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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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2010 Special Programs
Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center
February 1-28: “From Africa to Virginia” Theme Month, Jamestown Settlement – Gallery 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.
March 20-21: Military Through the Ages, 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.
May 15: 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 site admission.
May 15-November 15, 2010: “Werowocomoco: Seat of Power” Special Exhibition, Jamestown Settlement – Archaeological 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.
June 1-30: “Tools of the Trade” Theme Month, Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center – Implements used in colonial Virginia for farming, fishing, hunting, defense, navigation and building are examined through interpretive programs and hands-on activities.
July 3-4: Liberty Celebration, Yorktown Victory Center – Tactical 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.
August 1-31: “Pastimes of Colonial Virginia” Theme Month, Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center – Games, storytelling and other diversions of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia are shown through hands-on activities and interpretive programs. Visitors can play corncob darts, ninepins, quoits, mancala and nine-men’s morris.
October 16-17: Yorktown Victory Celebration, Yorktown Victory Center – Military 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.
November 25-27: Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia, 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.
December 1-January 3, 2011: A Colonial Christmas, Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center – Holiday traditions of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia are recalled through special interpretive programs. A Jamestown Settlement holiday 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 Revolutionary War encampments and glimpse holiday preparations on a 1780s farm.
Admission: In 2010, a combination ticket to both museums is $19.25 for adults and $9.25 for youth ages 6- 12. Admission to Jamestown Settlement is $14.00 for adults and $6.50 for youth ages 6-12 Admission to the Yorktown Victory Center is $9.50 for adults and $5.25 for youth ages 6-12. An annual pass to both museums is $35.00 for adults and $17.50 for youth. Special programs included in admission.
Operating Hours: Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily year-round (until 6 p.m. June 15 through August 15). Both museums are closed on Christmas and New Year’s days.
Location: Jamestown Settlement is located on State Route 31 southwest of Williamsburg, and adjacent to Historic Jamestowne. The Yorktown Victory Center is located on Route 1020 in Yorktown, near Yorktown Battlefield. The museums are separated by a 30-minute drive along the Colonial Parkway. |
