Things To Do

Science Museum of Virginia

This is a fun interactive science museum where Sam and I used to volunteer at! They have an enormous Foucault pendulum and an interactive animal exhibit among others.

Brown's Island

Brown's Island is an artificial continental island on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, formed by the Haxall Canal. Part of the city's James River Park, it is the popular venue of a large number of outdoor concerts and festivals in the spring and summer.

Carytown

Richmond's shopping district which also houses the Byrd Theater which promises a vintage movie-going experience.

Maymont

Maymont is a 100-acre (0.156 sq mi) Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia. It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, formal gardens, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and Children's Farm.

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is a museum located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe never lived in the building, it serves to commemorate his time living in Richmond.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts