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Norfolk, Virginia Museums, Art Centers, Theaters, etc

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OV Amusement Park Mermaid

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.9532 (36°57′12″N), Longitude: -76.2515 (76°15′5″W)

  • Artwork: Statue
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Perry Family Arts Center

Arts Centres

Latitude: 36.8493 (36°50′58″N), Longitude: -76.2903 (76°17′25″W)

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Police Memorial Bell

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8458 (36°50′45″N), Longitude: -76.2859 (76°17′9″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Victor Pickett
  • Notes: This Police Memorial located in the City Hall plaza was a gift to the city from our friend John R. Burton who also donated the money for the Armed Forces Memorial at Town Point Park. After John F. Kennedy declared May 15th of each year as Peace Officers’
  • Note: Day, Burton started placing a wreath to fallen officers agasinst the wall of City Hall. Later Burton announced a gift of $10,000 for a proper memorial. The memorial was dedicated on May 15, 1984. Police sources say it cost much more than this amount howev
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Raphael

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.9047 (36°54′17″N), Longitude: -76.2027 (76°12′10″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel
  • Notes: These are eleven, 7–foot, marble sculptures executed by Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel in Rome for the William Wilson Corcoran to fill the niches on the original Corcoran Gallery (currently known as the Renwick Building) in Washington, DC. Each of the 11 works i
  • Note: s a carved marble statue of a great figure in the classical Western civilization art canon. In 1901 when the Corcoran moved to a larger building, the sculptures were put up for sale. The sculptures first became the property of Evelyn Walsh, a Washington,
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Recording Angel

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8614 (36°51′41″N), Longitude: -76.2822 (76°16′56″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: William Couper
  • Notes: The work is cast bronze, life-sized winged angel, on one knee holding a judgment scroll. The bronze sits on a granite plinth bearing the Couper family name.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Revolutionary War Cannons

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8451 (36°50′42″N), Longitude: -76.2929 (76°17′34″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Notes: Three Revolutionary War Cannons with bronze information plaques. Inscription on bronze plaque with 1682 map reads: “Town Point is where Norfolk began, in 1860 the General Assembly of his Majesty’s Colony of Virginia enacted a law requiring each county to
  • Note: establish and develop a town site. In lower Norfolk County fifty acres of land at the entrance of the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River were purchased from Nicholas Wise, thus assuring the town of good water access to the surrounding areas. County sur
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Ripples

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8481 (36°50′53″N), Longitude: -76.2912 (76°17′28″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Athena Tacha
  • Notes: This white concrete plaza was part of the US General Services Administration 1% for Public Art Program. The work is typical of the artist uses the idea of rhythm and movement becoming form.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Roper Performing Arts Center

Arts Centres

Address: 340 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Latitude: 36.8506 (36°51′2″N), Longitude: -76.2896 (76°17′23″W)

Phone: (757) 822-1450

Site: www.tcc.edu

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Seahorse Statue

Monuments

Latitude: 36.9203 (36°55′13″N), Longitude: -76.2094 (76°12′34″W)

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Shreveport Crescent Pond

Water Features Lakes and Ponds Natural Features

Latitude: 36.9263 (36°55′35″N), Longitude: -76.2285 (76°13′43″W)

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Sign of the Times Garage

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8464 (36°50′47″N), Longitude: -76.2908 (76°17′27″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Larry Bage with Earn and Learn Apprentice
  • Notes: Artist Larry Bage worked with eight high school students as part of the City’s Earn and Learn internship program to create ten signs of businesses that were once part of Norfolk. The artists worked with recycled materials, metal and wood and installed the
  • Note: artwork on the down ramp helix. This unique program was a partnership between Norfolk’s Parking Division, Public Art Program, and the Human Resource Department.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Stables Theatre

Theatres

Address: 1045 47Th St, Norfolk, VA 23508

Latitude: 36.8861 (36°53′10″N), Longitude: -76.3007 (76°18′2″W)

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Storyteller

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8975 (36°53′51″N), Longitude: -76.2417 (76°14′30″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Madeline Weiner
  • Notes: The sculpture is made from Adair dolomitic limestone and depicts a gathering of three figures—an older man, a young woman and a boy—as a story is being told. Sculpted benches tempt the onlooker to join in the experience.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Sunburst

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.953 (36°57′11″N), Longitude: -76.251 (76°15′3″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Brian Zentz
  • Notes: This colorful burst of energy is a bright ceiling medallion at the Pretlow library. It is a digital image printed on film and encapsulated in glass. Other artwork by Zentz at Pretlow: Explore! Elevator cab A Claws on Experience Reference Desk Technojelly
  • Note: Children’s Computersb Expand! Program Room A Number of Jellies Youth Collection
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Symbols of Peace

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8459 (36°50′45″N), Longitude: -76.2866 (76°17′12″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Richard Ward
  • Notes: Colorful mosaics and mirrors were inlaid in dryvit to create this bas-relief mural comprised of symbols of peace from cultures around the world.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Tarrallton Community Center

Community Centres

Address: 2100 Tarrallton Dr, Norfolk, VA 23518

Latitude: 36.9256 (36°55′32″N), Longitude: -76.2204 (76°13′13″W)

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The Flame of Liberty

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8455 (36°50′44″N), Longitude: -76.2851 (76°17′6″W)

Site: www.norfolkva.gov

  • Artist Name: Bill Wagner
  • Notes: The Flame of Liberty was commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the Independence of the United States. The churches and synagogues of Norfolk and Virginia Beach rededicated themselves to a vital faith in God as the source of our freedom. The flame is me
  • Note: ant to inspire a continuing vigil for liberty.
  • Tourism: Artwork
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The MacArthur Memorial Museum

Museums

Latitude: 36.8474 (36°50′50″N), Longitude: -76.2882 (76°17′17″W)

  • Tourism: Museum
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The NorVa

Theatres

Latitude: 36.8503 (36°51′1″N), Longitude: -76.2897 (76°17′23″W)

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The Tourist

Historical Sites

Latitude: 36.8438 (36°50′38″N), Longitude: -76.2914 (76°17′29″W)

Site: norfolkva.gov/cultural_affairs/images/Downtown_Art

  • Artist Name: Chaim Cross
  • Tourism: Artwork
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Points of Interest near Norfolk, VA

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