VMNH also sponsors the annual Virginia Science Standards Institute which trains teachers to teach the science Standards of Learning more effectively. VMNH scientists and educators and specialists from seven other state agencies contribute their expertise to this seminar. Our staff includes eight scientists actively engaged in research on subjects ranging from dinosaurs to millipedes. Our curators also conduct fabulous field trips to hunt for fossils or minerals. Collections Collections at the Virginia Museum of Natural History number over 21 million specimens.
Millions await sorting and cataloging.
E-mail our Collections Manager Elizabeth Moore. We have a special series of low-cost coloring and activity books for children . Titles on geology, insects, and dinosaurs will be out within the next year. We now hope to make the museum's resources available to an even wider audience and will be adding to these pages constantly. The building closes at 5.