One Waterside Drive, Ste. 248
Norfolk, VA 23510-1607
(757) 444-8971; fax (757) 445-1867
(757) 322-2987 for staff assistance

Located on the second floor of Nauticus, the National Maritime Center on Norfolk's waterfront. Free admission, wheelchair accessible. Public parking garages nearby.

Hampton Roads Naval Museum introduces visitors to more than two centuries of naval activity in and around the great harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia. A tour begins with the Battle off the Capes in 1781, a naval engagement that made America's victory at Yorktown possible. An impressive collection of ship models and retrieved underwater artifacts advance the story through the Civil War and the battle of the ironclads Monitor and Virginia. Exhibits continuing into the 20th century feature the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II and conclude with exhibits of ships and sailors operating out of Norfolk with the Atlantic Fleet.

The museum offers guided tours, interpretive docents in period costumes, lecture series, interpreter vignettes, and special ship-building and knot-tying demonstrations. Visits to the research library may be scheduled by appointment.