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The name—Half Moone—is taken from the name of the fort that was built on the same site in 1673 in the form of a "half moone." The fort was built to protect Norfolk's burgeoning maritime industry. [1] Following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in April 2024, Carnival Legend was rerouted to Norfolk, docking at Half Moone.
The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences . In 1971, automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. (whose wife, Jean Outland Chrysler , was a native of Norfolk), donated most of his extensive ...
This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available ...
During the 1980s, the city of Norfolk invited the museum to relocate to a new downtown maritime center. The Navy accepted the offer, and in 1994 the Hampton Roads Naval Museum opened in the Nauticus National Maritime Center. With the move, the museum's exhibit space increased significantly, while also increasing the number of educational ...
Duckworth offered the former Norfolk City Hall building as a combined museum and mausoleum to honor MacArthur. [2] Memorial – located in the former Norfolk City Hall building, the memorial houses the tomb of General MacArthur and his wife in the rotunda, [3] and the museum that spans nine galleries about his life and career. [4]
Hunter House Victorian Museum (2024) The Hunter House Victorian Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, United States is a house museum in the Historic Freemason District. [1]The house was built in 1894 for the merchant and banker James Wilson Hunter, together with his wife Lizzie Ayer Barnes Hunter and their three children. [2]
Museums in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Pages in category "Museums in Norfolk, Virginia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Location of Norfolk in Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be ...