Every object in our collection has an interesting back story. Discover who created the object, who owned it, and how it ended up in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Each week an object will be explored by a curator, conservator, educator, archaeologist, or historian.
March 4: Kate Rogers, Associate Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture - Faces of Early Williamsburg: Portraits from the Colonial Capitol
March 11: Emily Nootbaar, Americana Foundation Curatorial Intern - Adding a Friendship Album to the Collection
March 18: Eric Schweickart, Archaeologist - An Archaeological Discovery from the Williamsburg Powder Magazine
March 25: Tracey Gulden, Media Collections - Home Movies
April 1: Christina Westenberger, DeWitt Wallace Gallery Learning - Hunting, Murder, and Bacon: Three Handkerchiefs from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
April 8: Laura Barry, Juli Grainger Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture - New Paintings Accessions
April 15: Erik Goldstein, Senior Curator of Mechanical Arts, Metals, & Numismatics - Arms from Flixton Hall
April 22: Christina Westenberger, DeWitt Wallace Gallery Learning - Hunting, Murder, and Bacon: Three Handkerchiefs from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
April 29: Sean Devlin, Senior Curator of Archaeological Collections - Tobacco Hoes from an Archaeological Perspective
May 6: Margaret Perry, Apothecary Assistant - Material Culture and the Public Hospital
May 13: Eric Schweickart, Archaeologist - An Archaeological Discovery from the Williamsburg Powder Magazine
May 20: Kate McEnroe, Conservator of Archaeological Materials - The Excavation of a Rare Bleu Persan Flower Urn
May 27: Margaret Perry, Apothecary Assistant - Material Culture and the Public Hospital
Programs are subject to change.
Other Experiences
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Evening Program: Dancing at the Governor's Palace
"Virginians will dance or die" wrote an 18th-century diarist. What better time than the 21st century to learn a few "new" dance steps? Audience participation encouraged.
Open to the Public
Event Ticket
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Performance: Visit with James Armistead Lafayette
Step into the past with James Armistead Lafayette, Enslaved Revolutionary Spy.
CW Admission
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Performance: Visit with George Mason
Step into the past with George Mason, father of American rights. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.
CW Admission