Richmond Attractions

Virginia Science Museum

The hands-on Virginia Science Museum allows visitors to touch, feel, observe and explore the impact of science on their lives, covering everything from astronomy to computers, and crystals to flight engineering. The museum is housed in a soaring historic building, the former Broad Street Station designed in 1919 by John Russell Pope. The fascinating and fun museum is complemented by a 275-seat Ethyl Universe Planetarium/Space Theatre that screens Omnimax films as well as providing multimedia planetarium shows.

Address: 2500 West Broad Street; Website: www.smv.org; Telephone: (804) 864 1400; Opening time: Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm. Sunday, 11.30am to 5 pm; Admission: Exhibits $10 (adult), $9 (child); IMAX $8.50; both $15 (adult) and $14 (child)