21 Results for tag "Women"

• Tour: Freedom's Paradox

  Take a 60-minute walking tour of the Randolph Yard, Market Square and Palace Green.

• Evening Program: Cry Witch

  Question witnesses, weigh evidence, and determine the guilt or innocence of "the Virginia Witch." Not appropriate for young children due to subject matter and intense emotion.

• Evening Program: Revolutionary Points of View

  Step back in time to the eve of the American Revolution, and there are just as many opinions about war and independence as we hear about politics and religion today.

• DIY Craft: Quilting

  Discover the story of Susana Allen Hunter, quilter, and enjoy a mini quilting project.

• Presentation: Excavation to Programming

  Join a Nation Builder and a Colonial Williamsburg Archaeologist as they discuss important sites in Williamsburg from the 18th century to today.

• Performance: Voices of the Past

  This series of museum theater programs explores the lives of people, both free and enslaved, who walked these streets in the 18th century.

• Performance: Voices of Freedom

  This series of museum theater programs relate to the theme of freedom — its meaning, denial, and the risks people take for it.

• Conversation: Meet a Nation Builder

  Find a Nation Builder, a significant figure of 18th-century Williamsburg, around the Palace Green for some informal conversation.

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

  Find people of the past for some informal conversation or activity.

• Hands-on: Daily Life

  Participate in the daily activities of an 18th-century family at the Geddy House.

• Performance: Resolved, An American Experiment

  This interactive, funny, and poignant play celebrates the moment Virginia said yes to Independence while exploring the dynamics of race, class, and gender.

• Performance: Visit with Martha Washington

  Step into the past with Martha Washington, our Nation’s first First Lady. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges she faced.

• Lecture: Textbooks and Atlases of Emma Willard

  Emma Willard, a groundbreaking educator of the 19th century, believed that history and geography were not just interdependent subjects, and were best learned visually.