schedule a visit. ❤️????????
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Children's Museum of Virginia - Smiles
Children step inside a world where bubbles grow bigger than they are, where the forces of energy electrify and spark their imagination, where they can be a farmer, a banker, a firefighter, a musician, and more! Museum includes a huge toy and train collection and all new computerized Planetarium.
Norfolk & Western 611 - The Virginia Tour
In late spring and early summer 2015, the Norfolk & Western 611 operated the Virginia Tour, a series of eleven excursions throughout her home state of Virginia over Norfolk Southern, based out of Manassas, Lynchburg, and Roanoke, Virginia.
The Manassas based excursions operated on June 6th and 7th, bound for Front Royal. The Lynchburg based trips ran from Lynchburg to Petersburg on June 13th and 14th. Three of the Roanoke based trips on July 3rd-5th ran from Roanoke to Lynchburg, meanwhile the other three trips which operated over the same three days ran from Roanoke to Radford.
The 611 spent nearly 20 years sitting in the Virginia Museum of Transportation following a second retirement after the close of the first NS Steam Program in 1994. With the successful restoration through Fire Up 611, the 4-8-4 has gained a third lease on life once again hauling excursions as part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam.
The 611 was built in 1950 by the N&W's East End shops in Roanoke. She is a 4-8-4 Northern type wheel configuration, a class known simply as the J. The J's were designed for high speed passenger service on the N&W on trains like the Powhatan Arrow and the Cavalier. The engine ran until 1959, later placed on display in Roanoke. It was restored in 1982 and operated for the original Southern/NS steam program for 12 years of excursions.
Now, sit back, and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Norfolk & Western 611's return to her home state.
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Midtown Marketplace Portsmouth Virginia
Opened in 2015, the Midtown Marketplace is the premier shopping destination in Portsmouth, VA. Anchored by a 124,000 square foot Kroger Marketplace and 24,000 square foot TJ Maxx, Midtown Marketplace offers shoppers a variety of food, fuel and retail options. Other tenants include: Metro PCS, Sky Nails, Hibbett Sports, Sally Beauty Supply, Cato, Dunkin' Donuts, Little Caesar's Pizza, ABC and Cricket Mobile.
Also in the immediate vicinity find Wawa, Kroger Fuel, Chick Fil-A, Wendy's, Super Walmart, Burger King, IHOP and many more!!!
Visit us at 1241 Frederick Blvd, on the corner of Frederick Blvd and Turnpike Road. Located just off I264 exit 5.
Video credit to : Three Wire Aerial Imaging
Children's Museum of Virginia - Rolling
Children step inside a world where bubbles grow bigger than they are, where the forces of energy electrify and spark their imagination, where they can be a farmer, a banker, a firefighter, a musician, and more! Museum includes a huge toy and train collection and all new computerized Planetarium.
Parksley VA Railroad Museum part two
Parksley Railroad Museum part two
Virginia - Portsmouth Lightship LV-101
Virginia Sports Hall Of Fame Museum
Virginia Sports Hall Of Fame Museum with the boys, nascar racing, soccer, football, basketball and a little bit of running on the treadmill with grammy and grandpa cornish
Glockner Museum Celebrate 171 Years of Business in Portsmouth
A museum celebrates 171 years of business and history in Portsmouth, Ohio.
N&W 611: Thunder in the Old Dominion/Old North State
On April 9 and 10 of 2016, Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 #611 led a pair of day-long mainline excursions from the North Carolina Museum of Transportation in Spencer, NC to points north and west. On Saturday, April 9, she led a trip which departed from Spencer, and headed north to Lynchburg, VA, in the Old Dominion and return - passing through such cities as Greensboro, NC and Danville, VA along the way. Two diesel helpers were along for the ride - Norfolk Southern #8099, the Southern heritage unit diesel, and Southern FP-7 #6133, owned by the NCTM - both were along to help the 611 save coal, since they couldn't refuel in Lynchburg. Saturday, while sunny, was an extremely windy day, making it a challenge for all of the videographers chasing that day.
Sunday, April 10, 611 headed west with the two diesels again, leading an all-day trip through the Old North State west to Asheville, NC and return. This trip featured 611 ascending the famous Southern Railway Loops just past Old Fort, NC for the first time in many years - where the diesel helpers were definitely needed to get the 20+ car train up the hills.
Included in this video are shots of the beautiful J-Class locomotive and it's consist going over scenic bridges, passing various old stations, sweeping around curves, thundering down straightaways, night video - and stay tuned to the very end for a very rare pacing shot!
Enjoy this two part video N&W 611: Thunder in the Old Dominion and N&W 611: Thunder in the Old North State!
WAVY Archive: 1979 New Portsmouth Business-Virginia Products Corporation
A look back in the WAVY Archives
Memorial Day Parade 2018
Portsmouth, VA