Portsmouth Museums Foundation

Portsmouth Museums Foundation Nonprofit organization that generates private and public funds for the Childrenโ€™s Museum of Virginia.

Come visit your Portsmouth Museums to participate in the Museum Duck Hunt!๐Ÿฆ† ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ:๐Ÿ”Ž ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ...
09/06/2026

Come visit your Portsmouth Museums to participate in the Museum Duck Hunt!๐Ÿฆ†

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ:
๐Ÿ”Ž ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ. Each participating museum will share a clue or a sneak peek of the duck in its hiding spot!
๐Ÿฆ† ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ & ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ! Keep your eyes peeled as you explore.
๐ŸŽ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค! The lucky finder can take home the duck!
๐Ÿ”„ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ! The duck will be replaced throughout the week, giving multiple visitors a chance to find it. With five museums participating, you never know where the duck will turn up next!

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Childrenโ€™s Museum of Virginia
โ€ข Lightship Portsmouth Museum
โ€ข Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
โ€ข Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum
โ€ข Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum

Follow along, watch for the clues, and get ready to ! ๐Ÿฆ†

Visit one of the Portsmouth Museums to participate in their Duck Hunt!๐Ÿฆ†If you find the duck, you get to keep it! Visi...
09/06/2026

Visit one of the Portsmouth Museums to participate in their Duck Hunt!๐Ÿฆ†

If you find the duck, you get to keep it!





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๐Ÿฆ† DUCK, DUCKโ€ฆ MUSEUM! Some rubber ducks are making their way through Portsmouth Museums this September and we need YOU to find them!

Every day that our museums are open in September, one of the Portsmouth Museums will hide a rubber duck somewhere in its galleries or exhibits.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ:
๐Ÿ”Ž ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ. Each participating museum will share a clue or a sneak peek of the duck in its hiding spot!
๐Ÿฆ† ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ & ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ! Keep your eyes peeled as you explore.
๐ŸŽ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค! The lucky finder can take home the duck!
๐Ÿ”„ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ! The duck will be replaced throughout the week, giving multiple visitors a chance to find it. With five museums participating, you never know where the duck will turn up next!

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Children's Museum of Virginia
โ€ข Lightship Portsmouth Museum
โ€ข Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
โ€ข Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum

Follow along, watch for the clues, and get ready to ! ๐Ÿฆ†

Did you hear?! The Children's Museum of Virginia is open an extra day each week in July: TUESDAYS! Click the link below ...
07/18/2026

Did you hear?! The Children's Museum of Virginia is open an extra day each week in July: TUESDAYS! Click the link below to make a reservation.๐Ÿฅณ

Head to downtown Portsmouth for some good live music tomorrow evening! Sunset Thursdays is always a great time! ๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŽถ
06/24/2026

Head to downtown Portsmouth for some good live music tomorrow evening! Sunset Thursdays is always a great time! ๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŽถ

Get ready for a big night of horns with BrassWind at Sunset Thursdays. Powered 100% by retired and active-duty service members, this crowd-favorite party band brings a setlist to keep you dancing all night. Go ahead and bring a lawn chair โ€“ but you might not need it. Food and beverage vendors available on site. Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21x3p1R

Check out First Friday in Olde Towne! The Children's Museum of Virginia will also host two planetarium shows. It promise...
06/05/2026

Check out First Friday in Olde Towne! The Children's Museum of Virginia will also host two planetarium shows. It promises to be a fun night!

Now through October, First Weekends Portsmouth brings Olde Towne to life with live music, local culture, family-friendly fun, and more.

๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ“
๐ŸŽถ 5 โ€“ 8 PM | Concert in the Courtyard at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, featuring Blue Cowbell.

๐Ÿš€ Evening Planetarium Shows at the Children's Museum of Virginia:
6:15 PM | Mars 1001
7 PM | Virginia Skies

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ”
๐ŸŽถ 11 AMโ€“1 PM | Music in the Courtyard, featuring the Elizabeth Riverboys.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Plus, enjoy local shopping, restaurants, galleries, and the charm of historic Olde Towne Portsmouth.

Stroll through town, discover something new, and make it a weekend worth repeating. Plan your First Weekends Portsmouth: https://brnw.ch/21x34jg

05/29/2026

Excited to see our very own Children's Museum of Virginia featured in the KidsPort Play Area at Norfolk International Airport โœˆ๏ธ

It was a wonderful morning! So excited for the new KidsPort area at the Norfolk Airport. Next time you are traveling, pl...
05/27/2026

It was a wonderful morning! So excited for the new KidsPort area at the Norfolk Airport. Next time you are traveling, please stop by!

05/25/2026
Buy your tickets and enjoy story time and the Childrenโ€™s Museum on Saturday!
05/14/2026

Buy your tickets and enjoy story time and the Childrenโ€™s Museum on Saturday!

Join us tomorrow at PACC at lunchtime!
05/12/2026

Join us tomorrow at PACC at lunchtime!

Join us Wednesday, May 13 from 11:30am โ€“ 1:30pm in the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center courtyard for a special Sound Bites performance featuring saxophonist Reggie Gist, bringing a soulful mix of smooth jazz, Motown, and R&B to Olde Towne!

๐ŸŽถ Relax, recharge, and soak in the midday vibes.

BONUS: FREE box lunches from Jimmy John's for the first 30 visitors!

Grab your lunch, bring a friend, and enjoy an afternoon that hits all the right notes! Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21x2jXX

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521 Middle Street
Portsmouth, VA
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