Virginia Travel Guide 2014 - 90

Coastal Virginia

3
3. Great Wolf Lodge, Williamsburg

Newport News
Newport News Tourism
Development Office

Fountain Plaza Two, 700 Town Center Dr., Suite
320, Newport News 23606; 757-926-1400 or
888-493-7386; www.newport-news.org.
Free travel information. Consumer, group tour
and meeting planner services. b

Newport News Visitor Center

13560 Jefferson Ave., Newport News 23603
757-886-7777 or 888-493-7386
www.newport-news.org.
Make us your first stop in Newport News!
Attraction, restaurant, event, shopping
and hotel information. Maps, directions,
coupons, combination and discount tickets,
souvenirs. jb
ATTRACTIONS

Endview Plantation

362 Yorktown Rd., Newport News 23603
757-887-1862; www.endview.org.
Built in 1769, Endview Plantation is now a living
history museum. During the Peninsula Campaign,
it served as headquarters for Confederate
generals McLaws and Toombs. b $

90

Lee Hall Mansion

163 Yorktown Rd., Newport News 23603
757-888-3371; www.leehall.org.
Lee Hall, circa 1859, served as headquarters for
Confederate generals Magruder and Johnston
during 1862 Peninsula Campaign. It affords
visitors a glimpse of Antebellum wealth. b $

The Mariners' Museum

100 Museum Dr., Newport News 23606
757-596-2222 or 800-581-7245
www.MarinersMuseum.org.
America's national maritime museum, featuring
a world-class collection, tells the stories of the
sea through handcrafted ship models, rare
figureheads, paintings, small craft, and more.
Home to the USS Monitor Center, where you
can walk aboard a full-scale replica and see
the Civil War ironclad's revolving gun turret.
Ib $

The Newsome House Museum
& Cultural Center

2803 Oak Ave., Newport News 23607
757-247-2360; www.newsomehouse.org.
J. Thomas Newsome (1869-1942) was a
lawyer, businessman and journalist. Today, his
Victorian-style home is devoted to the expression
of black cultural and historical themes. b $

Virginia Living Museum

524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News
23601; 757-595-1900; www.thevlm.org.
See red wolves, otters, bald eagles as living
exhibits explore Virginia's natural heritage.
Hands-on activities, planetarium, wildflowers,
boardwalk, animals in naturalized habitats,
children's nature playground. IGQb $

Virginia War Museum

9285 Warwick Blvd., Newport News 23607
757-247-8523; www.warmuseum.org.
Established in 1923, the Virginia War Museum
explores America's military history from 1775
to the present in its nine galleries of uniforms,
artwork and weapons. b $
CONFERENCE CENTERS

Newport News Marriott at City Center

740 Town Center Dr., Newport News 23606
757-873-9299; www.marriott.com/PHFOY.
256 elegant guest rooms. 25,000 square feet
of conference space. Features Rockefeller's
Restaurant, Oyster Point Lounge, fitness center,
indoor pool, City Center location, fountain view,
shopping, restaurants within walking distance.

IuSGQDb

http://www.leehall.org http://www.thevlm.org http://www.newport-news.org http://www.MarinersMuseum.org http://www.warmuseum.org http://www.newport-news.org http://www.marriott.com/PHFOY http://www.endview.org http://www.newsomehouse.org

Virginia Travel Guide 2014

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Virginia Travel Guide 2014