This spring we answer the age old question of what to do in Williamsburg? There’s something for the whole family! Explore our 18th-century city and meet people who bring history to life. Enjoy our beautiful spring gardens and see our newborn baby lambs. Take in a tour at our expanded world-class Art Museums. Feast on delicious meals, take a Haunted Williamsburg ghost tour, then unwind at one of our official Colonial Williamsburg hotels.
The Historic Area is open 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. daily | Download a map & program guide here.
The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Start planning your Colonial Williamsburg vacation with a few key essentials. Stay in the heart of the action at one of our official hotels. Purchase admission tickets to get full-access to our historic trades, sites, and Art Museums. Be sure to check out our Colonial Williamsburg event calendar to find out what’s happening in the colonial capital during your visit.
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Receive up to two complimentary length-of-stay admission tickets when you book your stay directly through Colonial Williamsburg Resorts!
Admission Tickets
Single or Multiday access to 301 acres featuring gardens, guided sites and our Art Museums
Events Calendar
Use the CW Planner to check out what’s happening and open.
Round out your adventure with one of our season favorites. Be sure to purchase your tickets in advance!
Spring brings new programs! Experience interactive street theater, hear from one of our nation’s founders, and learn more about the people that made America.
Featuring the best in British and American fine and decorative arts, plus the nation’s premiere collection of American folk art
Learn MoreSpring marks the anticipated return of CW Lights, our Palace Garden Glow Event for a limited time engagement in April. Join us in May for Memorial Day weekend and the return of Drummers Call, an annual weekend-long showcase of 18th-century military music.
Visiting with your family? Enjoy family-friendly activities throughout the city.
Colonial Williamsburg's Rare Breeds Program
Learn about the rare breeds of livestock that live at Colonial Williamsburg.
CW Admission
The Necessity of Order in Battle
Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.
CW Admission
Ghost Walk Junior
Calling guests of all ages! Enjoy this 45-minute ghost tour of traditional spooky stories with a Colonial Williamsburg flavor. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Open to the Public
Event Ticket
Learn 18th-century skills first hand. From hand-sewing to woodworking there's something for everyone.
Small Cellar Stick
Join the Tin Shop in exploring the unique properties of tin-plated iron by creating a practical lighting device, a cellar stick.
Open to the Public
Event Ticket
Coopering Basics
Participants will learn some of the basic skills involved in making a bucket. This will include shaping a stave and how to use a brace and bit.
Open to the Public
Event Ticket
Make a Stitched Book and Decorative Paste Paper
Book Binders will show different types of books and book sections. Each participant will make a booklet to keep and make a paste sheet for later pickup.
Open to the Public
Event Ticket
Discover government sites, family homes, and historic trades.
Courthouse
Rule of the Law
CW Admission
Peyton Randolph House
Explore the Randolph property, home to 27 enslaved people and the Randolph family. Learn more about the paradox of American slavery through exploration of the home of the President of the First Continental Congress. Explore…
CW Admission
Handicap Accessible
Wigmaker
The Height of Colonial Fashion
CW Admission
Handicap Accessible
Meet Nation Builders, learn about Archaeological research and watch performances at the Play House Stage.
Visit a Nation Builder
Step into the past with a Nation Builder. Through stories, discussion, and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges they faced.
CW Admission
Rediscover Custis Square
Take a guided tour and talk with archaeologists in the field about the current archaeological investigations at John Custis IV’s four-acre home and early 18th-century gardens.
CW Admission
Free Event Ticket
Juvenilia
An aspiring young writer persuades her siblings and friend into performing a double bill of mystery and comedy for her father within the family parlor.
CW Admission
Learn the stories of the diverse people who walked these streets nearly 250 years ago
Freedom's Paradox
Explore the paradox of the institution of slavery and the movement for independence in a 60-minute walking tour that begins and ends at the Randolph Yard.
CW Admission
American Indian Life Series
A different program each day will examine a specific aspect of American Indian history, society, and role in the American story.
CW Admission
Women at Work!
Join us for a walking tour discussing the often-surprising realities of women’s labor, skills, and rights in 18th-century Williamsburg and the Colonial Atlantic World.
CW Admission
Event Ticket
With a mixture of historic taverns, modern restaurants, and quick bite cafes located in and around the Historic Area and Merchants Square, you’ll find the perfect place for a historically inspired family meal or an intimate evening of creative cuisine.
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When you stay at an official Colonial Williamsburg hotel, purchase an admission ticket, or shop in one of our many stores throughout the Historic Area and Merchants Square, you are supporting the preservation and upkeep of our 18th-century city. Colonial Williamsburg is a private not-for-profit 501(c)3 education institution and we rely on the generosity of people like you to help us carry out John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s vision and our mission, “that the future may learn from the past.”
