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An Apprentice Founder's Workday
Learn about the daily routine of an apprentice at the Geddy Foundry by completing a pewter spoon to take home from start to finish.
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Beginner Workshop: Botanical Art
Learn methods to capture the botanical world in watercolor in this two-day workshop with Linda C. Miller, a local artist.
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Beginner Workshop: Gunsmith
Join the Gunsmiths for the layout of sheet brass to make three pieces of a rifle. Participants will make a barrel loop, a ramrod thimble, and the finial of a patchbox.
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Beginner Workshop: Tailor
Simple materials and skills produced a broad range of useful buttons and a very large industry in the 18th century. Join the Tailors and make two types of thread-covered buttons.
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Beginner Workshop: Tin Plate Worker
Join the Tin Shop in exploring the unique properties of tin-plated iron by creating a practical lighting device, a cellar stick.
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DIY Craft: Inspired by the Collection
Celebrate National Craft Month at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
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Liberty Ice Pavilion
Experience the sights, sounds, and scents of the holidays with a few turns on the ice. November 18, 2022 through February 26, 2023.
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DIY Craft: Jane Austen
Explore objects on exhibit through the works of Jane Austen, then make an inspired bookmark to take home.
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DIY Craft: Quilting
Join us at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and learn about the quilt and the maker, then enjoy a mini quilting project.
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DIY: Centerpieces
Celebrate spring with this hands-on class that shows you to make a cheerful centerpiece perfect for your end table or mantel.
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Family Workshop: Apothecary
Have what it takes to be an Apothecary Apprentice? Participants will compound a medicine, identify medicinal ingredients, learn their uses, and practice applying bandages.
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Family Workshop: Brickmaker
Learn how to build a bread oven out of materials found in your backyard.
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Family Workshop: Cabinetmaker
Join us for an in-depth, hands-on tour and demonstration of hand planes–one of the traditional woodworker’s most indispensable tools.
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Family Workshop: Foodways
Learn basic garnishing and food decoration skills to create an appealing dessert by sculpting and decorating their marzipan creations.
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Family Workshop: Joiner
Craftspeople have used math to create works of art. With a simple straight edge and compass, we will demonstrate exercises used to create simple geometric forms.
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Family Workshop: Tailor
Learn a variety of stitches and how they were used in the 18th century.
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Family Workshop: Weaver
Learn about the importance of local fabric production in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War in this immersive, hands-on workshop.
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Hands-On: Archaeology
Here's your chance to get behind the scenes at the Custis site! Join archaeologists for an up-close look at the excavation!
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Hands-On: Fire a Flintlock Musket
Fire live rounds at a target from two different reproduction 18th-century flintlock firearms used during the Revolutionary War.
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Hands-On: Shoulder Your Firelocks!
Engage in a military drill, learning the tactics and drill of the 18th-century soldier.
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Museum Discoveries: Crafting the Collection
Drop by the Education Studio and create a work of art inspired by an object on exhibit.
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Patriots at Play
Participate in the daily activities of an 18th-century family at the Geddy House.
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