On April 20, Wendy Roylo Hee wrote:
 
Since I am on this list for now, I would like to ask a general
question that I hope is appropriate to this list.  My family and I
will be travelling to the East Coast this summer, spending the
first week of June in Petersburg, VA with family and the following
week in Washington, D.C. at a hotel. While in Petersburg, I plan to
take my children (ages 5, 7 & 8) to see the battlefield in
Petersburg, then take day trips to Williamsburg and Busch Gardens.
 
My questions are:
1.  Are there other notable places in the vicinity of Petersburg,
VA (i.e. possible to do a day trip) that would be of interest to
children?
 
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Please come visit us at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond!
We have many interactive exhibits, programs, and an Omnimax Theatre
and planetarium.  Richmond is just an hour away from Petersburg, in
the opposite direction from our friends in Williamsburg.
 
While you're here, you might also want to visit the Virginia Museum
of Fine ARts, the Valentine Museum (specializing in Richmond
history), the Children's Museum, the Museum of the Confederacy, among
others. Richmond is a history buff's paradise!
 
Elizabeth Blatt
Science Museum of Virginia
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