The Mariners' Museum and Park
Maritime museum in Newport News with the USS Monitor Center, where recovered pieces of the ironclad, including its turret and steam engine, are conserved in a lab you can look into from a platform.
Ways to visit
Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided) Open
- What you see
- Exhibits, Visitor centermarinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- How
- Walk inmarinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunDaily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas Daymarinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Booking
- Not stated · onlineTickets can be bought online; the page does not say they are required.Book ↗marinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Cost
- PaidMuseum admission, per person: $1Members are free. The page states $1 per person and gives no age-based prices; confirm the current price before you go.marinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Requirements
- None stated.
Mariners' Park and Noland Trail Open
- What you see
- Groundsmarinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- How
- Walk inmarinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunDaily 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.marinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Booking
- Not required · same day possibleThe page calls the park free and open to the public.marinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Cost
- FreeFree.marinersmuseum.org, 2026-11-06
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
The Mariners' Museum is a large maritime museum and park in Newport News. Its USS Monitor Center shows the Civil War ironclad through artifacts and a full-size replica, and an observation platform looks down on the Batten Conservation Complex, where the Monitor's turret, guns and steam engine are being treated. A clean lab upstairs lets visitors watch conservators at work. The 550-acre park and its five-mile Noland Trail are free.
Run by: The Mariners' Museum and Park.
Getting there
100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA, 23606
In Newport News; the museum and its 550-acre park share the address 100 Museum Drive. The map point is Wikidata's for the museum.
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (37.05500, -76.48780). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Main phone: 757-596-2222
Last checked 2026-11-06. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- marinersmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/ · official page · read 2026-11-06For: name; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): open or closed; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): kind of visit; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): days and hours; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): booking; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): cost; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: open or closed; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: what you see; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: kind of visit; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: days and hours; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: booking; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: cost; Mariners' Park and Noland Trail: requirements
- wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q2598… · Wikidata · read 2026-11-06For: location
- marinersmuseum.org · official page · read 2026-11-06For: street address; phone and email
- marinersmuseum.org/exhibit/uss-monitor-center/ · official page · read 2026-11-06For: Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): what you see; Museum and USS Monitor Center (self-guided): requirements
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