The Virginia War Museum in Newport News presents American military history from 1775 to the present, with especially strong collections from the First and Second World Wars shaped by veterans’ donations and wartime souvenirs. Founded in 1923 by Braxton-Perkins Post No. 25 of the American Legion, it spent years without a permanent home before establishing its current building in 1941 and expanding in 1954 and 1987. Its changing names reflected an evolving role from veterans’ memorial to broader survey museum. Notable holdings include a section of the Berlin Wall, a George Washington order, senior officers’ uniforms, African American military history exhibits, and a rare 240 mm T1 Gun outside.