Tour and Travel 

Make Newport News your group headquarters and experience it all! Centrally located in the heart of the Hampton Roads/Tidewater region of Virginia, Newport News is the ideal group destination, minutes from Williamsburg and a short drive to Virginia Beach.

Newport News is home to The Mariners’ Museum, America’s National Maritime Museum, and the premier Civil War attraction in the country - the USS Monitor Center. The brand-new 63,500-square foot USS Monitor Center is filled with recovered artifacts, original documents, paintings, personal accounts and interactive experiences.

Explore Virginia's natural heritage from the mountains to the sea with living exhibits that look back at you at the Virginia Living Musuem, a unique combination of native wildlife habitat, nature park, science museum, aquarium, botanical preserve and planetarium.

The personal side of the Civil War is explored at Endview Plantation and Lee Hall Mansion, with guided tours of their period rooms. Endview was used as a hospital by Confederate forces during the Campaign, while Lee Hall served as a Confederate headquarters in April and May of 1862. Both homes host living history presentations throughout the year, as well as special events and programs.

American military history unfolds at the Virginia War Museum. Collections of artifacts, weapons, vehicles, uniforms and poster trace the U.S. military from 1775 to the present. See a section of the Berlin Wall and a portion of the outer wall from Dachau Concentration Camp. Also, explore the world of Army Transportation from steam locomotives of days past to the experimental rocket belt at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.

Learn of our African-American heritage at the James A. Fields House and Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center. James A. Fields was a teacher, lawyer and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. The house was used by Mr. Fields as his law office and primary residence from 1897 to 1903. In 1908, it housed the first Newport News hospital for blacks. Today, his restored home gives visitors a glimpse into the life of urban black in Newport News during the 1900s.

The Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center is the restored 1899 residence of the African-American attorney J. Thomas Newsome, a respected attorney, journalist, churchman and civic leader who prospered as part of the postwar south's new urban African-American middle class. His Queen Anne residence served as the hub of the local black community from which he led the fight for social justice within Virginia.

View diverse artworks and dynamic exhibitions that change every few months at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center. Let kids create personal masterpieces in the interactive Hands On For Kids gallery. Find original works by local artists in the Gallery Shop. Experience art classes, special programs and events, gallery talks and performing arts.

Newport News offers many unique opportunities for your students to become stars. Showcase their talents at one of our bustling shopping and dining areas.  Hold a pre-show performance for world-class artists. Or, let one of our attractions serve as a unique backdrop for students. 

The Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center, Ferguson Center for the Arts, Peninsula Community Theatre and Yoder Barn Theatre have all made their home in Newport News. Each of these performing arts facilities gives you plenty of entertainment location options.

All of this and we are only minutes away from some of Virginia's best attractions: Busch GardensWilliamsburg and Water Country USA, Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Nauticus, the Virginia Air & Space Center and Yorktown Victory Center.

Contact Trista Attoh at 1-888-493-7386 or tattoh@nngov.com for planning your next tour group!