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The Hermitage Foundation Museum
7637 North Shore Road
Norfolk, Virginia 23505
Phone
(757) 423.2052
Fax
(757) 423.2410
Info@thfm.org
Please Click Here for Directions.
Museum and Grounds Hours
10 AM - 5 PM Monday- Saturday (closed Wednesdays)
1 PM - 5 PM Sunday
Closed on Wednesdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, New Years Eve & New Years Day, Memorial Day.
GATES LOCKED PROMPTLY AT 5 PM DAILY.
Tours of the House (special tours listed below)
Guided tours of the Museum
and Sloane Collection are conducted daily by our knowledgable docent staff.
Tours last approximately 45 minutes and include fifteen galleries filled
with the Sloane family art collection, furniture and history.
Tours begin promptly on the hour with the last tour beginning
at 4:00pm.
Closed Wednesdays.
Group Tours of 8 or more people are by reservation only:
Call or email Tours & Events Manager at 757.423.2052
x 300 lfor information.
Admission
Museum
Members, No
Admission Fee with current Membership Card
Adults, $5.00
College Students (with ID), $3.00
Ages 6-18, $2.00
Children Under 6, No Admission Fee
Active Duty Military Service Personnel, No Admission Fee
Admission to the Current Gallery Exhibitions, With Museum Admission
Guests are requested to remove rain coats,
overcoats and backpacks and leave them in our cloakroom. No photographs
may be taken inside the Museum.
Photography
The Hermitage Gardens
SPECIAL TOURS
Curator's "White Glove Tours"
Special guided tours by the
Curator of the Collection are
offered on Mondays at 1:00 PM and will last approximately 60 minutes. This is a special chance to see
rooms and artifacts that are not usually viewed by the public. Tours will
be thematic and move throughout the permanant and changing collection.
Some topics to be discussed are: Charles Woodsend, his drawings and tools;
Florence K. Sloane, her contribution to the Hermitage and Norfolk; Douglas
Volk, the stories behind the paintings.
Curator's Tour Basic Info
- 60 minute walking tour of museum
- Offered each Monday at 1:00 pm
- Cost $10.00 non-member, $8.00 member
- No other discounts apply
- Garden Tour separate cost
- No more than twelve guests per tour
- Groups of 8 or more interested in tours must make a separate reservation through the Tours and Events Manager
Garden Tours
During the months of July and August, join Curator of Gardens, Yolima Carr, for a History of the Gardens tour. Tours are offered each Monday at 9:00 am and the first Saturday of each month at 9:00 am*. Please wear walking shoes and come prepared to spend about an hour walking 12 acres of beautiful waterfront gardens. Learn about
your favorite flowers, formal gardens, find out more about the Wetlands Restoration, listen
to stories and see images of how the gardens looked during the Sloanes' era. * Weather permitting
Garden Tour Basic Info
- 45 minute walking tour of gardens
- Cost $5.00 non-member, $4.00 member
- No other discounts apply
- House Tour separate cost
- No more than twelve guests per tour
- Groups of 3 or more interested in tours must make a separate reservation through the Tours and Events Manager
Garden Tour dates
Saturdays - July 1 and August 5
Mondays - July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 14, 21, 28.
