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Celebrate a historic #ValentinesDay with that special someone at the Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center at 3 and 5 p.m. on Feb. 13! Make a Valentine and share some tea-riffic times! Event is complete with a casual cream tea service. Get tickets at Culture.VirginiaBeach.gov/Events.

EXCITING NEWS! The Thoroughgood House was nominated for the "Best History Museum" category in the 2025 Coastal Virginia Mag "Best of Readers' Choice Awards!" You can vote for the house online through March 7: …-awards--coastalvirginia.contest.vote/arts-and-enter…. #vbhistorymuseums

VB dedicated a new State Historical Highway Marker about Princess Anne abolitionist Willis Augustus Hodges over the weekend. Hodges was the first Black man to win election in Princess Anne County & advocated for racial equality. More: bit.ly/4gBaqjP #BlackHistoryMonth

President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote this letter to the Union Kempsville High School class of 1968. This copy of the letter was donated to the PACTS/UKHS Museum by William J. Watson, a 1943 graduate of Princess Anne County Training School. vbmuseums.org/museums/pacts-… #PresidentsDay

UPDATE: the Thoroughgood House will also be closed on Friday, Feb. 21. Stay safe and warm! ❄ #vbhistorymuseums

❄️Due to the recent winter weather, the Thoroughgood House will remain closed through Sunday, Feb. 23. The Princess Anne County Training School/Union Kempsville High School Museum will also be closed on Saturday, Feb. 22. VBMuseums.org #vbhistorymuseums

Youth in grades 6-12 can join Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission grantee Arts 4 Learning to Make Comics Now at two VB Public Library locations! 3:30 p.m. March 8 at Kempsville Area Library 5:30 p.m. March 24 at Oceanfront Area Library Register: vbpl.librarymarket.com

Join us at noon this Thursday, March 20, for a FREE tour of the Lynnhaven House restoration! Register at culture.virginiabeach.gov/717/1092. During Lynnhaven House Preservation Tours, learn about the history and preservation methods of this unique, 300-year-old vernacular-style house.

Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs Department grantee VA Musical Theatre presents "Footloose" April 25-27 at the Sandler Center. 🕺💃 This explosive movie musical premiered 40 years ago and now it bursts onto the live stage! Get tickets: sandlercenter.org/events/detail/… #vbarts

Susan Flye, a longtime volunteer with Virginia Beach History Museums has been honored by the Rotary Club as the Spirit of Virginia Beach award winner. Susan regularly leads tours at the Thoroughgood House, where she brings the oldest surviving colonial home in VB to life. bit.ly/4cwIVHJ

Celebrate mom while enjoying some crafts, tea, treats and history at our Mother's Day CrafTea on May 8 at the Lynnhaven Colonial Education Center, 4409 Wishart Road! Tea times are at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Purchase tickets at culture.virginiabeach.gov/events. #vbhistorymuseums

Fly on over to the Military Aviation Museum at 3 p.m. this Sat., April 26, for our next free #ArtsAllOver performance, presented with Rouge VA! 💃 Arts All Over: Sounds Like Home ✈️Military Aviation Museum, 1341 Princess Anne Rd. 📅3 p.m. on Sat., April 26 Tickets: culture.virginiabeach.gov/1112/1114

April showers brought May flowers to the Thoroughgood House! 🌺🌷 Join us for a free tour of the house and grounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays. Register in advance at culture.virginiabeach.gov/events. #vbhistorymuseums

Free Lynnhaven House Preservation Tour today at noon! Register online at culture.virginiabeach.gov/717/1094. Walk-ups also welcome. #vbhistorymuseums