| Established in 1968, the museum houses more than 6,000 items, including anthropology artifacts; botanical specimens; fossils; marine life; minerals; crystals and gems; rocks, fluorescent rocks and minerals. It also has mounted heads of American and African game mammals; East African birds; Virginia birds, nests and eggs; Virginia and international insects. Special exhibits are occasionally displayed. The musuem is available free to the public on select Sundays. Group tours are also available by reservation and for a fee. |