Places of Interest in Hampton

The Virginia Air and Space Center in downtown Hampton.

• Riverside 3-D IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center

• Hampton History Museum featuring two new galleries showcasing Hampton’s 400-year history

• Fully restored 1920s carousel at the Air & Space Center

• Cousteau Society Gallery and Headquarters

• The Hampton University campus, an interesting destination for history and civil rights enthusiasts. The Campus and Museum have six national historic landmarks including the Emancipation Oak.

• The Miss Hampton II Harbor Cruise, a three-hour Hampton Roads harbor tour

• St. John’s Church, the oldest English-speaking parish in the nation

• Fort Monroe and the Casemate Museum, with the cell in which Confederate President Jefferson Davis was imprisoned following the Civil War