FINE ARTS MUSEUMS

Six fine arts museums, all less than an hour’s drive, supplement various temporary exhibits to be found at area universities. The Chrysler Museum in Downtown Norfolk, endowed by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., possesses a world-class collection of painting, sculpture and objects d’art and has hosted major traveling exhibitions. The Peninsula Museum of Fine Art, located near the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, attracts a variety of traveling exhibits.

Find out more about the diversity of fine art to be enjoyed as part of the living and working in Newport News.

--Chrysler Museum
--Contemporary Art Center of Virginia
--Hampton University Museum
--Hermitage Foundation Museum
--Muscarelle Museum
--Peninsula Fine Arts Museum