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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: 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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Beginner Workshop: Weaver
Try your hand at weaving in this class for all levels of experience.
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DIY Craft: Quilting
Discover the story of Susana Allen Hunter, quilter, and enjoy a mini quilting project.
Art Museums Admission
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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: 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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Map & Program Guide
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Garden Workshop: Grapevine Wreaths
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to decorate a grapevine wreath with natural materials from Colonial Williamsburg's Landscape Designers.
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Garden Workshop: Nosegay
This hands-on workshop will teach you the meaning of many herbs and flowers to create a personal nosegay to take home or give to someone.
Open to the Public
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Hands-On: Crafts
After exploring the galleries, drop by the Education Studio and create a work of art inspired by an object on exhibit.
Art Museums Admission
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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.
CW Admission
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Home School Hands-On: Art
Explore the Galleries at the Art Museums, then drop by the Goode Education Studio and create art inspired by objects on exhibit.
Art Museums Admission
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Home School Hands-On: Crack the Code
Join us in the Hennage Auditorium as we investigate the Revolutionary War through secret messages to see if you can Crack the Code.
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Home School Hands-On: World of Goods
Drop by the exhibit "Revolution in Taste" exhibition and explore goods bought and sold in 18th-century Virginia as you collect information and stamp your Passport.
Art Museums Admission