ENDVIEW PLANTATION

The Board of Trustees

From 1923 to 1986, the self-perpetuating Board of Directors assisted the museum with curatorial duties, fundraising, and historic preservation. In 1987 The Virginia War Museum Foundation was established by Newport News City Council and incorporated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to broaden public support and participate in Virginia War Museum activities. Today the Foundation supports such issues as Civil War Preservation, historic districts and homes, military history, Hampton Roads history, and the mission of the Virginia War Museum. Some members elect to support the Museum's Civil War house museums, Lee Hall Mansion and The Civil War at Endview. Today the Foundation has an elected Board of Directors.

The museum was established in 1923 by American Legion’s Braxton-Perkins Post #25 as the American Legion Memorial Museum. The City of Newport News assumed administration of the Museum in the 1930's. In the course of the Museum's existence, it's name has changed twice. In 1948 the first name change took place when the entrance of the Museum moved from the southeastern side of the building to the northwestern side of the building (its current entrance location). In 1996 the name changed from The War Memorial Museum of Virginia to The Virginia War Museum.

The foundation is an IRS 501(c)3 classified non-profit organization. Your membership to the Virginia War Museum Foundation is a charitable donation and is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.