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James Fort
 Inside the triangular wooden palisade of James Fort, wattle-and-daub structures topped with thatched roofs depict dwellings and a church, guardhouse, storehouse and governor’s house during the period 1610-1614.
Historical interpreters forge and repair metal objects in a blacksmith shop, and near one of the fort’s three bulwarks, demonstrate how a matchlock musket is fired. Interpreters also cultivate food and tobacco crops, undertake carpentry projects using 17th-century-style tools, and periodically engage visitors in domestic activities such as sewing and meal preparation.
Try on armor and play games of quoits (ringtoss) and ninepins (bowling).
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Administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia that is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
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