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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Use Route 31 South (Jamestown Road) when traveling to Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne. A section of the Colonial Parkway is closed until Spring 2010.
Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(6 p.m. June 15 - August 15)
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Event CalendarUpcoming special events are shown. Scroll down for future months. No events found | | Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia  November 26-28, 2009 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
 Colonial Virginia foodways are featured during this three-day event beginning on Thanksgiving Day. At Jamestown Settlement, learn how food was gathered, preserved and prepared on land and at sea by Virginia’s English colonists and Powhatan Indians. At the Yorktown Victory Center, learn about typical soldiers’ fare during the American Revolution and trace the bounty of a 1780s farm from field to kitchen. More
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| | A Colonial Christmas December 1, 2009-January 3, 2010 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
 Holiday traditions of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia are recalled through special interpretive programs. At Jamestown Settlement, a film and guided tours compare and contrast English Christmas customs of the period with how the season may have been observed in the difficult early years of the Jamestown colony. At the Yorktown Victory Center, hear accounts of Christmas and winter in military encampments during the American Revolution and glimpse holiday preparations on a 1780s Virginia farm. More
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| | "From Africa to Virginia" Theme Month February 1-28, 2010 Jamestown SettlementGallery exhibits, a printed family gallery guide and guided tours of the museum’s outdoor living-history areas highlight the culture of the first known Africans in Virginia and the experience of Africans in 17th-century Virginia. |
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| | Military Through the Ages March 20-21, 2010 Jamestown Settlement
Re-enactment groups depicting soldiers and military encounters throughout history join forces with modern-day veterans and active units to demonstrate camp life, tactics and weaponry. Event features Saturday children’s parade and Sunday military pass-in-review.
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| | Jamestown Day at Jamestown Settlement & Historic Jamestowne May 15, 2010 Jamestown Settlement
At Jamestown Day – a jointly sponsored event at Jamestown Settlement & Historic Jamestowne – maritime demonstrations, military drills, archaeology and programs on English and Powhatan Indian contact, exploration and discovery mark the 403rd anniversary of the 1607 founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony. Separate admission to Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne. Free parking and shuttle available at both sites.
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| | “Werowocomoco: Seat of Power” Special Exhibition May 15-November 15, 2010 Jamestown SettlementArchaeological excavations at the site of Werowocomoco, the principal residence of the Indian leader who dominated Virginia’s coastal plain during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, have not only revealed that the site was a uniquely important place during Powhatan’s time, but also that its role as a political, social and perhaps spiritual center began before the Powhatan paramount chiefdom was created. This exhibit will explore the significance of the site of Werowocomoco as a physical expression of the political and social changes that were occurring within Powhatan society during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. |
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| | “Tools of the Trade” Theme Month June 1-30, 2010 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory CenterImplements used in colonial Virginia for farming, fishing, hunting, defense, navigation and building are examined through interpretive programs and hands-on activities. |
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| | Liberty Celebration at the Yorktown Victory Center July 3-4, 2010 Yorktown Victory CenterTactical drills, military exercises and role-playing demonstrations salute America during the Fourth of July holiday. Visitors can learn about the sacrifices of our nation’s founders, including those who signed the Declaration of Independence. |
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| | Yorktown Victory Celebration October 16-17, 2010 Yorktown Victory CenterMilitary life and artillery demonstrations mark the 229th anniversary of America’s momentous Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. To experience Continental Army life firsthand, visitors can enroll in “A School for the Soldier” to drill with wooden muskets and apply tactical skills in mock combat, as well as learn about soldiers’ provisions and sleeping quarters. Special programs also held at Yorktown Battlefield. |
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| | Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia November 25-27, 2010 Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory CenterColonial Virginia foodways are featured during this three-day event beginning on Thanksgiving Day. At Jamestown Settlement, learn how food was gathered, preserved and prepared on land and at sea by Virginia’s English colonists and Powhatan Indians. At the Yorktown Victory Center, learn about typical soldiers’ fare during the American Revolution and trace the bounty of a 1780s farm from field to kitchen. |
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