Editing Norfolk, Virginia (section)

=== Museums and galleries ===
The nationally acclaimed [[Chrysler Museum of Art]], the area's most comprehensive art museum, has its campus at the intersection of the [[Ghent district]], the Freemason neighborhood, and the NEON district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chrysler Museum of Art |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/chrysler-museum-of-art |website=Google Arts & Culture}}</ref> Since opening in 1933, the museum's main building has been expanded six times to allow for larger glass galleries, generous space for [[Impressionism|Impressionist]] and [[Baroque Art|Baroque]] works, and more. Major improvements were completed in 2014, and today the museum features more than 50 galleries, a restaurant, and catering facilities, as well as galleries for traveling exhibits.<ref name="Chrysler Museum Renovation">{{cite web |url=http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/expansion-renovation/ |title=Chrysler Museum of Art Expansion and Renovation |access-date=January 2, 2013 |publisher=Chrysler Museum of Art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115140445/http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/expansion-renovation/ |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Chrysler Museum Road Show">{{cite web |url=http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/the-chrysler-museum-roadshow/ |title=Chrysler Museum of Art Road Show |access-date=January 2, 2013 |publisher=Chrysler Museum of Art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229135626/http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/the-chrysler-museum-roadshow/ |archive-date=December 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Of particular note are the American [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] marble sculptures, the extensive glass collection, and the Glass Studio, which has live demonstrations daily.<ref name="Chrysler Museum Glass Studio">{{cite web |url=http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/glass-studio/ |title=Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio |access-date=January 2, 2013 |publisher=Chrysler Museum of Art}}</ref>

The Chrysler Museum of Art also administers the 1792 Moses Myers House Museum in the Freemason District, next to MacArthur Mall. This museum interprets Norfolk's history and the lives and legacy of Norfolk's first Jewish family. Seventy percent of the objects in the home are original to the Myers in the early nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Moses Myers House {{!}} Historic House, Jewish History |url=https://chrysler.org/historic-houses/the-moses-myers-house/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Chrysler Museum of Art |language=en}}</ref> The museum offers weekend tours and special monthly programming. In October 2022, the council of City of Norfolk, which owns the property, voted to proceed with the possibility of selling it, conjecturing the entirety of the property—the main house, the attached dwelling of the Myers’ enslaved servants, and the historic garden—could be sold as part of a package to developers, perhaps to operate as a bed and breakfast.<ref>{{Citation |title=Work Session – Norfolk City Council; October 11, 2022 | date=October 11, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd5mP3RMd7Q |language=en |access-date=2023-01-20}}</ref> Multiple entities, including the Norfolk Historical Society, have expressed distress and outrage.

The [[Hermitage Foundation Museum (Norfolk, Virginia)|Hermitage Foundation Museum]], located in an early 20th-century [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor-style]] home on a {{cvt|12|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate fronting the [[Lafayette River]], is found in the Lochaven neighborhood near the northern terminus of the Elizabeth River Trail that connects many of the city's sites of cultural interest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1_T41utdUns3tZkI6skGxqv4fC7f2J2o&ll=36.88326257257864%2C-76.25168776957379&z=12 | title=Elizabeth River Trail }}</ref> The Hermitage features an eclectic collection of Asian and Western art, including [[Chinese bronze]] and ceramics, [[Persian rugs]], and [[ivory carvings]], as well as changing exhibitions, arts classes, and special events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hermitagefoundation.org/index.asp |title=Hermitage Foundation Museum |publisher=Hermitagefoundation.org |access-date=May 14, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004025238/http://www.hermitagefoundation.org/index.asp |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Hermitage Foundation Museum is the only [[Smithsonian Affiliate]] in the Hampton Roads region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smithsonian Affiliations Reciprocal Membership Program |url=https://affiliations.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/reciprocal-membership-May-2022.pdf}}</ref>

Downtown Norfolk has several other museums of national significance.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
[[File:Nauticus, Norfolk.JPG|right|thumb|[[Nauticus]] (National Maritime Center)]]
[[Nauticus]], the National Maritime Center, opened on the downtown waterfront in 1994. It features hands-on exhibits, interactive theaters, [[Aquarium|aquaria]], digital high-definition films and an extensive variety of educational programs. Since 2000, Nauticus has been home to the battleship [[USS Wisconsin (BB-64)|USS ''Wisconsin'']], the last battleship to be built in the United States. It served briefly in [[World War II]] and later in the [[Korean War|Korean]] and [[Gulf War]]s.<ref name="Nauticus">{{cite web |url=http://www.nauticus.org/ |title=Nauticus |access-date=August 4, 2007 |publisher=Nauticus}}</ref> [[Wisconsin Square]] is nearby.

The [[Norfolk City Hall|MacArthur Memorial]], located in the nineteenth-century Norfolk courthouse and city hall in downtown, contains the tombs of General [[Douglas MacArthur]] and his wife, a museum and a vast research library, personal belongings (including his famous [[corncob pipe]]) and a short film that chronicles his life.<ref name="MacArthur Memorial">{{cite web |url=http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/ |title=MacArthur Memorial |access-date=October 9, 2007 |publisher=City of Norfolk}}</ref>

Speciality museums include the [[Hunter House Victorian Museum]] in the Freemason neighborhood and the [[Norfolk Southern Museum]] in downtown.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}