Beautiful museums near Days Inn City Center
Busch Gardens "The Old Country
Mariners Museum
You’ll find one of the largest international maritime history museums filled to the crow’s nest with prized artifacts that celebrate the spirit of seafaring adventure. Explore over 60,000 square feet of gallery space with rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more.
Peninsula Fine Arts Museum
Welcome to the wonderful world of art at the Peninsula Fine Arts center! Do you like sculpture, paintings, photoghraphs or perhaps something a little more on the cutting edge? you can see it all in our galleries! Our exhibitions are always changing... one month your family might explore ancient artifacts from Egypt, and the nextmonth see works by up and coming regional artists.
U.S. Army
The U.S. Army Transportation Museum Where you'll find a truck that walks and a ship that files. And that's not all. EXPLORE - The world of motion, from mighty steam locomotives of days past to the world's only captive "flying saucer." See the first helicopter to land at the South Pole, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and the Army's largest helicopter-the "Flying Crane." Also see the "Caribou," famed aircraft of the Golden Knights, the Army Parachute Team.
Virginia Air & Space Center
Take flight to the Virginia Air & Space Center, the visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Your imagination will soar as you launch a rocket, pilot a space shuttle, come face-to-face with the Apollo 12 Command Module, and a DC-9 passenger jet. Experience a 3D IMAX film in the Riverside IMAX Theater...you have to see it to believe it! There is always something new landing at the Virginia Air & Space Center!
Virginia Living Museum
Our new museum building is open. Come see all the new, live exhibits that showcase Virginia's natural history from the mountains to the sea. Explore the underwater realm of the Chesapeake Bay and the underground world of a limestone cave. See the fish, reptiles, amphibians and birds that would live in a mountain cove or cypress swamp. Enjoy four hands-on discovery centers and stroll the 3/4-mile elevated boardwalk to see animals in natural habitats. Enjoy magnificent views of the sun from the new observatory and travel the universe in a planetarium show. The new building is totally wheelchair accessible.
Virginia War Museum
This expansive gallery is an overview of U.S. military history from 1775 to the present day. Displays of uniforms, weapons, accoutrements, and art work focus on the men involved in American military actions from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. The gallery includes displays on the Second War for American Independence - the War of 1812, The Mexican War, The Civil War, The Indian Wars, The Great War - World War One, World War Two, The Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Waterman's Museum
For a museum devoted to watermen, not having an adequate place to tie working—and visiting—boats is a serious handicap. That’s why the Watermen’s Museum has launched a campaign to raise money to replace its pier. From its prime location on the shore of the York River in downtown Yorktown, the museum tells the story of the men and women who have made a living and a way of life from the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay and its waterways.