For centuries, silver has delighted and dazzled us. It’s been used for luxury objects, everyday objects, medical instruments and supplies, photographic film, water purification, paints, circuit boards, and more. It’s been commissioned for royalty and hand-crafted for common use.

Discover Silver is an opportunity for visitors young and old to experience the beauty, artistry, creation, usage, and significance of silver in America.  Step inside Paul Revere’s silversmith shop and try your hand at creating your own silver objects. Explore the intricate patterns and details found on teapots, pitchers, and other silver items.  Uncover how the beautiful silver objects of the past represent modern objects of today.  What role did silver play in our past? What significance does silver continue to have in our lives today? Discover the answers to these questions and more as you Discover Silver.

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in celebration of its 70 years of sharing arts and education statewide.

 
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Amazement Square is showcasing a hands-on interactive exhibition, Ancient Egypt: Life and Afterlife on the Nile. Developed by Amazement Square, this exhibition enables museum visitors to learn about Egyptian hieroglyphics as they record their own history in hieroglyphics. Visitors can also explore every-day life working as a farmer or pharaoh, or they can sail down the Nile in an Egyptian Royal Hunting boat. In preparation for the afterlife, visitors can build the Great Pyramid of Giza, prepare a body for mummification and explore the treasures of a pharaoh's tomb! Regardess of which side of the Nile you're on, you're guaranteed an amazing adventure!

 
COMING SOON!
 
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  Get ready to rock! The museum’s upcoming exhibition On Stage: The Rockstar Experience is opening this July. In this new multi-sensory, virtual reality environment, visitors will have the opportunity to practice and perform rock music in front of friends and family. More than just the video game Rock Band, this exhibition combines gaming and live performance to give visitors a truly amazing rockstar experience!
   
 
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  Coming Soon! Celebrating Differences: Access for All is a new exhibition opening later this summer. Celebrating Differences invites visitors to explore what it is like to live with various disabilities. In this exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to engage in activities such as learning the Braille and American Sign Language alphabets, playing wheelchair bowling and basketball, and exploring sensory stations that will test ones olfactory (sense of smell). This exhibition will also highlight some of the museum’s accessibility offerings, which are made possible by the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services.



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