The following list was gathered from the American Association of Museums’ (AAM) state lists of accredited museums. The list was culled to share the sites in Virginia that focus mainly on history or specialized collections.
Alexandria
Carlyle House Historic Park
Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
Primary Type: Historic house/site
www.carlylehouse.org
Fort Ward Museum Office of Historic Alexandria
Primary Type: Historic house/site – Secondary: Specialized museum
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Office of Historic Alexandria
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.gadsbystavern.org
The Lyceum Office of Historic Alexandria
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.alexandriahistory.org
Fairfax
Fairfax County Park Authority
Resource Management Division
Primary Type: Historic house/site – Secondary: Arboretum/botanical garden
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/
Gunston Hall Plantation
Primary Type: Historic house/site – Secondary: History museum
www.gunstonhall.org
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, Inc.
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.famcc.org/
Fort Lee
U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum
U.S. Dept of the Army
Primary Type: Specialized
www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/
Jamestown
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Museum
Primary Type: History museum
www.historyisfun.org
Lexington
VMI Museum Operations: VMI Mus & Hall of Valor at NMBSHP
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.vmi.edu/museum
Manassas
Manassas National Battlefield Park National Park Service
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.nps.gov/mana/
Martinsville
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Primary Type: Natural history/anthropology museum
www.vmnh.net
Newport News
The Mariners’ Museum
Primary Type: History museum
www.marinersmuseum.org
Virginia War Museum
Primary Type: History museum
www.warmuseum.org
Norfolk
Chrysler Museum of Art
Primary Type: Art museum/center – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.chrysler.org
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Primary Type: Specialized
www.hrnm.navy.mil
Richmond
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.valentinemuseum.com
Virginia Historical Society Museum
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.vahistorical.org
Wilton House Museum
Primary Type: Historic house/site – Secondary: Specialized museum
www.wiltonhousemuseum.org
Staunton
Frontier Culture Museum
Primary Type: Historic house/site – Secondary: History museum
www.frontiermuseum.org/
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Historic house/site
www.woodrowwilson.org
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
Primary Type: History museum – Secondary: Art museum/center
www.history.org
