The museum offers a native wildlife park, natural science museum, live animal programs, aquaria, native botanical gardens, aviaries, fossils, planetarium theater and observatory all in one wooded lakeside setting. Kids will especially enjoy the touch tank with its sea stars and horseshoe crabs. Learn the secrets of how plants and animals survive in the wild. The outdoor nature trail will bring you face to face with raccoon, beaver, river otter, bobcat, fox, door and more than 40 species of birds. Professionally guided 30-45 minute tours through the Winery, museum and underground barrel cellars cover the wine making process, from viticulture, harvesting and crushing, through fermentation, aging and bottling as well as the history of the Winery.
Visitors enjoy a tasting of seven wines after the tour and receive an etched tasting glass.
The unique tasting room features exclusive wine accessories, gourmet gifts and selected Virginia and imported wines. Visitors are welcome to enjoy lunch at the Winery's Gabriel Archer Tavern. An unusual shopping experience through 200 acres of pottery, baskets, china, glass, stemware, wines, cheeses, plants and many unique items, foreign and domestic. Factory outlet stores. Village of specialty shops with unique shopping opportunities.