Thank you very much for your positive feedback. We are happy to hear that you had an enjoyable visit, and we hope you will have the opportunity to visit again soon. The ants work very quickly, so you will certainly see lots of new growth during your next visit!
Thank you very much for your positive feedback. We are happy to hear that you had a great visit. Our curators and scientific staff, in partnership with researchers world-wide, work on a variety of important research projects throughout Virginia and across the globe. We are stewards of the Commonwealth's collections, and these natural treasures are shared with visitors through a variety of exhibits and educational programs. We hope you will have the opportunity to visit the museum again soon!
I had a discount coupon so we drove to Martinsville to visit this museum. What a pleasant surprise. Our first experience was ordering lunch at the little cafe. The attendant had made the soup, a tomato - vegetable that had a little kick. The sandwiches were fresh and tasty. We went to the lower floor where there were some live exhibits including snakes, turtles, baby trout and interconnected tubes of leaf-cutting ants going about their busy lives. Upstairs, the main exhibits included dinosaur fossils, ancient fossilized fungus found in a stone quarry in VA. I particularly enjoyed the exhibits that showed how ancient peoples used bone and stone for tools, jewelry etc. The next room featured the Chesapeake Bay many of the displays are interactive. Visitors may see inner workings where staff assemble the fossils and create exhibits. We were told the the backgrounds of some exhibits were from photographs taken by a staff member.I am so glad we took this trip. We were the only visitors after a group of school children left.
Thank you very much for your recent visit and your positive feedback. We are always striving to improve on our visitors' experiences, so your feedback is appreciated.
Julio - Thank you very much for your recent visit to the museum and your kind review. We are always improving and adding new visitor experiences, and we hope you will get the chance to visit again soon. Thank you!
This was such an awesome surprise, my nine year old and I had a great visit! The exhibits are very kid friendly with a lot of opportunity for hands on interaction.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. We strive to tell stories of Virginia's natural heritage within a global context, and one of our goals is to continue adding new displays and exhibits. We are looking forward to our new Science Saturdays events from May through August, followed by our Reptile Day festival in October. We hope you will have to opportunity to visit again soon!
Thanks so much for your positive feedback. Reptile Day is definitely one of our most popular festivals, and we are excited to be planning for several exciting upcoming festivals. May 3 is the Bug Daze festival, July 26 is the Living on the Water festival, and October 18 is the Reptile Day festival. We hope you will be able to join us at one or more of these events!
Thank you for your recent visit, and for your very positive feedback. We are very excited about our current "Dinosaur Discovery" exhibit and we are happy to hear that you enjoyed the many different exhibits and displays.
Thank you very much for your positive feedback. We are glad to hear you had a fun experience and enjoyed interacting with our dedicated staff. We are passionate about the museum and its vital mission, and we hope that shows in interactions with our visitors. We continue to add new exhibits and displays, and we hope you will get the opportunity to visit again soon!