Virtual Virginia Educational Resources

Running out of resources for Virtual Learning? We have compiled resources from some of your favorite Coastal Virginia Museums. 

Some of these are posting new content each week, so be sure to check back and you might even catch special live videos! 


Museums/Attractions

Virginia Living Museum

  • Tune in on Facebook and Instagram for educational trivia questions, animal facts and live animal videos! They also have week-long “learning pods,” with safe activities and instruction from VLM educators!

Virginia Living Museum Virtual Learning

Virginia Zoo

Watch the Virtual Voyage videos on Facebook and get behind-the-scenes introductions to your favorite animals at the Virginia Zoo!

PFAC

The Peninsula Fine Arts Center has posted a series of blogs with art activities you can do at home!

Colonial Williamsburg

Explore virtual tours and interviews with interpreters on the website, plus live content on Facebook every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm. And if you have Roku or Amazon Fire TV, tune in to Colonial Williamsburg TV! 

Nauticus

Visit the website for updates on live content on social media, virtual adventures and interactive opportunities!

Historic Jamestowne

Keep up with the latest archeological finds on their YouTube channel!

Chrysler Museum of Art

Virtual gallery tours, take-home art projects, coloring sheets, and more provide enriching art experience for all ages, from one of the region’s most prestigious art museums. Visit the website!

Muscarelle Museum 

Go online for astonishingly immersive virtual tours of the current exhibition “Rising,” as well as an exploration of their permanent collection.

Hermitage Museum and Gardens

Take a virtual tour of this historic Norfolk home, or visit the Museum from Home resource with info on the latest exhibitions, horticultural updates on what’s in bloom on the grounds of the estate, informative blogs, videos, and more!

Jamestown / Yorktown Foundation

Explore a variety of virtual activities including museum tours and webcasts from historical experts, plus a limited-time showing of films at the American Revoluion Museum at Yorktown!

MOCA

Experience a virtual tour of the current exhibitions, plus videos from artists in their home studios, disucssing their work from the Moca at Home webpage.

VIBE District: Mural Walk

Take a virtual stroll through the ViBe District in Virginia Beach, and view the many murals that have been painted by local and regional artists!

Smithfield

Smithfield has assembled a variety of virtual content, including:

Sandler Center Foundation

Virtual Stage Coastal Virginia has created a public Facebook Group that features videos of past performances.  

Currituck County

Visit Currituck has assembled a host of virtual experiences (as well as some beachy Zoom backgrounds)!

Seven Venues

Check out this cute Coloring & Activity Book


Local Artists

Twittering Bird

  • Download this FREE block puzzle, featuring illustrations of Viginia Cities by local artist and illistrator Twittering Bird. All you need is paper, a printer, scissors and a glue stick!

Onietonie


Other resources:

https://wset.com/news/coronavirus/online-places-to-explore-virginia-during-social-distancing

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