Family Events

Survivor: Jamestown
Through November 25^th
Virginia Living Museum
It's 1607 and you are among 104 colonists arriving in the New World. Your goal? To survive for one year. Taking on the role of an actual colonist, you will wind your way through a maze facing engaging challenges that prompt you to make your own decisions to "survive" the perils and pitfalls facing the first English settlers in the region.

Toddler Tuesdays
Tuesdays
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
Come join us for Toddler Tuesdays every Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Marsh Pavilion. Toddlers will enjoy a song and story on a different animal each week. Afterward, join us as we go in search of that animal in the Aquarium. Programs last approximately a half hour. No reservations are necessary.

Butterfly Tea Party
September 22^nd
Virginia Living Museum
The Monarch butterflies are getting ready to fly to their winter homes in Mexico. To celebrate, the Virginia Living Museum is holding a Butterfly Tea Party from 2 to 4 p.m. Sandwiches, pastries and beverages, face painting, crafts, photo op with butterfly costumes; watch tagged Monarchs released for their journey. Children can "adopt" a butterfly chrysalis that can be returned to the museum for tagging and release.

Walking With Dinosaurs
September 26^th – 30^th
Norfolk Scope
After years of planning, the award-winning BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs will come to life in a stunning premiere at Scope Arena. Audiences will be amazed and thrilled as the greatest creatures ever to walk the earth return before their eyes! Internationally renowned designers have worked with scientists to create 15 life-sized dinosaurs, including that terror of the ancient terrain, Tyrannosaurus-Rex. It's the story of their 200-million-year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear them roar. Be there as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned! With a $12-million-dollar budget, it is a dazzling arena spectacle of unprecedented size and quality, set to entertain and captivate young and old alike.

Disney On Ice: High School Musical
September 26^th – 30^th
Hampton Coliseum
Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour is the one and only live fusion of songs, dance and team-spirited fun inspired by the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical" and this summer's highly anticipated "High School Musical 2." Get'cha head in the game and celebrate the sounds, the songs, the bop and the pop in this all-new ice show starring a cast of world-class skaters. Experience the Wildcat frenzy and rock the house in Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour!

The True Story Of Pocahontas
September 29^th
American Theatre
Pocahontas is a name known to every school-age child, especially here in Virginia! With an emphasis on historical fact, this fun live performance reveals Pocahontas as a playful, strong-minded young girl who changes the world. Follow Pocahontas as she grows from a girl who helps the Jamestown colonists survive to the young woman, wife and mother who carries her message of peace and mutual cooperation across the Atlantic Ocean to the mighty King of England. Join Pocahontas on her amazing journey and see how courage and determination can change the world!