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50 YEARS OF AMAZING DISCOVERIES May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 2 5-9-90•thevlm.org • 757-595-1900 S utbyn h adege and eagles bald the beyond just mweeps h e wolves, red the past omewhere beside the sea turtle, you will find it. The most it. find will you turtle, sea the beside delicate icvr fal...i h yso hs o aewith. came you those of eyes the in . . . all of discovery rtc htsPrecious What’s Protect wondrous and 3 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — May 1, 2016 at e VLM was built, beloved and sustained by and families about the natural world. Ourand families about the natural to nature people to mission of connecting conservationpromote and is still relevant vital today. It all began with the planetarium opening in space- of the 1965. It was the era November and our state-of-the-art planetariumrace was and astronauts future encourage designed to wonder about the night skies.inspire Th also included showing the “Star of Wonder” families who many for – now a family tradition back again the Abbitt and again come to have Planetarium monthly star our free and to observing at the Abbitt Observatory. Th Our over the past 50 years. the community will give the celebration back to year-long partnerships through community and special visit and to new reasons and create programs and families. adults, children join for BY PAGE HAYHURST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAYHURST, BY PAGE YEARS fundraisers are diverse are fundraisers e Living Museum (VLM) is Th Our 50 years! anniversarycelebrating plans milestone worthy this incredible of are – special programs, speakers, events and a new permanent exhibit. outdoor Hanna, Big Bugs Jack and Dinos toFrom Art Raptor and a Wildlife Fest, Garden Day and exhibits special programs are there Show, everyone.for Even our -from the Enchanted Otter-from the Enchanted Anniversary 50th the Golden Boot Party. Masque to Scootin’ join the celebration! to you invite We ago believe it was 50 years that to hard It’s the create came together to the community Museum, as the VLM Junior Nature Peninsula was named then. Led by museum founder Harry Rotary the Warwick Wason, Club and the Junior League Roads raised of Hampton funds and partnered with the City of Newport children teach a museum to create to News 50 Celebrating – then and now – then and and Lois Bowman Museum Founders Museum Harry Mary Wason, Sherwood Holt May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 4 Since 1966 With donations from local organizations, in 1976 in 1976 donations fromWith localorganizations, home to fi freshwater tankanda700gallon saltwater tank, exhibitin1970.It includeda3,000gallon aquarium wasaddedin1968andlater converted intoClub, an A shopfacility, bytheWarwick Rotary constructed museum, takinginVirginia’s wildlife inDeer Park. through thenature walks guided trails behindthe Families and schooltours linedupto goonthe injured wildlife. museum alsohousedananimalcare facilityfor Th animals. includedtaxidermied Virginia devoted to plantsandanimalsnativeto Exhibits dioramas andinteractions withlivingcreatures. wildlife through Visitors aboutVirginia learned for alookinto theheavens. andmaybeattractions, stop bytheplanetarium you’dkey exhibits, circle through themuseum’s staff With inthemuseum’s baldeagle taxidermied lobby. in1966,you’dand Planetarium begreeted bya woods thatwastheJuniorNature Museum Walking into thesmallbrown buildinginthe and Planetarium. the Peninsula JuniorNature Museum today, facetof ateam every ofvolunteers supported dedication ofitsvolunteers from day one.Justlike anon-profi As News. ofNewport City center inDeer Park on21acres leased from the these localgroups raised $150,000to buildanature and fundingfrom theWarwick Rotary. Together onboard, WasonJunior League support alsosought establishing achildren’s the nature With museum. of Hampton to talkabout hisinterest Roads, in Hatten, thepresidentLou oftheJuniorLeague 1963,WasonIn August connected withMary grow into alegacy. whoplanted theseedandwatched it Club, Rotary Wason, aleaderintheWarwick withHarry began Th science ofVirginia. past 50years teaching visitors aboutthebeautyand themuseumhasspent educational programs, travelingand outdoor exhibits, attractions and the Hampton Roadscommunity. Th the cute, crawly, creepy e vision of a nature center in Newport News evisionofanature News center inNewport A COMMUNITY EFFORT FROM THE BEGINNING FROM THE ers and volunteers ready to highlight the ers andvolunteers ready the to highlight sh found throughout thestate. t, themuseumrelied heavilyt, onthe and evenCretaceous to Museum has brought Museum hasbrought Living the Virginia

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from North each winter. America Mexico from to the Association of Zoos awarded accreditation from accreditation awarded In 2009, the museum was system. digital full-screen projection boasts a state-of-the-art renovated planetarium nowrenovated and Appalachian Cove. A Darkness, Cypress Swamp Cypress Darkness, underground, World of World underground, and Mountain, Virginia Coastal Plain, galleries represent diff galleries represent regions of Virginia, including Th building on March 28, 2004. 28, 2004.building on March Th sanctuary. to the museum’s animal the museum’s to wolf went on exhibit,wolf adding In 2003, the endangered redIn 2003, the endangered along with new animal habitats. elevated boardwalk was built boardwalk elevated 62,000-square-foot facility. An 62,000-square-foot facility. broke ground for its new for ground broke themed auction that off in 2001. Th hosted “Boots for Bucks,” a fun hoe-down Bucks,” “Bootshosted for Th opened $400,000 Coastal Plain Aviary, 1999, Charlie and Mari Ann Banks support In October its annual funding. the highest bidder. boots for hosted unique fundraising events to unique fundraising hosted $600,000 to the cause. And the museum$600,000 to Shipbuilding, than more donated museum complex on the existing site. Th on the existing site. museum complex Enterprises and Newport News announced plans to build a $21 million build announced plans to Local companies, including Ferguson building’s limits, museum in 1997 the building’s With the attendance again reaching times its size. four expansion multiply the museum would to MAJOR EXPANSION millions of monarch butterfl millions of monarch Monarch Watch, a program that tracks the that tracks a program Watch, Monarch America. It also started with working the most endangered mammal in Norththe most endangered 1998 it welcomed the black-footed ferret, the black-footed 1998 it welcomed especially those that are endangered. In endangered. especially those that are committed to preserving to animal species,committed Enterprises, $105,000. raise set out to has been the museum Since its inception, David L. chairman of FergusonDavid Peebles, fi annual fund driveannual thatin 1992. In Th May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 6

Photo by Wendy Nelson D starry skies. skies. starry perhaps up!)to asimulation ofthe down(or –right can beexperienced natural environment ofVirginia it today –acenter where theentire concept ofthemuseumasweknow project helpedshapethe planetarium forward. Th leap center wasaboldvisionary inanature including aplanetarium seen asthewave ofthefuture. But asspacesciencewas a planetarium, many schoolsgot newhigh 1960s, and sciencecenter. the During oftheirnature aspart planetarium ofthetime,andincludeda mania museum responded to thespace Th Museum. Living would become theVirginia the fi the Peninsula openedas Planetarium Moon three andhalfyears later. And preparing astronauts to landonthe Gemini program wasinfullswing, for thefi aired Brown Christmas A Charlie Planetarium LookstotheSky e designers of the original oftheoriginal edesigners rst available experience at what rst available atwhat experience troops into theVietnamWar. wassendingcombat States ecember 1965.Th rst time on CBS. NASA’srst timeonCBS. e prominence of the eprominence ofthe e United frame. Yet, even aswefocused on settling into today’s 30minute time theybecame shorter, fi complex, Even astheshows becamemore automated shows. planetarium for in-house production offully in theastronomy offi production suites were constructed andaudio video Photographic, capabilitiesgrew aswell. Other IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION the theater untiltheearlylate 2000s. continued to provide automation for early computers? IIe’s. Apple Th Th ofDVDprojection. as part cassette players andeventually soundtracks provided fi special eff variety, computers for automation, and type slide projectors ofevery capabilities were added,including the theater. time,many new Over installedin instrument planetarium astronomer andtheoptimechanical presentation, usingonlyan of Wonder,” anhour-long live in December of1965was“Star fi Our with thetimes. theater have grown andchanged Th e technical capabilities of the etechnical capabilitiesofthe ects built in-house, and built in-house,and ects BY KELLY CURATOR HERBST, ASTRONOMY ces to allow rst show rst by ose ose ey ey nally nally the human body, planetary science, the human body, science, planetary world, includingspace,theoceans, explore evenmore ofthenatural Topics widely, vary allowingusto TOPICS EXPANDED fi can meaningeveryone engagement, off from three ormore each shows, today canoften choose ourguests the oneshowavailable thatday, meantseeing to theplanetarium oncea visit Where to goatalltimes. an unlimited numberofshowsready storage allowsus to have virtually grow andimprove. digital Plus, production continueto facilities than ever. video andaudio Our capabilitiesare Our greater videos. and stillimages soundtracks, from simulationto thesky the everything, Computers run theater isalldigital. Today, ourplanetarium today, thepeople. was then,andremains theater the planetarium of part most important automation, weknewthe nd something theyenjoy. ering ering diff ering types of topics and oftopics types and ering dream. Here’s 50years. to thenext anda instrument a planetarium 50years with ago passion allbegan And that universe thatsurrounds it. the world inwhichweliveandthe people whoare passionate about is thepowerofaconnection with the end,powerofmuseum to continuestrive thistradition. In We masterswere oftheirart. truly overtheyears who planetarians has beenfortunate to have many Th storytelling. without good peopleand good noneofthisispossible And yet, even further. theater’s planetarium capabilities the we hopeto andexpand upgrade continue to lookto thefuture, as and environmental science.We science biological geology, e Abbitt Planetarium 7 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — May 1, 2016 d i YORKTOWN HAMPTON provides KILMARNOCK that blends i GLOUCESTER NEWS S NEWPORT h t l 757.596.6268 Care H of need to another. hh www.vahs.com t ll i seamlessly from one stage i Newport News, VA 23606 240 Nat Turner Boulevard Continuum of Care i a VirginiaV Health Services Virginia Health Home Care Home Hea Independent Retirement Living Community The Arbors at Port Warwick Assisted Living Community The Huntington at The Newport Convalescent and Rehabilitation Facilities Coliseum, , Lancashire, Northampton, The Newport, Walter Reed and York Rehabilitation Virginia Health Rehab at Port Warwick — Mr. Kazuo Nakamura, President of Kinyo Virginia, Inc.

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Congratulations success for another 50 years!” our community. We wish them continued experiences to the children and adults of years of giving wonderful, educational part of Virginia Living Museum’s 50 “Kinyo is honored to have been a 290 Enterprise Dr., Newport News, VA 23603 • (757) 888-2221 May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 8 Molly andMoeOtters staff myself and one oftheother “Th Living Museumgotinvolved. And that’s whentheVirginia not apet. clear thatthiswildanimal was family, butashegrew upitwas spent sometimewithaVirginia killed byaboatpropeller, Moe as apupafter hismotherwas rode around Rescued inawagon. Moe onlyswaminababypooland Living Museum’s famous otters, Moe, nowoneoftheVirginia fi GeorgeMathews When Every Animal hasaStory e animal imprinted on on eanimal imprinted members here so we had membershere so we had rst met had to get in the water and splash had to get inthewater andsplash otter wentonexhibit Iactually “Th otter exhibit. otter howto diveandswiminthe ofteaching the unique experience whohadthe Mathews, explained how to really swimthatwell,” pool andabathtubitdidn’t know thanakiddie bigger anything ithadneverbeenin “Since better suited for awildanimal. how to adapt surroundings the museum,Moehadto learn Mathews brought theotter to join museumveteran.35-year When curatorialMathews, director and to become itsnewparents,” said BY PHOEBE DOTY, VOLUNTEER e fi rst day the rst day the doing fi quickly andnowit’s very adapted around It withitalittlebit. animal storytellers is George Mathews. isGeorgeMathews. animal storytellers a story, andone ofthemuseum’s great animalhas thatevery It’s true certainly museum’s 200,000yearly visitors. for asafe home andto helpeducate the of theanimalscome to themuseum visitors. Justliketheotter Moe,many withstaff memories all backgrounds andmakelasting Animals come to themuseumfrom JOURNEY TO THEMUSEUM ne.” ■■■ , volunteers and , volunteers and that you can touch whileyou feed him.” his head—he’s theonly animalwehave the food andyou canactuallyscratch sitthere andeat orbroccolicarrots he’ll himoutand feed himpecansand bring isreally foodChuck motivated soifyou he camein,” hesaid.“Chesapeake over theparenting oftheanimalwhen “Itook woodchuck. with thisfriendly relationship nowhasaspecial Mathews educational animal.” great around peoplesohe’s agreat him.Hehis headandhand-feed does animal andIcanholdhimscratch events. We himoutasaprogram bring Groundhog Day and otherspecial comes outfor Chuck Chesapeake Museum,” “and now saidMathews, donated himto theLiving “She inthewild. used to peopleto survive hadbecome too Chuck Chesapeake infection, therehabber realized that treating thewoodchuck for anear with woodchucks,” hesaid.After was alicensed rehabber whoworks ofthestate who part up inthewestern camefrom alady Chuck “Chesapeake Dayannual Groundhog event. is famousinHampton Roadsfor his woodchuck, thelocalcelebrity Chuck, Mathew’s favorite animals.Chesapeake ambassadorisalsooneof One prime a great ambassadorfor thespecies.” can’t bereleased to thewildbutcanbe that have lostaneye orawingsothey “Th Mathews. explained onitsown,” needs that can’tsurvive orspecial story that hassomespecial from thewild,it’s always ananimal “We’d nevertakeahealthy animal their natural habitatsare disturbed. after beinginjured inthewildorafter for come looking asafeOthers home after beingimproperly keptaspets. otter, someanimalsjointhemuseum exceptional LikeMoethe backstories. withsome arrive is unique,andthey animal’sEach to themuseum journey said Mathews. 250 speciesandabout1300animals,” whichincludes curatorial department, operations ofthe the day-to-day “As Curatorial Director I’msupervising ere are birds 9 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — May 1, 2016 Loggerhead Abe getting a pat on the back goodbye Loggerhead George Mathews with Chesapeake Chuck, WAVY-10 meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler meteorologist George Mathews with Chesapeake Chuck, WAVY-10 ❞ e interactions interactions e nitely has nitely backworkingrst here habitats, displaced from ey come e museum is a unique facility because educate visitors about the importance visitors educate of conservation. “Th these animals homes for by providing opportunity a great as ambassadors it’s people about native wildlife, educate to conservation habitats and natural all said Mathews. one,” into mixed people’s homes or rehabbers. But no homes or rehabbers. people’s what their storymatter is, they all help with people made the skunk friendly, with people made the skunk friendly, friendlytoo survive to in the wild. “We make it on its own—it it couldn’t realized people. It’s from handouts was looking for thing another it’s be friendly, one thing to with hold it and walk around be able to to it and use it in an educational program.” ANIMAL AMBASSADORS Whether on exhibit or in the education all the animals at the Virginiaprogram, a special storyLiving Museum have to Th tell. INTERESTING CHARACTERS live to when an animal comes Typically as aat the museum it will be trained in an exhibit. animal or placed program be a partyOne such skunk used to animal town. at a popular college a skunk right have “We that was now of Charlottesville streets the roaming kids were and I think some of the UVA said Mathews. Th it,” feeding in the ‘80s the bald eaglein the ‘80s was a protected animal and the numbersand endangered Mathews. said “Being down,” way were been gratifying or so, it’s 30 years here status in the wild see how an animal’s to bald eagle the has changed. Now has gone still It’s threatened. to endangered from making a are but the animals protected comeback.” great For Mathews, workingFor threatened with animals defiand endangered its rewards. “When started I fi sh

or special can’t needs survive that on its own works e museum with several We’d never take a healthy animal from the wild, the animal from take a healthy never We’d it’s always an animal that has some special an animal that story always it’s back into be released ese wolves could wolves—a red e museum has three “Red wolves are actually an endangered“Red wolves are owned by the federal species and ours are said Mathews, we aren’t “so government,” contact direct any have allowed to really with them—we them.” can’t hand feed Th the population so they grow the wild to wild even in captivity. remain need to HOME TO THE ENDANGERED THE TO HOME most fascinating animalsSome of the seen in the rarely are at the museum wild. Th organizationssupport agencies and to animals. endangered loggerheadOne such animal is the sea turtle. Species on the Endangered Listed species, these animalsAct as a threatened oil, meat, the exploitationface for shells and eggs and can be entangled in nets. loggerhead help boost the population, To over a loggerheadthe museum watches it with and then releases years a few for the turtle’s track to transmitter a radio movement in the Atlantic Ocean. 2015, the aquariumIn October staff

released the sea turtlereleased Abe who had lived Using the years. four at the museum for the museum can see device, tracking sea and the other released Abe where turtles swim. When working turtles with sea or any Species List,animals on the Endangered the museum must take some extra lengths environment. a safe provide to keep special permits need “We to animals like the Roanokeendangered and the short-nosedlog sturgeon perch explained Mathews. wolves,” and the red “Whether fi as small as a three-inch it’s meet need to or a 60-, 70-pound wolf, you to and requirements all the standards animals.” these endangered display Th father and two sons—that they support a habitat and care. by providing ❝ May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 10 Staff and pollution.” due to overfi theirpopulationshave beendepleted “yet ecosystems,” inhisVLMblog, writes Crippen are to thesuccess critical ofcoastal marine for reefs otheranimalsandplants. “Oyster coastal erosionminimize and provide habitat fi Oysters the demandfor food. oysters asaprized Revitalizingreefs goesbeyond meeting rise. a hospitableoyster assealevels habitatagain to raise it ofadead reef, making thesurface concrete arecastle-shaped blocks stackedup explains, Crippen Curator Chris Aquarium As Conservancy. revive deadoyster ledbytheNature reefs as wellhelpinganeff University Newport andChristopher Burke researchsettlement conducted byDr. Russ timeandeff contributes reef isbeingraised. Th Virginia’s Shore, anoyster “castle” Eastern fl In thetidal Museum’s eff conservation Living bytheVirginia andthrive to survive P uses“fi among many creatures beinghelped rare red turtles, wolves–theseare recious oysters, endangered sea lter the bay’s waters, andtheirreefs eld conservation days” to collect to collect days” eld conservation shing, dredging, habitat loss habitatloss dredging, shing, ats of the ,ats oftheChesapeake off e VLM Aquarium staff eVLMAquarium ort to rebuild and ort ort on oyster spat onoyster spat ort orts.

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Photo by Abbitt Realty Co. is vision of Harry isvisionofHarry ve decades of ve decadesof Future Ready, “We’ve already raised“We’ve $3.3million.Th says Wornom. sustained bythecommunity” the community, belovedbythecommunity and “Th museum’s natural science missionto endure. shared valueswillbemetwhileenablingthe tailored to gifts individualgoalshelpensure legacy future intheirestate plans.Meaningful provisionsmade special for themuseum’s ofthemuseumwhohave and honorsfriends community. Th to the future challengesandincrease services itsabilitytowill strengthen withstand Th a community.” thisdoesn’thappenallbutitself.But Th at thelivingmuseum. explore andexperiment asthey years. theirimagination ignite Children future. Th andmathfor our technology, engineering laying thefoundations ofliteracy inscience, by “We mustbegin Campaign. Anniversary LivingMuseum’s forChair theVirginia 50th early,”by starting says MikePetters, Honorary “We canprepare studentsto becareer ready the environment. ofVirginia’s wildlife conservation and support region’s programming to youth, andexpand andhealthcareer pathways forSTEM our andmath;initiate technology, engineering fi programming intheSTEM Th for non-releasable wildlife. care veterinary andstate-of-the-art sanctuary requirements. Fundingwillalsoprovide accrediting Association Zoological American museum’s care oflargeanimalsandmeet years to come,” says Wornom. anenthusiastic natural treasure Ready emuseum’s goalto doubletheendowment is campaign will provide funds to expand willprovide iscampaign fundsto expand e Virginia Living Museum truly is built by isbuilt by LivingMuseumtruly eVirginia campaign will preserve andpromote will preserve this campaign e museum has done just that for 50 emuseumhasdonejustthatfor 50 e VLM Eagle Society recognizes Societyrecognizes eVLMEagle for familieslikeoursfor many elds of science, elds ofscience, is is takes Future CONSERVE CONNECT OGAUAIN OTHE TO CONGRATULATIONS H ODR FNATURE. OF WONDERS THE AIISTGTE WITH TOGETHER FAMILIES IGNALVN MUSEUM LIVING VIRGINIA RNIGCIDE AND CHILDREN BRINGING INSPIRE, 888.464.BANK O T 0YASOF YEARS 50 ITS FOR THOSE I BELIEVERS BIG WHO AND (2265) FOR bankevb.com | NYOU IN 15 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — May 1, 2016 The club members and their spouses in 1972 Our club members helping buildlater the became Peninsula the Nature Virginia and Living Science Museum Center which The current Warwick Rotary Club at our annual holiday party. ough the years adding air- conditioning, shop facility, aquarium, and observatory. Expansion in 1981 doubled the size of thethe Center. Center In was 1987, expanded again,time this to over 25,000 squarethe feet, facility and was named theLiving Virginia Museum (VLM). As one of the foundingWarwick fathers, Rotary the Club has continued its strong association with theand, VLM as a result, onanniversary the in club’s 1995, 50th was presented with the first-ever “Golden Paw”for award the creation and sponsorshipVirginia of Living the Museum. Today, the Warwick Rotary Club continues to hold its weeklyevery meeting Monday at 6pm atLiving the Museum’s Virginia Wild Side Café’. upgrades to the facility continued thr Our club banner hanging— at where the we Wild meet Side every Café Monday at 6pm

Subsequent improvements and In July, 1967, Harry Wason,spearheaded who the whole effort, became President of the Warwick Rotary Club and helped toat officiate the opening of thewas building, dedicated which by Virginia Governor Mills Godwin on November 13,was 1966. a proud It moment forRotary the Club Warwick and the Juniora League dream — come true! That man is Harry Wason.the Virginia The Living place, Museum.of The a vision living museum startedin out 1964, small when two organizationsthe — Warwick Rotary Club andJunior the League — formed acommittee, steering sold the concept to community leaders, and started to raise funds to build theNature Peninsula and Science Center.community With support and a seriesfundraising of activities in 1965, the project was started with anbudget initial of $150,000 and ayear thirty lease for twenty-five acres at Deer Park. The buildingcontain would a main section forand exhibits administration, a live animal room, classroom and a planetarium. Construction began in January, 1966. It all started with avision vision – – that one the man’s communityhave should a place where familiesgo could to see, touch andplace feel where nature….. the a animals, birds,and plants trees could come aliveto for appreciate people what blessings nature has given us. A vision fulfilled Virginia Living Museum – May 1, 2016 — VLM 50th Anniversary • An advertising supplement to the Daily Press — 16 MUSEUMS • VR3 PARKS 30 OVER newport-news.org Congratulations • ITRCHOMES HISTORIC VIR Anniversary nyour on MUSEUM G G • IEDINING FINE NALIVIN INIA

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