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Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, Virginia

History, Historic House, Military

Pamplin is a world-class 422-acre park with award winning museums, a historic Civil War battlefield, Antebellum plantation homes, living history demonstrations, complete educational programs, the Civil War Store, and the Hardtack and Coffee Café.

Pamunkey Indian Museum
King William, Virginia

Culture, History

The major focus of the Pamunkey Indian Museum is to teach about the Pamunkey people and their way of life throughout history, from the ice age to the present. Tools and other items are shown as they would have been seen and used by the Native Americans of that period. Original artifacts are displayed along with replicas based on the most up-to-date information on how things were made, handled, used, and worn out. It is hoped visitors will be inspired by our history and whether by a brisk walk through or studying some perid in detail, an interest will be generated about the lives of the people who left this great legacy.

Patrick County Historical Museum
Stuart, Virginia

History

Patrick County Historical Museum in Stuart, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Newport News, Virginia

Art

Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Petersburg Area Art League
Petersburg, Virginia

Art

Petersburg Area Art League in Petersburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg, Virginia

History

Petersburg National Battlefield in Petersburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Piedmont Arts
Martinsville, Virginia

Art

Piedmont Arts is a nonprofit art museum and educational outreach center that facilitates ongoing enrichment of the lives of the people of Martinsville, Henry County and the surrounding area, through positive exposure, education and experiences in the visual and performing arts. We have been part of the Martinsville-Henry County community since 1961, when the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts encouraged the formation of a statewide network of local chapters. Today, Piedmont Arts provides exciting On Stage! performances, thought-provoking exhibits and quality educational outreach to local schools, as well as special events to improve the quality of life of residents in Martinsville and Henry County and surrounding.

Pittsylvania County Schools Planetarium
Chatham, Virginia

Planetarium

Pittsylvania County Schools Planetarium in Chatham, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine and Museum
Pocahontas, Virginia

History

The State's first coal boom-town. Visitors can take tours of the Exhibition Coal Mine and visit the Museum Education center.

Poe Foundation, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia

History

Poe Foundation, Inc. in Richmond, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Pamplin Pipe Factory
Pamplin, Virginia

History

The Pamplin Pipe Factory is one of the two facilities in Appomattox County listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its history dates back to the Appomatucks Indians and their cottage industry of clay pipes. The Pamplin Pipe Factory was built in 1880. It houses the original clay kiln which once produced one million clay pipes per month. The site also includes a museum which showcases Native American artworks.

Parks Recreation Community Services
Leesburg, Virginia

Park

Parks Recreation Community Services in Leesburg, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Patrick Henry's Scotchtown
Beaverdam, Virginia

Culture, History, Historic House

It was here at Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown that Henry conceived his most influential revolutionary ideas. Scotchtown is the only original standing home of the Patriot and Orator of the American Revolution; Patrick Henry lived here from 1771-1778. It was at Scotchtown that he formulated the ideas of his famous “Liberty or Death” speech and it was from the house that he rode to St. John’s Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775 to deliver it.

Perspective Gallery
Blacksburg, Virginia

Art, Culture, Library, University

A university gallery with a diverse calendar of exhibitions by local, regional, national, and international artists working in all variety of media.

Petersburg Museums
Petersburg, Virginia

History, Historic House, Military

Operates the Siege Museum and Centre Hill Mansion.

Petersburg Regional Art Center
Petersburg, Virginia

Art, Culture, General

The center has a large gallery for our monthly juried All-Media Show, 64 artist's studios, and the Mezzanine Gallery where we host seven Single-Artist shows a month. Date July 5, 2003. The Shockoe Bottom Arts Center has become the Petersburg Regional Art Center. The lease was up in Richmond and the City of Petersburg offered us a very nice building in Old Town Petersburg.

Piney Grove At Southall's Plantation
Charles City, Virginia

History, Historic House

A National Register site first settled by Virginia's prominent Southall Family. This museum of folk architecture includes Piney Grove (1790), Ashland (1835), Dower Quarter (1835), Ladysmith (1857), and Duck Church (1917).

Pittsylvania Historical Society
Chatham, Virginia

Historical Society

Pittsylvania Historical Society in Chatham, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

Pocahontas Island Black History Museum
Petersburg, Virginia

Culture, History, Historic House

Pocahontas Island Black History Museum, located on the historic Pocahontas Island in Petersburg, VA, once a stop on the Underground Railroad, is home to a treasure trove of artifacts and other historical items of interest that showcases over 200 years of Black history. Black History and Civil War expert, Mr. Richard Stewart, is the museum's founder and orator who delights in taking museum visitors on an oral journey of Black history in Petersburg, VA.

Pohick Episcopol Church
Lorton, Virginia

Church

Pohick Episcopol Church in Lorton, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum to visit where you live or vacation today.

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