Join us as we celebrate the opening of our new entrance and expanded gallery spaces. Discover more of the collection on view than ever, from colorful and whimsical folk art made by amateur artisans in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum to objects that are useful as well as beautiful in The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Plus, enjoy new amenities including the Museum Store and Café.
Admission Tickets Grant You Art Museums Access Too!
Include a trip the Art Museums in your next visit, with a multiday or single day ticket. Or purchase a $14.99 ticket for just the Art Museums!
Art Museums Memberships
Celebrate the expansion of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg by becoming a member and enjoy 365 days of unlimited admission, plus exclusive access to members only benefits!
Early American Faces
Introduction to the Art Museums
“Every Article… suitable for this Country”: Furnishing Early Williamsburg
British Masterworks: Ninety Years of Collecting at Colonial Williamsburg
Textile Arts of Britain: A Commodity for the Colonies
To Arm Against An Enemy: Weapons of the Revolutionary War
Artists on the Move: Portraits for a New Nation
Upholstery CSI: Reading the Evidence
A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South
Richard Newsham’s Fire Engine
Rebuilding Charlton’s Coffeehouse
Revolution in Taste
American Folk Pottery: Art and Tradition
The Art of Edward Hicks
Folk Art Underfoot: American Hooked Rugs
Navajo Weavings: Tradition and Trade
Down on the Farm
From Forge and Furnace: A Celebration of Early American Iron
America’s Folk Art
American Ship Paintings
Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art
German Toys in America
Conserving the Carolina Room
We The People: American Folk Portraits
With three museums in one, there’s so much to see and do at Colonial Williamsburg, so this is one mailing list you'll want to join. Stay informed about upcoming events, opening exhibitions, new programming, and be the first to get great special offers at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum as well as the living history museum.
Exhibition Scavenger Hunt
See if you can find the match to these nine clues as you explore our virtual tour of three exhibitions at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
View the Collection Online
Explore and search our Online Collections to learn more about The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's vast collections.
Before an artifact or antiquity reaches Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area or our Art Museums, it is analyzed, examined, treated, and documented by a team of conservation professionals, interns, and volunteers. Conservators work hand in hand with curators to preserve the cultural property in the Colonial Williamsburg collections.
Learn MoreAn internship or fellowship with Colonial Williamsburg Division of Museums, Preservation, and Historic Resources provides the opportunity to research, manage, interpret, preserve, and conserve the Foundation’s fine art, decorative arts, archaeological, architectural, and/or folk art collections, gaining professional experience through hands-on work.
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