Area Attractions

Sites and Interests

• Colonial Williamsburg - Colonial Williamsburg is the world's largest outdoor living history museum, located on a 173-acre, 18th-century town. Website: www.history.org
• Rawls Museum Arts - Rawls Museum Arts, affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is a non-profit organization, founded in 1958, to promote the visual and performing arts in and around Southampton County. RMA receives funding from Virginia Commission for the Arts, the City of Franklin, Southampton County, the Business Consortium for the Arts, etc. Website: www.rawlsarts.com
• Chrysler Museum of Art - Chrysler Museum of Art offers over 30,000 objects. The museum's collection spans over 5000 years of world history. American and European. Website: www.chrysler.org
• Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center - Only a few miles from where America's colonial history began at Jamestown in 1607, colonial America came to an end with the Battle of Yorktown 174 years later, and a new nation began. Today, the struggles, adventures and hopes of those momentous early years are brought to life through engaging exhibits and dramatic living history, all within a 20-mile stretch of road. Website: www.historyisfun.org

Entertainment

• Cape Charles - Arts Enter Cape Charles at the Historic Palace Theatre, a 1940s Art Deco theatre, that features various performances, classes and social gatherings. Website: www.artsentercapecharles.org
• Colonial Heights - Swift Creek Mill Playhouse is housed in a 350-year-old grist mill believed to be the nation's oldest. The Playhouse is open year-round and offers dinner theatre, and theatre only as well as children's theatre. Website: www.swiftcreekmill.com
• Hampton - The American Theatre. Intimate. Affordable. Featuring a wide array of world-renowned artist. Website: www.HamptonArts.net
• Norfolk - The Attucks Theatre is the nation's oldest theatre designed, developed, financed and operated entirely by African Americans. Once known as the "Apollo of the South," it has been restored to its original glory as a performing arts theatre. Website: www.attuckstheatre.org
• Norfolk - Chrysler Hall is a 2,503-seat luxury theater adjacent to the Scope arena and offers Broadway shows and other performances. Website: Could not get the link to work
• Norfolk - Virginia Stage Company at the Wells Theatre is nationally recognized as the premiere professional theatre in Southeastern Virginia. Theater-goers can enjoy world premieres, musicals, comedies and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. Website: www.vastage.com
• Richmond - Barksdale Theatre used to be solely at Hanover Tavern, but during the tavern's renovation, it moved to The Shops at Willow Lawn location in 1996. Today, it remains as an additional theatre to the original, and features world premieres of outstanding contemporary plays along with some classics. Website: www.barksdalerichmond.org
• Vienna - From as early as 1632, records indicate that wolves caused tremendous amounts of damage and mayhem in the area on which Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts now rests. While the furry beasts may be gone, the action that occurs on stage is just as fierce as the creatures that once inhabited the region. A Wolf Trap season is usually filled with a diverse array of theatre, opera and music concerts. In addition to year-round performances, Wolf Trap offers a variety of education programs both locally and nationwide. Website: www.wolftrap.org
• Virginia Beach - Virginia Musical Theatre is dedicated to the preservation of musical theatre as a uniquely American art form and offers full-scale productions with the best regional talent and guest stars. Website: www.broadwayatthecenter.com

Shopping

• Lynnhaven Mall - 701 Lynn Haven Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
• Greenbrier Mall - Intersection of I-64 and Greenbrier Parkway, 1401 Greenbrier Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320
• MacArthur Center - 300 Monticello Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23510
• Prime Outlets - 5715-62A Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188
• The Shops at Hilltop - North, East & West Laskin and First Colonial Rds., Virginia Beach, VA 23451
• Virginia Center Commons - 10101 Brook Road, Suite 765, Glen Allen, VA 23059
• Peninsula Town Center - Rt 258 North, Hampton, VA 23666