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Leonardo’s Lab

Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Step into the inventive world of Leonardo da Vinci in Leonardo’s Lab! This immersive hands-on exhibition invites children and families to explore art, science, engineering and creativity through interactive activities inspired by one of history’s greatest thinkers. Build structures, experiment with gears and simple machines, design flying creations, solve puzzles and create artwork while discovering […]

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A Seat of Justice: The Courthouse that Changed Portsmouth Exhibit

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Step inside the courthouse that once shaped the course of justice in Portsmouth and beyond. From witch trials to slavery-era rulings to civil rights sit-ins and debates over Confederate monuments, A Seat of Justice explores how law, power and memory have intersected inside the Norfolk County Courthouse – right here in this very building. Through […]

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America’s Shipyard: The 10 Most Important Ships of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum 2 High Street, Portsmouth

Celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary by exploring America’s Shipyard, a powerful new Sail250® Virginia exhibit about the Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s critical role in American history. From the first dry dock in the Western Hemisphere to the groundbreaking ships that changed naval warfare forever, the shipyard has served as a vital pillar of America’s national defense […]

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Steel Seas & Sky Machines: The Dieselpunk Art of Tony Snipes

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Head off on a journey through Tony Snipes’ world of alternate histories and reimagined machines in this powerful new exhibition. Steel Seas & Sky Machines explores an alternate America where […]

Sunset Thursdays – RaJazz

Portsmouth Pavilion 16 Crawford Cir, Portsmouth, VA

Festival Park at Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion (16 Crawford Circle) June 4th – August 27th (Thursdays ONLY) 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Enjoy Portsmouth’s FREE after-work summer concerts series sponsored by the […]

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Member Night

Children's Museum of Virginia 221 High Street, Portsmouth, VA

Members are invited to a special evening inside Leonardo’s Lab –  our newest hands-on exhibition inspired by the inventions, art and discoveries of Leonardo da Vinci. Step into the world of the original Renaissance man through interactive activities designed to spark creativity, curiosity and problem-solving, including: Building Leonardo’s famous interlocking bridge Experimenting with gears and […]

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First Weekends: Discover Olde Towne Portsmouth

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

Make your first weekend a tradition in Olde Towne. Join us in Olde Towne as we bring the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center (PACC) courtyard and surrounding streets to life with live music, local art, markets and hands-on activities – all along the High Street corridor. FRIDAY | 5–8 PM Ease into the weekend with: […]

Bobby Brown at Rivers Casino

Event Center at Rivers Casino 3630 Victory Blvd., Portsmouth, VA

Get ready for a night of legendary R&B when Bobby Brown takes the stage live at The Event Center on June 5 at 8 PM. One of the most prominent […]

$101.35