BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Visit the Virginia Living Museum in Hampton Roads at Post al code 23462\, United States - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090711T100000 DTSTAMP:20090708T035318Z SUMMARY:Visit the Virginia Living Museum DESCRIPTION: Spend a day with the family (or with just your fellow hi kers) at the Virginia Living Museum. The Plan: We will meet at 10 am a t the main entrance to the museum. We’ll spend the day among its mult iple exhibits. They do have a café that we can have lunch at\, or the y have a picnic area and you’re welcome to bring your own lunch. RSVP ing/Admission Price: You will be required to pay your own admission fe e to the museum. I believe it is $15 per adult. P.S. Be sure to bring a camera! Lots of great things you’ll want to capture! A sampling of the exhibits: The Coastal Plain Gallery explores the world’s richest nursery\, the Chesapeake Bay. Exhibits range from the dramatic 30\,000 -gallon Noland Chesapeake Bay Aquarium to an underwater view of the li fe forms that inhabit a wooden piling beneath the ocean waters. In Va ’s World of Darkness\, visitors come eye-to-eye with tiny sharks\, bur rowing pine voles\, scurrying ghost crabs\, playful flying squirrels\, eerie moon jellyfish\, and other animals that adapt to nocturnal life . Bats\, tree frogs and other nocturnal animals are active during the day in this fascinating area. Meet animals\, such as lobsters and rays \, that make their living in the inky twilight of Va’s coastal waters . In the Va Underground Gallery\, journey back through Va’s ancient p ast by learning about fossil remains preserved beneath our feet and ma rvel at the beauty of rocks and minerals that formed deep under the Ea rth. Visitors walk through and explore the intriguing geology and crit ters of a limestone cave\, wind their way past the striking features o f a cut-away of the fossil-rich layers along the steep banks of the Ja mes River and the colorful gems that can be found in the “jewel box” of an underground mine. Appalachian Cove & Cypress Swamp- In the two- story\, glass-covered walk-through habitats visitors immerse themselve s in natural environments. The cool\, moist Appalachian Cove features a waterfall\, a swift-running mountain stream and lake filled with mou ntain fish\, plus free-flying birds where the sounds\, sights and comm unities of native plants and animals are like taking an instant field trip to the mountains. The Cypress Swamp is a recreation of vital and endangered wetland habitat. This impressive gallery features an entire community of plants and swamp creatures including massive cypress and tupelo tree trunks\, alligators and a snapping turtle. Four different interactive Discovery Centers await your exploration. These hands-on Centers are brimming with specimens from the worlds of life science\, space science and geology. From a visible bee hive “buzzing” with ac tivity to our Chesapeake Bay Touch Tank\, each Center is sure to engag e visitors. The 5\,500-square-foot Coastal Plain Aviary is a dramatic walk-through aviary filled with coastal birds such as pelicans\, heron s\, egrets and ducks. It showcases more than 16 species of birds that either breed in Virginia or fly through the state during spring and fa ll migration along the coastal flyway. The elevated boardwalk takes vi sitors 11 feet above Deer Park Lake and into the treetops to view the birds. The museum's 3/4 mile\, elevated boardwalk crosses Deer Park La ke and winds through woods and a wetlands area\, showcasing animals na tive to Virginia in naturalized habitats. Along the boardwalk\, beaver s\, river otters\, bald eagles\, bobcat\, deer\, wild turkeys\, skunk\ , opossum\, gray fox\, red fox\, coyotes and red wolves can be seen. I nterpretive stations help explain the critical importance of wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed\, highlight life in the pond and showc ase native wetland plants. In addition to the animals on display\, vis itors can see fish in the stream\, turtles basking on logs or swimming in the lake\, bullfrogs along the banks and many different kinds of b irds The Butterfly Garden features a variety of native plant species t hat provide food for native butterflies in both their adult and juveni le (caterpillar) forms. It includes plants that flower in spring\, sum mer and fall that produce nectar sipped by adult butterflies. It also includes the particular host plants that our most common butterflies s eek out when they are ready to lay their eggs. The leaves of these hos t plants provide a ready source of food for the caterpillars when they hatch. For More on the Museum: http://www.thevlm.org/\n LOCATION:Postal code 23462\, United States @ Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462 United States SEQUENCE:1247025198 UID:E0-001-019539672-3 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-019539672-3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR