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Special Offer for Teachers. To recognize the important role teachers play in nurturing a love and knowledge of history, Colonial Williamsburg is offering teachers a 25% discount on a “Single Day Ticket” or an annual pass. This discount is available at on-site ticketing offices only.
Get your ticket to Colonial Williamsburg, where costumed interpreters will welcome you to the largest living history museum in the world. Meet a Nation Builder like George Washington or Gowan Pamphlet and admire the craftsmanship of some of the best artisans in the world. Connect with your family over a horse-drawn carriage ride, world-class dining, and a Haunted Williamsburg ghost tour. At ...
Rare Breeds. Founded in 1986, Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds program helps promote genetic diversity in livestock that research shows thrived in 18th-century colonial British America. Cared for by the Coach & Livestock department, horses, oxen, sheep, and fowl contribute to the living history museum in many of the same ways they would ...
Although the primary focus of the 173-acre property is the Colonial period, there are a number of Civil War-related sites to be explored in the town. In addition to being the site of the Battle of Williamsburg (May 5, 1862), the town was a central mustering point for Confederates in 1861. Several Confederate hospitals were located here.
Welcome to our new website! Welcome to colonialwilliamsburg.org! If you’ve been a frequent visitor of history.org or colonialwilliamsburg.com, or both, there’s good news: we’re combining the content from both of these sites to better serve you, our guests. Now, you can learn more about the 18th-century, the American Revolution, and our ...
Special Event: Fortepiano Recital. Enjoy two back-to-back pianoforte mini recitals featuring music from the Revolutionary Era and Early Republic performed on Colonial Williamsburg's original 1791 Square Piano.
Colonial Williamsburg is a living, breathing, working history museum in Virginia, with a painstakingly-researched environment that brilliantly evokes 1700s America. It contains 88 original 18th-century buildings and several hundred faithful reproductions, as well as an impressive museum complex.
