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A visit to this original house will give everyone a chance to get their hands on history! Children of all ages and families are invited to experience the rhythm of the day and the Powells at play! Learn about seasonality, housewifery, food, diversions, and much more.

Guests may enter and exit any time during the program.

The orientation walk is designed to help guests plan their visit. Our volunteers and costumed staff lead the 30-minute walks and provide guests with the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests also get an overview of the 18th-century community and learn about the restoration of Williamsburg.

Included in all Historic Area or Museum admission passes. Tours depart every 10-15 minutes.

The Green Room is a place for actors to gather, talk, and share the latest theatrical news while waiting to go on stage. Come join members of our Performing Arts Department for an informal discussion of 18th-century theatre. This is your opportunity to voice your questions, comments, and curiosities.

See an extensive collection of American and British antiques. See furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms, and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and the Public Hospital of 1773. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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Enjoy changing exhibitions of American folk art, the colonial and contemporary artists and craftspeople who work outside the mainstream of academic art to record aspects of everyday life. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

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Learn about the struggle of African Americans to gain liberty and equality during the era of the American Revolution. Using key documents from the period, this tour explains aspects of law, religion, and social custom that established and maintained a system of slavery and oppression. Leave this event with a better understanding of the variety of means by which enslaved and free African Americans navigated and resisted this system.

Hear the stories of 18th-century Williamsburg residents and discover how their victories and defeats marked the first steps on the road to our modern-day quest to be both free and equal.

Reservation or ticket available only to annual and Hotel Guest Pass holders.

Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.

The Children's Orientation Walk is designed to assist guests with planning their visit and will highlight options that families will enjoy. Guides share the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests will receive an overview of the 18th-century community and specifically understand what childhood and family life was like in the 18th century. The walking tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Between 1776 and 1781, people in Williamsburg faced awesome challenges as they created a new self-governing society against the backdrop of war. The Revolutionary City recreates critical moments that relive Williamsburg's role in the American Revolution and the War for Independence. 

Come take part in these events and the everyday life of the city against the backdrop of momentous, world-changing historic events. Meet famous patriots like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Patrick Henry, and lesser-known people such as Barbry Hoy, a poor woman whose husband became a prisoner of war; enslaved African Americans like Kate, Hannah, and Marcus, who debate whether to escape to the British; and a Baptist preacher named Gowan who talks about his hopes for a future where all citizens are equal.

Meet the men and women—rich and poor, great and humble, free and enslaved—who live through these extraordinary times and create our nation.

Program takes place on the east end of Duke of Gloucester Street. Learn more.

Guests may enter and exit any time during the program.

Find out what to look for and how best to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Revolutionary City scenes and events that take place today. Program is approximately 5 minutes long.

The Declaration of Independence is read to the citizens of Williamsburg. This news arrives only a few weeks after Virginia's representatives have adopted their own Declaration of Rights and a Constitution for the new state.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.

Included in museum admission ticket.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

The American turncoat—now British Brigadier General—Benedict Arnold seizes Williamsburg. Redcoats raise the British flag over the Capitol and announce the rules of occupation.

The Children's Orientation Walk is designed to assist guests with planning their visit and will highlight options that families will enjoy. Guides share the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests will receive an overview of the 18th-century community and specifically understand what childhood and family life was like in the 18th century. The walking tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to the whimsical and fascinating paintings, sculpture, textiles, and more from Mrs. Rockefeller's original collection, for which the museum was founded.

Thirty-minute tours begin at 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Included in museum admission ticket.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

The Allied American Army has been gathering in Williamsburg, eager to engage the British. As the time to march grows near, the general addresses the citizens concerning the final preparations and his resolve for victory at Yorktown.

Program takes place on the Raleigh Tavern steps.

How did theater impact the political climate up to and during the war years? We acquaint you with the role theater played during a time when public performances were actually banned by our continental congress. Topics vary daily, and include Washington’s connection with theater, women’s contributions to the war, and printed propaganda. You might be surprised at what you discover.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.

Included in museum admission ticket.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

There were three women in George Washington’s life who knew him best and depended on him most at various times in his and their lives. Look into the relationships that George Washington enjoyed with his mother, Mary Ball Washington, his sister, Betty Washington Lewis and his wife Martha Dandridge Custis Washington.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Join our troupe of actors onstage as you, the young revolutionary citizen and theatrical apprentice, take the stage in a fun, fast-paced play about a Virginia patriot and the adventure he shares with his friends and countrymen.

This in-depth tour of the museum's ceramics collection includes interesting stories about the craftsmen, their creations and the functions for which they were used. Learn more about earthenware, stoneware and porcelain from Europe, America, and the Orient.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Come and participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property come into contest. Our guests may take on roles as justices, attorneys, litigants, petitioners, or defendants. See how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court.

Offered Tuesday through Saturday every 30 minutes between scheduled times. Program is approximately 25 minutes long.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to the whimsical and fascinating paintings, sculpture, textiles, and more from Mrs. Rockefeller's original collection, for which the museum was founded.

Thirty-minute tours begin at 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Included in museum admission ticket.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Join a volunteer in the Ceramic Study Room to learn more about rare ceramic forms from Europe, America, and the Orient.

Included in museum admission ticket.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Come experience musical diversions in a time of change.  Members of the Governor's Musick, Colonial Williamsburg's Resident Performance Ensemble, will perform selections that were known and played in England and Revolutionary America during the 18th century on appropriate period instruments.

25 minute program begins at 2:00, 2:30 and 3:00 p.m.  Space is limited.