In 1917 four families, formerly members of Portsmouth's orthodox Gomley Chesed Synagogue, decided to found their own orthodox synagogue and call it...
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If there's one thing many people get excited about, it's sports. Sports play a central role in the lives of many, whether they're couch potatoes or...
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About Us: The U.S. Lightship Service was started in 1820. Like lighthouses and buoys, lightships were navigational aids. The lights atop their mas...
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History :
Exploring the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum in Virginia is a panoramic experience, covering over 250 years of Portsmouth's history.
Co...
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About Us:
The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is an official museum of the United States Navy and reports to the Naval History and Heritage Command in ...
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In 1988 the Hunter’s family home opened to the public as the Hunter House Victorian Museum. The interior was refurbished with reproduction wa...
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History: Founded in 1939 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Museum experienced explosive growth in 1971 when automobile heir and art c...
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Mission Statement:The Chrysler Museum exists to enrich and transform lives. We bring art and people together through experiences that delight...
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History:
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens consists of an early 20th century historic house museum with a world-wide art collection and contemporar...
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History:
The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center is the restored 1899 residence of the African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome (1869-19...
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About Us:
At the turn of the 20th century, the J. Thomas Newsome family moved to Newport News. In this industrial city, he established a law pract...
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History
Completed in 1834, Fort Monroe was originally designed to protect the Hampton Roads waterway from an enemy attack and is the largest stone...
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About
Founded in 1868, the Hampton University Museum is the nation's oldest African American museum. With galleries dedicated to African American,...
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The Hampton University Museum is a unique institution and a national treasure. Located in Hampton, Virginia, in the heart of the historic Hampton U...
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Our Mission
The Hampton History Museum serves to increase the awareness and understanding of the history of Hampton by maintaining an educationa...
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The Museum was established in 1923 by American Legion Post #25 (The Braxton/Perkins Post) as the American Legion Memorial Museum. The City of Newpo...
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