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About ChesapeakeChesapeake is situated in the heart of Coastal Virginia, and offers a unique blend of urban and rural settings... more
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Chesapeake Dining
Chesapeake is a foodie's paradise with an array of culinary options from local-o... more
Sports Facilities
Chesapeake, Virginia hosts sporting facilities including seven outdoor recreatio... more
Virginia Green
Chesapeake is proud to be a participant in the Virginia Green Certification, a s... more
Conference Center
Its versatile 22,700 square feet of meeting and banquet space can handle busines... more
Chesapeake Museums and Historic Places
So much to do! Are you an art or history buff? No matter what you're into - nature's wonders, history and museums, family fun, arts and entertainment - Chesapeake is in the center of it all! From the Historic St. Luke's Church, to the Jamestown Settlement and Historic Sites like Riddick's Folly House Museum and the Casemate Museum, we have it all, in and around Chesapeake.
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Casemate Museum
- 20 Bernard Road
- Fort Monroe, VA 23651
- Phone: (757) 788-3391
- Fax: (757) 788-3886
Founded in 1951 to display the prison cell of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Depicts the history of Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, and the Coast Artillery Corps.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
- Phone: (757) 331-2960
- Fax: (757) 331-4565
Whether you are driving north or south, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel showcases the mighty surge of the Atlantic Ocean, the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, and the soaring grace of an engineering marvel. Both a tourist attraction and a travel conven...more
Chesapeake Veterans' Memorial
- 306 Cedar Road
- Chesapeake, VA 23322
- Phone: (757) 382-6151
The Chesapeake Veterans' Memorial commemorates the service and sacrifice of Chesapeake citizens and loved ones who are serving or who have served in all branches of the military. The memorial is located on the municipal center grounds and is made up ...more
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- 3100 Desert Road
- Suffolk, VA 23434
- Phone: (757) 986-3705
- Fax: (757) 986-2353
The Great Dismal Swamp, located in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina has long been recognized as a mysterious place and a place in which people have easily lost their way. During slavery, many African Americans used the Great Dism...more
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
- One Waterside Drive, Suite 248
- Norfolk, VA 23510
- Phone: (757) 322-2987
- Fax: (757) 445-1867
Admission is free to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. We are an official U.S. Navy museum and part of the Naval History & Heritage Command. Explore over 235 years of U.S. Navy history in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Located in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. ...more
Historic St. Luke's Church
- 14477 Benn's Church Boulevard
- Smithfield, VA 23430
- Phone: (757) 357-3367
- Fax: (757) 365-0543
Historic St. Luke's Church, "Old Brick", circa 1632, is our nations only surviving original Gothic building and the oldest Church of England foundation in America. In 1953, the non-profit corporation Historic St.Luke's Restoration was founded. This h...more
Jamestown Settlement
- 2218 Jamestown Road, Route 31 S.
- Williamsburg, VA 23185
- Phone: (757) 253-4838
- Tollfree: (888) 593-4682
- Fax: (757) 253-5299
The story of the people who founded Jamestown and of the Virginia Indians they encountered is told through film, gallery exhibits, and living history. Expansive gallery exhibits and an introductory film trace Jamestown's beginnings in England and the...more
Lee Hall Mansion
- 163 Yorktown Road
- Newport News, VA 23603
- Phone: (757) 888-3371
- Fax: (757) 888-3373
Built between 1851 and 1859, Lee Hall Mansion was home to affluent planter Richard Decauter Lee, his wife Martha and their children. One of the last remaining antebellum homes on the Virginia Peninsula, Lee Hall offers visitors a step back to the mid...more
MacArthur Memorial
- MacArthur Square
- 198 Bank Street
- Norfolk, VA 23510
- Phone: (757) 441-2965
- Fax: (757) 441-5389
The MacArthur Memorial presents the story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The museum is housed in Norfolk's historic former city hall. Nine galleries of exhibits surround an imposing rotunda with General and Mrs. MacArthur's crypts. Adjacen...more
Nauticus
- One Waterside Drive
- Norfolk, VA 23510
- Phone: (757) 664-1000
- Tollfree: (800) 664-1080
- Fax: (757) 623-1287
Nauticus is a maritime-themed science museum that explores the natural, economic, and naval power of the sea. It features hands-on exhibits, high-definition films on a giant screen, interactive theaters, the Battleship Wisconsin and more.
Riddick's Folly House Museum
- 510 North Main Street
- Suffolk, VA 23434
- Phone: (757) 934-0822
- Fax: (757) 934-0822
Riddick's Folly was built by Mills Riddick in 1837. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a Virginia Historic Landmark. There are four floors, twenty-one rooms, and sixteen fireplaces. We have many family pieces and period furnishings...more
Virginia Civil War Trails
- Phone: (804) 783-7423
- Tollfree: (800) 370-9004
- Fax: (804) 780-2577
Village of Great Bridge Off route 168 north of Route 165 Located at the strategic crossing of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canals. During the war's early stages the Confederacy benefited from the link. Following the fall of Norfolk...more
Yorktown Victory Center
- 260 Water Street, Route 1020
- Yorktown, VA 23690
- Phone: (757) 253-4838
- Tollfree: (888) 593-4682
- Fax: (757) 253-5299
America's evolution from colonial status to nationhood is chronicled through a unique blend of timeline, film, thematic exhibits, and outdoor living history. An outdoor exhibit walkway details events that led American colonies to declare independence...more
