The Peninsula Fine Arts Center, in Newport News, is a regional fine arts museum and education center, with an extensive collection of local and regional art, and hosting public education programs, especially youth art education. This museum is on the grounds of the Maritime Museum.

The Chrysler Museum of Art is a large art museum in Norfolk with over thirty thousand items, covering five thousand years of history. It is undergoing renovations and mostly closed until August 2014, but the glass studio and related classes are open.

The Hampton Bay Days Festival attracts people from all around the world during the first week of each September. Renowned for its fine food and superb local music, it is an event not to be missed.