Posted on July 13, 2016 at 9:14 AM by Communications Department
Martha Woodroof Hiden Memorial Virginiana Room
at the Newport News Public Library’s Main Street location now has reduced operating hours. The new hours are Monday–Friday from 10 AM. to 6 PM, Saturday from 10 AM. to 2 PM. and by appointment on Sundays. Patrons can find over 300 individual volumes specializing in Virginia genealogy and local history in the Virginiana Room. This special collection contains books, manuscripts, maps, periodicals, photographs and microfilm on the history of Newport News and Virginia. The Library also has a subscription to Ancestry.com, which is available onsite in the Virginiana Room to any Newport News Public Library cardholder. Visit the
Virginiana Room for more information.