Courthouses served as centers for local communities. People conducted business, interacted with the government, and observed trials and punishments. After a short exploration of the Courthouse and its surroundings, participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property are contested. Take on the role of justice, attorney, litigant, petitioner, or defendant and experience how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court. Adult subject matter.
Other Experiences
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Tour: Custis Square Archaeology
Take a guided tour and talk with archaeologists about the current archaeological investigations at John Custis IV’s four-acre home and early 18th-century gardens.
CW Admission
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Music: Governor's Musick at the Art Museums
Learn how the evolving and bombastic battle sonata helped shape an American musical identity separate from Britain.
Art Museums Admission
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Special Event: Mr. Jefferson and The Giant Moose
An amazing tale in which Jefferson obsessed over a very large, very dead moose that he believed could help quash early French arrogance toward the fledgling American republic.
Art Museums Admission