Events | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

St. George Tucker House

Donor Reception Center

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Capitol

Rediscover the founding principles of our American government.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Courthouse

Participate in the proceedings of the colonial court.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Site: George Wythe House

Visit the site where Thomas Jefferson studied law and enlightenment ideas.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Site: Governor's Palace

Explore the residence of Virginia's royal governors.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Guardhouse

Protecting the Powder Magazine

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Peyton Randolph House

Take a guided tour to learn about the paradox of slavery in the Revolutionary period.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Presbyterian Meetinghouse

Visit the only authorized place of worship for dissenting Protestants in Williamsburg before the Revolution.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Public Armoury

Witness the effort of diverse individuals to support the Revolutionary War at this industrial complex.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Site: Public Gaol (Jail)

Explore the cells where prisoners were held as they awaited trial and punishment.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Site: Raleigh Tavern

Discuss the meanings of liberty and equality.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Site: Robert Carter House

Explore the processes used to investigate this unfurnished 18th-century house while learning about the Robert Carter family and the enslaved and free individuals who lived here.

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Site: Williamsburg Bray School

The Williamsburg Bray School was one of the earliest institutions dedicated to Black education in North America.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Open to the Public

Handicap Accessible
Historic Trade: Blacksmith

Watch as blacksmiths take red-hot iron from the fires of their forges and hammer it into a variety of tools, hardware, and weapons.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Trade: Bookbinder

Visit the bindery to glimpse the fascinating world of creating fine books.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Trade: Brickmaker

Discover the process of making bricks used in building projects around town.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Trade: Cabinetmaker & Harpsichord Maker

Watch expert woodworkers fashion the intricate details of luxury products with period hand tools.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Historic Trade: Cook

Watch as cooks prepare historically-accurate dishes.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Trade: Cooper & Wheelwright

Watch as wheelwrights construct and repair historical vehicles and coopers create everyday items like buckets.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Historic Trade: Engraver

Watch as engravers create custom inscriptions, symbols, and designs in metal objects.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Historic Trade: Founder

See skilled hands at work crafting bronze, brass, silver, and pewter into magnificent 18th-century-style items.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

Handicap Accessible
Historic Trade: Gunsmith

Aim, ready, fire! Watch as rifles, pistols, and fowling pieces are made.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

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Historic Trade: Leather Breeches Maker & Shoemaker

Explore these time-honored trades as the shoemakers and leather breeches makers reveal their tools and techniques.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Trade: Milliner & Mantua-Maker

Stop by the milliner for the latest 18th-century fashions.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Trade: Printer

Watch and learn as printers set type and use reproduction printing presses to manufacture printed pieces.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission
Historic Trade: Silversmith

Watch silversmiths create flatware, hollowware, jewelry, and more using 18th-century techniques.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Historic Trade: Tin Plate Worker

See the tin plate workers snip, shape, and bend tin plate into kettles, cups, and other items.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

Handicap Accessible
Historic Trade: Weaver

Watch how flax, cotton, and wool are converted from tangled masses into orderly, precise fabrics.

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

CW Admission

Handicap Accessible
Rare Breed: Chickens

Dominique, English Game Fowl, and Nankin Bantams

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Open to the Public
Rare Breed: Horses

Cleveland Bay & American Cream Draft

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Open to the Public
Rare Breed: Oxen

American Milking Devons & Shorthorns

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Open to the Public
Rare Breed: Sheep

Leicester Longwools

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Open to the Public
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

Art by Self-Trained Artists

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Open to the Public

Handicap Accessible
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Fine Craftsmanship and Imaginative Folk Art

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Open to the Public

Handicap Accessible
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum

British and American Fine and Decorative Arts

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Open to the Public

Handicap Accessible
Bruton Parish Church

Walk Where Founders Worshiped

12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Open to the Public

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Wren Building

Tour the oldest academic structure still in use in America at the College of William and Mary. Stop by at 10 a.m. on Saturday to hear a recital performed in the Wren Chapel on Colonial Williamsburg's antique organ.

Open to the Public

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