Solar Eclipse

Join us for a once-in-a-decade event and witness the solar eclipse at the Virginia Living Museum! From 2:00-4:30 pm, we’ll gather on the Conservation Lawn to witness the eclipse (80% at approximately 3:20 pm) and learn from Dr. Kelly Herbst how eclipses work. You can safely gaze at the sun with solar-viewing glasses available for purchase that day in the Wild Things Museum Store, or watch the live broadcast from totality on monitors throughout the Museum. Solar viewing Glasses will be available for free ONLY if you attend a solar eclipse planetarium show before April 8th. Come early for the “Eclipse 2024” planetarium show at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, or 12:30 pm.

Included with Museum admission; additional ticket required for planetarium show