Ornamental Separator

Why Custis Square Matters

4 Minute Read

Who Voted in Early America?

4 Minute Read

Historic Tradespeople Restore the Bray School

9 Minute Read

Uncovering Loyalties Itinerary

5 Minute Read

Underground Allies: The Incomplete Story of Fanny and Moses

5 Minute Read

How to Stage a Revolution: Behind the Scenes with the Burgesses

6 Minute Read

Why Does the United States have an Electoral College?

5 Minute Read

A Summary View of the Rights of British America by Thomas Jefferson

4 Minute Read

The First Virginia Convention

5 Minute Read

Was the United States Founded as a Republic or a Democracy?

4 Minute Read

The Fairfax Resolves

6 Minute Read

Okra Stew

3 Minute Read

Bridgerton Meets Colonial Williamsburg

6 Minute Read

The Speaker’s Man: John Harris and the Anatomy of a “Runaway” Advertisement

7 Minute Read

Dunmore’s Dissolution of the House of Burgesses

6 Minute Read

The Tea Crisis in the Virginia Gazettes

The Tea Crisis

Dunmore’s Flight and the Seizure of the Governor’s Palace

6 Minute Read

The Enslaved People and Servants of the Governor’s Palace

4 Minute Read

Our Path to 2026

Throwing Shade: 5 Eclipse Stories from Early America

5 Minute Read

A Look Back at “A Common Cause to All” 2024

6 Minute Read

An Interview with Ed Schultz, Master Farmer

5 Minute Read

A Bold Type: Clementina Rind’s Revolutionary Press

4 Minute Read

The Restoration of the Capitol

2 Minute Read

Unheard Witness: The Hidden Testimony of Lydia Broadnax

5 Minute Read

Norfolk to Nova Scotia: Judith Jackson's Crooked Road to Freedom

4 Minute Read

Abigail Briggs: An Indigenous Woman in a White Court

5 Minute Read

Who Did I Marry? Margaret Bannerman and the Gold Digger

3 Minute Read

7 Tips for Reading the Virginia Gazette

7 Minute Read

When the Capitol Burned

3 Minute Read

Slavery and the Virginia Gazette

7 Minute Read

Aaron Griffin’s Search for Freedom

4 Minute Read

When Enslaved People Were Lottery Prizes

5 Minute Read

What's New at First Baptist?

10 Minute Read

What’s New at the Bray School?

7 Minute Read

The Twelve Myths of Christmas (in early America)

6 Minute Read

“Said it was done by a Crew of Mohawk Indians”: Why did colonists dress as “Mohawks” at the Boston Tea Party?

6 Minute Read

How High and How Strong? Solving the Riddle of the Powder Magazine Perimeter Wall

4 Minute Read

Holiday Gift Guide 2023

5 Minute Read

Lamb and Rice

3 Minute Read

How Fireworks Lit Up the American Revolution

4 Minute Read

When Was the First Thanksgiving?

4 Minute Read

Holiday Recipe List

2 Minute Read

Looking back at the Kimball Theatre

3 Minute Read

Dressed Duck

3 Minute Read

Roots a la Crème

3 Minute Read

Lost Architecture: Eastern State Hospital

5 Minute Read

An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Podcast Playlist

4 Minute Read

Of Silvering, Making a Frame for King William III

5 Minute Read

Williamsburg’s Public Hospital

A Constitution Day Podcast Playlist

5 Minute Read

Broiled Sturgeon

2 Minute Read

King William’s Posset

2 Minute Read

Ragoo French Beans

3 Minute Read

Expanding Our Perspective of the Declaration of Independence

4 Minute Read

Fried Beef

3 Minute Read

The Conservation of Visscher’s Print of America

4 Minute Read

Eggs in Paper Cases

3 Minute Read

English Katchup

4 Minute Read

Treating the Body to Treat the Mind: Mental Healthcare in the 18th Century

7 Minute Read

Chicken Pudding

3 Minute Read

A Look Back at “A Common Cause to All”

6 Minute Read

The Beat Marches On: Fife & Drum Corps of the 18th Century

5 Minute Read

Ratafia Cakes

2 Minute Read

Wrapping Up Excavations at the First Baptist Church Archaeology Site

11 Minute Read

Peas Francoise

3 Minute Read

Crocant Covers

4 Minute Read

Tips for Your Spring Visit to Colonial Williamsburg

8 Minute Read

A Grand Souvenir!

5 Minute Read

Stewed Spinage and Eggs

2 Minute Read

A Wedding Dress for a Colonial Bride

5 Minute Read

Committees of Correspondence

Salmon in Slices with Prawn Sauce

3 Minute Read

Des Beignets de Gelee de Grosseilles (Fritters of Currant Jam)

5 Minute Read

Bringing Sources to Life

4 Minute Read

Cabbage, with Onions

3 Minute Read

Conservators Reflect on Their Professional History at 50th-Anniversary Conference

7 Minute Read

Williamsburg Bray School Project Update

5 Minute Read

Strong Broth

2 Minute Read

A Closer Look at Paintings: Portrait of Ellin North Moale

6 Minute Read

Preserving the Windmill: A Conversation with Steve Chabra

14 Minute Read

A Small Loaf with Oysters

3 Minute Read

22 Moments from 2022

5 Minute Read

November 1927 Restoration Planning Meeting

5 Minute Read

Boiled Plum Pudding

5 Minute Read

Pork or Veal Cutlets

3 Minute Read

A Recap of the 2022 Teacher Institute

6 Minute Read

New Accessions in Black American Artists and Artisans Exhibition

5 Minute Read

That’s True Honor: Native American and Indigenous Veterans

8 Minute Read

Spinage Toasts

3 Minute Read

Pepper Pot Soup

5 Minute Read

Toothbrushes in Colonial Virginia Part 2: Licorice Root

6 Minute Read

Orange Shirt Day

7 Minute Read

Toothbrushes in Colonial Virginia Pt 1

7 Minute Read

A Closer Look at Paintings

5 Minute Read

New Archaeology Center to Expand, Transform Program

4 Minute Read

Uncovering the Powder Magazine’s Past

4 Minute Read

Out of Many, One

6 Minute Read

Salmagundy

3 Minute Read

Plowing New Ground: Connecting With the Past at Ewing Field

8 Minute Read

Forced Cucumbers

3 Minute Read

Salad Dressing

3 Minute Read

A Summertime Art Museums Tour

8 Minute Read

Baked or Fried Mushrooms in Paste

3 Minute Read

10 Ways to Beat the Heat this Summer

7 Minute Read

Conversations with Master Tradesmen

11 Minute Read

Pistachio Creams

3 Minute Read

The Art of "Persuasion": A Look at the Austen Era

9 Minute Read

Shots, Pots, and Pox: Researching Caregiving in Williamsburg during the Revolutionary War

8 Minute Read

Thomas Crease and the Custis Square Garden Layout

6 Minute Read

Barbeque Shoat or Pork

3 Minute Read

200 Years of Returns: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration

5 Minute Read

Iron Duck Decoy

5 Minute Read

Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing, Oh My!

5 Minute Read

Forced Cabbage

4 Minute Read

Finding Dr. Pawpaw: The Remedy

9 Minute Read

5 Gifts for Father’s Day

3 Minute Read

Fried Celery

2 Minute Read

Eggs President Fashion

2 Minute Read

A Look into Our Lambing Season

5 Minute Read

Reproducing Sir Walter Raleigh

6 Minute Read

American Indian Visitors in Williamsburg

6 Minute Read

Sippet Pudding

3 Minute Read

News from the Powder Magazine

7 Minute Read

Mint Juleps

4 Minute Read

News from Custis Square

6 Minute Read

Live Out Your Bridgerton Daydreams in CW

6 Minute Read

Tomatoes and Eggs

2 Minute Read

“Engine of Correction”: women, ducking stools, and whipping posts in early Virginia

11 Minute Read

Signs of Spring

4 Minute Read

Peas the Portuguese Way

4 Minute Read

Innermost House Frame Project Blog

7 Minute Read

Scallops Broiled in their Shells

3 Minute Read

The Benjamin Lewis Spraggins, Sr. Sociable Carriage

6 Minute Read

Beef Olives

3 Minute Read

Doughnuts

3 Minute Read

Five History Books Under Three Hundred Pages

8 Minute Read

Macaroons with Cream

3 Minute Read

Revisiting Thomas Everard’s Parlor

7 Minute Read

Onion Pie

3 Minute Read

Sweet Potato Buns

3 Minute Read

Crime and Punishment…and Human Rights

7 Minute Read

Mince Pie

4 Minute Read

The Yule Log Ceremony

4 Minute Read

Why we use the term American Indian

6 Minute Read

Rich Cake

3 Minute Read

Sweet Potato Pudding

3 Minute Read

Restoring Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery Posts

8 Minute Read

Puffed Eggs

3 Minute Read

Completing the Ensemble

6 Minute Read

Barley Soup

2 Minute Read

Learn to count!

4 Minute Read

5 Things to Know About Navajo Weavings, Adapting Tradition

6 Minute Read

Celebrating Archaeology Month at Colonial Williamsburg

7 Minute Read

Introducing Our Cornerstone US: Past, Present, Future Panelists

6 Minute Read

Stuffed Apples

3 Minute Read

An Antique Lovers Guide to Colonial Williamsburg

5 Minute Read

Eggs in Croquettes

3 Minute Read

Fried Chicken

3 Minute Read

The Enslaved Men and Women of Margaret Hunter’s Millinery

9 Minute Read

Souffle Biscuits

3 Minute Read

New Hunting Shirts for the Junior Fifes and Drums Corps

6 Minute Read

Soup Meagre

3 Minute Read

What Not to Miss in New Exhibition, “A Gift to the Nation”

5 Minute Read

Making Maria

11 Minute Read

Strawberry Fritters

2 Minute Read

Beets Dressed With Garlic

2 Minute Read

How to Savor Summer

5 Minute Read

Dance Lesson 4: Putting it all Together

2 Minute Read

Tourte De Chocolate

3 Minute Read

Virginia History Road Trip Guide

5 Minute Read

Brickyard Update: We’re Moving!

5 Minute Read

Finding Edmond Parsons

11 Minute Read

A Plenty-full Table

5 Minute Read

Simcoe Unturned

8 Minute Read

What Can Paint Analysis Tell Us About the Bray School?

6 Minute Read

5 Gifts for Father’s Day

3 Minute Read

A Future and a Hope

8 Minute Read

Raspberry Dumplings

3 Minute Read

Juneteenth: Slavery and the Struggle for Emancipation

Transparent Pudding

3 Minute Read

Weedkiller

8 Minute Read

Why We Chose to Center the Lives of the Enslaved in Our Newest Virtual Tour of the Randolph Site

5 Minute Read

How Today’s Technology Brings the Past to Life in the Newest Randolph Site Virtual Tour

7 Minute Read

Cracknels

3 Minute Read

Fairy Butter

2 Minute Read

What Similarities and Differences Did the 13 Colonies Share?

6 Minute Read

Behind US: Past, Present, Future

7 Minute Read

The First President’s First 100 Days

7 Minute Read

Five of Our Favorite Garden Tools

7 Minute Read

Chicken Surprise

4 Minute Read

A Day at the Art Museums

5 Minute Read

Blown Almonds

2 Minute Read

Curried Catfish

3 Minute Read

Carrot Pudding

4 Minute Read

7 Wooly Fun Ways to Lamb Up Your Visit

4 Minute Read

London’s Saint Thomas’s Hospital, A Teaching Hospital for Two Williamsburg Practitioners

8 Minute Read

Researching Spotlight: Finding Dr. PawPaw Part 2

9 Minute Read

Behind the Seams

6 Minute Read

Looking Ahead to the Garden Symposium with Joe Lamp’l

7 Minute Read

The Ladies Advisory Committee

8 Minute Read

To Make Ends Meet: Working Women in the 18th Century

9 Minute Read

Orange Creams

2 Minute Read

Research Spotlight: Finding Colonial Williamsburg's Black Archaeologists

13 Minute Read

Onion Soup

3 Minute Read

Albert Durant: A Lens Focused Upon African American History

8 Minute Read

Exercise in the 18th Century

7 Minute Read

Pink Colored Pancakes

3 Minute Read

Behind the New Behind-the-Scenes Architectural Preservation Virtual Tour

7 Minute Read

Custis Update: An Unexpected Find Across the Street

6 Minute Read

What is Folk Art?

3 Minute Read

Rice Omelet

3 Minute Read

Staying Warm This Winter: Blanket Coats in 18th-Century Chesapeake Bay

7 Minute Read

Wearing 18th Century Clothing as a Modern Uniform

7 Minute Read

Italian Fritters

3 Minute Read

What are the Decorative Arts?

4 Minute Read

Amulet of Green Beans

3 Minute Read

Compounding Vinegar of Roses

6 Minute Read

Orange Loaves

3 Minute Read

“By His Hand”

5 Minute Read

Compounding Simple Bitter Infusion

4 Minute Read

Educational Conferences Go Virtual

6 Minute Read

Cheshire Pork Pie

3 Minute Read

Nun's Cake

3 Minute Read

Conservation of the Menokin Stairway

9 Minute Read

Toast the Holidays with Chocolate Wine

2 Minute Read

Miniature Menagerie: A German Toy in America

6 Minute Read

Sugar Cakes

2 Minute Read

Fun Facts About Harpsichords

4 Minute Read

Pears Stewed Purple

2 Minute Read

On to the Next Phase of the First Baptist Church Archaeology Project

6 Minute Read

A Well-traveled Teapot Returns to Williamsburg

4 Minute Read

Syllabubs Three Ways

4 Minute Read

Compounding Tincture of Cinnamon

4 Minute Read

Scottish Dress in 18th-Century Virginia

10 Minute Read

Historical Portrait of George Washington

5 Minute Read

French Bread

3 Minute Read

Researching Spotlight: Finding Dr. PawPaw

8 Minute Read

Saying Their Names: Honoring Women in “Sentiments of American Women”

5 Minute Read

A Peek into the Wreath-Makers Workshop

5 Minute Read

The Right Stuff! A Black Worsted Wool Gown

5 Minute Read

Compounding Chalk Decoction

4 Minute Read

Palace Green Scavenger Hunt

2 Minute Read

Germany’s Journey to the New World

6 Minute Read

The Race for Rights

7 Minute Read

A Marzipan Hedgehog

4 Minute Read

Myth Busting with Martha

8 Minute Read

Mapping Colonial South Carolina and Georgia

6 Minute Read

Stewed Beef Rump

3 Minute Read

The Candidates: Elections in the Eighteenth-Century Style

7 Minute Read

Apple Fritter

3 Minute Read

Giving an Officer’s Coat New Life with Death Head Buttons

6 Minute Read

Farced Mushrooms

3 Minute Read

Fruit in a Bottle

4 Minute Read

The Best Ways to See Fall Colors

4 Minute Read

Compounding Conserve of Mint

2 Minute Read

King’s Arms Tavern Welcomes Diners Back

4 Minute Read

A Southern Loyalist’s silver belt plate of the Revolutionary War

4 Minute Read

Stay, Play & Learn Itinerary

6 Minute Read

Gingerbread Cakes

3 Minute Read

Missing the Forest for the Trees

6 Minute Read

Much More Than A Secretary

8 Minute Read

Asparagus Forced in French Rolls

3 Minute Read

A Flowerpot with a Family History?

5 Minute Read

Five Things You Should Know About 18th-Century Medical History

4 Minute Read

Hoist Up the Flag: The British Red Ensign

8 Minute Read

Loaf Spanish-Fashion

3 Minute Read

Ragoo of Oysters

3 Minute Read

Washington’s First War

9 Minute Read

The Spectator

6 Minute Read

Whisking Away

4 Minute Read

Williamsburg’s Restoration through the Lens

7 Minute Read

Provisioning the Fleet to Fight Contagion and Maintain the Health of the Crew

8 Minute Read

Beef Steaks

3 Minute Read

Thomas Jefferson Wore Patched Clothes and You Can Too!

7 Minute Read

Cutting to the Chase

4 Minute Read

The Story of Lena Richard

7 Minute Read

Frying Crab

3 Minute Read

Tobacco: My View From Under the Sun

8 Minute Read

What Did He Say?

9 Minute Read

A Year in the Life of a 21st-Century Colonist

7 Minute Read

To Make Lemon Cheesecakes

2 Minute Read

America’s First Bromance

4 Minute Read

Making Moccasins

4 Minute Read

How Much Clothing Did an 18th-Century Woman Really Own?

9 Minute Read

The Bird Fancyer’s Delight

6 Minute Read

Creating an Embroidered Coat for George Washington

6 Minute Read

How to appear knowledgeable about Virginia Architecture

7 Minute Read

Oysters on Skewers

3 Minute Read

Comparing Horse Power

3 Minute Read

Budding Style

4 Minute Read

Laying out the Garden

9 Minute Read

A Day at Colonial Williamsburg

8 Minute Read

This History of the Milking Devon

4 Minute Read

Handling the Heat

4 Minute Read

Research Spotlight: Understanding the Robert Carter House

6 Minute Read

Tavern, Palace, and Parlor

7 Minute Read

How We Know What We Know About Milliner Margaret Hunter

8 Minute Read

Telling Their Stories

11 Minute Read

8 Photo-Ops Not to Miss This Summer

4 Minute Read

A Dream Fulfilled

4 Minute Read

Freedom of the Press in the eyes of the Founding Fathers

11 Minute Read

A Parent’s Guide to Weekly Visits

6 Minute Read

Reflections on ‘Created Equal’

9 Minute Read

Test your Thomas Jefferson Knowledge

1 Minute Read

Making Mistakes and More: 5 Elements of an Apprenticeship

5 Minute Read

Planting with Hope

8 Minute Read

New Animal Crossing Fashions

3 Minute Read

A Survey of the Material Culture of Enslaved Black Women through Runaway Slave Advertisements

11 Minute Read

How Did You Get This Job?

6 Minute Read

Humor in the 18th-century

7 Minute Read

How to Make a Mask

3 Minute Read

Exhibitions of Fancy

7 Minute Read

Bringing the Past to Life: From Archaeologists to Actors

10 Minute Read

How to Read a Runaway Ad

5 Minute Read

Exploring African American History Through Music

3 Minute Read

What is Juneteenth?

4 Minute Read

How to Make a Market Wallet

5 Minute Read

Resources for Understanding Race and Inequality Through History

5 Minute Read

A Statement from Colonial Williamsburg

3 Minute Read

How to Use the CW Planner

5 Minute Read

The Wheelwright Shop’s Most Frequently Asked Questions

4 Minute Read

Counting Spoons

8 Minute Read

Bread for the History Lover

6 Minute Read

What’s Your Favorite Tool?

7 Minute Read

Warriors Stood There

5 Minute Read

Who is James McClurg?

14 Minute Read

Being Uncomfortable in Character

7 Minute Read

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Character Interpretation

7 Minute Read

Timber!

5 Minute Read

Four Facts about George Mason

7 Minute Read

Dad Bods and Teacups

8 Minute Read

The Life of an 18th-century Hairdresser

6 Minute Read

Dance Lesson 3: Figures

8 Minute Read

Nerves of Steel

6 Minute Read

Getting to know James

8 Minute Read

Animal Updates

5 Minute Read

Call it Macaroni

11 Minute Read

3 things you might not know about America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman

7 Minute Read

America’s First Epidemic

6 Minute Read

Bring a little art and history to your virtual world!

4 Minute Read

Out of Adversity: The Smallpox Census

6 Minute Read

More than the Voice of the Revolution

5 Minute Read

The Art of Beauty

5 Minute Read

Flying thro’ the Air

6 Minute Read

Dance Lesson 2: The Structure of Two-Couple Dances

7 Minute Read

Military Buttons At Custis Square and Beyond

4 Minute Read

Poisons, Potions and Panaceas

5 Minute Read

ON THIS DAY IN WILLIAMSBURG: Trauma in the William Moody Household

6 Minute Read

A Feast for the Senses

6 Minute Read

Butterflies in the Colonial Garden

6 Minute Read

How To Make Cranberry Tart

3 Minute Read

5 Truths About Tulips

7 Minute Read

Luxury Vegetables of the 18th Century

3 Minute Read

Making 18th-Century Dolls

5 Minute Read

How to Make a Glue Brush

7 Minute Read

Play in the 18th Century

8 Minute Read

The Patron Saint of self-isolation

7 Minute Read

New Lambs, New Wool

5 Minute Read

Buttered Onions Another Way

2 Minute Read

Behind Our New Virtual Tours

6 Minute Read

From Daub to Dough

6 Minute Read

One Last Thing …

7 Minute Read

Community Outreach during COVID-19

5 Minute Read

Research Spotlight: Delftware Teabowls

6 Minute Read

5 Facts About George Washington

6 Minute Read

Dance Lesson 1: Honoring Your Partner

6 Minute Read

Buckle Up!

6 Minute Read

Nation Builder Book Recommendations

5 Minute Read

Researching 40 Years of African American Interpretation

6 Minute Read

How To Make Carrots And French Beans Dressed The Dutch Way

2 Minute Read

Imagining COVID-19 in the 18th-century

6 Minute Read

To Make An Apple Pie

3 Minute Read

Dance, Dance (during the) Revolution!

8 Minute Read

Tales from the Public Gaol

7 Minute Read

Getting to know Clementina Rind

6 Minute Read

FAQs with our American Indian Interpreters

5 Minute Read

“Is that fire real?” And Other Questions It’s Ok to Ask at Colonial Williamsburg

6 Minute Read

Questions I Get About Gowan Pamphlet

4 Minute Read

“5 Things You Might Not Know About Thomas Jefferson”

6 Minute Read

Connecting to Past Makers

5 Minute Read

Welcome, Lambs!

4 Minute Read

All Thing Being Equal

8 Minute Read

5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Martha Washington

9 Minute Read

Brewing Beer, sharing Knowledge from England

4 Minute Read

DIY Spring Wreath

2 Minute Read

Inside Capitol Training

6 Minute Read

Wythe 102

10 Minute Read

"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!"

9 Minute Read

Captain Barry Goes to Williamsburg

7 Minute Read

The 52 Letter Word

8 Minute Read

Preparing for Dye Days

5 Minute Read

The Stamp Act

Celebrate the Governor’s Palace 85th Anniversary

6 Minute Read

Staring at the Sun

7 Minute Read

Wythe 101

9 Minute Read

How To Make Chelsea Buns

5 Minute Read

African American Watercolors

2 Minute Read

How To Make Chicken The French Way

3 Minute Read

History is Alluring

5 Minute Read

How to Make Carrot Puffs

3 Minute Read

Not Your Typical Internship

5 Minute Read

How to Make Potato Balls

4 Minute Read

Why "Created Equal?"

4 Minute Read

Wayward Highlanders

7 Minute Read

What Does “interpretation” Mean, Anyway?

5 Minute Read

Long Live Tradition

5 Minute Read

Man in the Making

5 Minute Read

The Inhabitants

9 Minute Read

A Woman Computer

7 Minute Read

Pilot of the Patriot

8 Minute Read

The Great Cake Debate

8 Minute Read

Sir Reginald Cleans up Nicely

5 Minute Read

Inside the Textiles Lab

5 Minute Read

Handling the Heat

4 Minute Read

Marching Ambassadors

3 Minute Read

An International Stage

2 Minute Read

7 Ways to Beat the Heat This Summer

5 Minute Read

Jane Austen Lovers

3 Minute Read

5 Lions in our Collections

3 Minute Read

Head Over Heels

6 Minute Read

A Suit of Clothes For Puss

7 Minute Read

Connecting with the Past

5 Minute Read

Furber's Flowers

13 Minute Read

Maintaining Our Painted Surfaces in the Historic Area

3 Minute Read

Monitoring and Treating for Pesky Pests

5 Minute Read

Painting The Governor’s Palace

5 Minute Read