Torpedo Factory Art Center
This block-long, three-story structure was built in 1918 as a torpedo shell-case factory but now accommodates some 82 artists’ studios, where 165 professional artists and craftspeople create and sell their own works. Here you can see artists at work in their studios: from potters to painters, as well as those who create stained-glass windows and fiber art. A volunteer or staff member is on hand to answer questions. Art lovers may end up browsing for an hour or two.
On permanent display are exhibits on Alexandria history provided by Alexandria Archaeology (www.alexandriaarchaeology.org; tel. 703/746-4399), which is headquartered here and engages in extensive city research—including the excavation of three colonial-era merchant ships uncovered at Robinson's Landing in 2017 and 2018. It was an epic dig, one that Eleanor Breen, acting City Archaeologist called "one of the most archaeologically significant sites in Virginia."
This block-long, three-story structure was built in 1918 as a torpedo shell-case factory but now accommodates some 82 artists’ studios, where 165 professional artists and craftspeople create and sell their own works. Here you can see artists at work in their studios: from potters to painters, as well as those who create stained-glass windows and fiber art. A volunteer or staff member is on hand to answer questions. Art lovers may end up browsing for an hour or two.
On permanent display are exhibits on Alexandria history provided by Alexandria Archaeology (www.alexandriaarchaeology.org; tel. 703/746-4399), which is headquartered here and engages in extensive city research—including the excavation of three colonial-era merchant ships uncovered at Robinson's Landing in 2017 and 2018. It was an epic dig, one that Eleanor Breen, acting City Archaeologist called "one of the most archaeologically significant sites in Virginia."
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