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The Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center houses the Ella Fitzgerald Theater, a 276-seat venue that honors the “First Lady of Song,” who was born in Newport News in 1917. Originally built as the Walter Reed School, this historic building has been restored and reopened to the public in October, 2008. |
| The Mariners’ Museum offers a captivating look at centuries of seafaring adventures from around the world. The dramatic USS Monitor Center brings to life the “Battle of the Ironclads,” and offers visitors the chance to walk the the deck of a full-scale Monitor replica. |
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The Virginia Living Museum allows you to explore the underwater world of the Chesapeake Bay and the underground realm of a limestone cave. Enjoy hands-on activities and observatory. Travel the universe in the state-of-the-art digital planetarium theater. Touch live spider crabs and fossilized dinosaur tracks. See fish with no eyes and frogs that change colors. |
| The Virginia War Museum showcases American military history. Outstanding collections of personal artifacts, weapons, vehicles, uniforms, posters, and much more trace the development of the U.S. military from 1775 through the present. See a section of the Berlin Wall and a portion of the outer wall from the Dachau Concentration Camp. Galleries include Women at War and Marches Toward Freedom, exploring the roles of women and African Americans in the military. |
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