46 Results for tag "Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg"
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Tour: Art Museums Overview
Join us on a 20-minute guided tour and enjoy some Museum favorites.
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Tour: Black Artists and Artisans
Enjoy a guided tour of the exhibit "'I made this': Works by Black Artists and Artisans."
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DIY Craft: Quilting
Examine a quilt by maker Rita Mae Pettway, then enjoy a mini quilting project.
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Presentation: Rediscovering the Bray School
Discover how our interpreters and scholars are making history by exploring the untold and ongoing story of the Williamsburg Bray School.
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Hands-On: Stories on Stage
In this interactive family program, tell the tale of brave St. George and the Dragon! Learn about items in the Art Museums collection connected to the story & then take the stage.
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Performance: Pursuing Happiness
Witness imagined conversations between Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and King George III to discover the ghosts behind Jefferson’s drafts of the Declaration of Independence.
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Presentation: Good Stories about Great Stuff
Join a curator, conservator, educator, archaeologist, or historian to discover who created the object, who owned it, and how it ended up in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.
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Performance: Finding Jane Vobe
A sneak peek behind the scenes into the research behind Colonial Williamsburg's newest Nation Builder Jane Vobe.
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Music: Viola da Gamba, From England to Virginia
Join Governor’s Musician Brady Lanier in exploring the musical journey of the viola da gamba from England to Virginia.
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Performance: Before Revolution: Fairfax Resolves
Join George Mason in 1774 as he reflects on the philosophies, conversations, and circumstances of others and witness how he uses these to create The Fairfax Resolves.
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Music: Mind the Music and the Step
Join members of the Governor’s Musick for an exploration of the political lyrics set to popular tunes at the time of the American Revolution.
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Performance: From Freedom to Slavery
After making a free life for herself as an adopted Shawnee Indian, Methotaskee is brought back into slavery.
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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.
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Presentation: Deed Without a Name
Discover the tale of this musical theater playwright, who lost his career due to public exposure of his homosexuality. Mature subject matter, audience discretion advised.
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Hands-On: Crack the Code
Investigate Revolutionary War events through secret messages to see if you can Crack the Code.
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Museum Discoveries: The Public Hospital of 1773
Explore the Public Hospital of 1773 for a discussion about 18th-century mental health and the history of the reconstructed mental hospital.
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Hands-On: Create Art!
Drop by the Goode Education Studio and create art inspired by an object on exhibit.
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Tour: Backstory
During this guided tour, explore the stories behind the objects on display.
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Tour: Good Stories about Great Stuff
Explore the galleries with a curator, conservator, educator, archaeologist, or a historian on this guided tour.
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Tour: Williamsburg Lost & Found
Explore the history of Williamsburg through objects on exhibit during this guided tour.
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Music: Harpsichord Battle Sonatas
Learn how the evolving and bombastic battle sonata helped shape an American musical identity separate from our British ancestors.
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Special Event: Mr. Jefferson and The Giant Moose
An amazing tale in which Jefferson obsessed over a very large, very dead moose that he believed could help quash early French arrogance toward the fledgling American republic.
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Tour: Favorite Family Pets
Join us on a family-friendly tour as we explore the galleries for animals of all shapes and sizes.
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Tour: Poetry & Art
Join us on a family-friendly tour. We will explore the galleries, connecting objects on exhibit to favorite poems, and then enjoy a poetry-writing activity.
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Special Event: Did You Know? History Game Show
Come on down to the Hennage Auditorium to test your knowledge of history. Expand your mind! Impress your friends! Win a prize! Featuring special guest Thomas Jefferson.
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Homeschool Performance: Nation Builder
Step into the past with a Nation Builder. Through stories, discussion, and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges they faced.
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Homeschool Hands-On: Create Art!
Explore the Galleries at the Art Museums, then drop by the Goode Education Studio and create art inspired by objects on exhibit.
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Music: How to Play the 18th-Century Violin
The violin was played by all classes and in all settings in 18th-century Virginia. Come hear how this instrument was played; it is easier said than done.
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Presentation: The Powder Magazine's Modern History
This talk, exploring the period from 1889 to present, will examine the more recent preservation and interpretation history of the Magazine.
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Special Event: We are Everywhere
Join Professor Greg Smithers to open new insights into histories of gender diversity and sexual fluidity in Native America.
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Performance: Good Progress
Meet Mrs. Wager, teacher of the Williamsburg Bray School, as she debates the nature of her school with Elizabeth DeRosario, a free Black woman.
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Special Event: The Crisis of 1798
How must a democracy work if it is to survive? How should citizens disagree? What is a loyal opposition? Explore these questions through America's constitutional crisis in 1798.
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Special Event: Splendid Settings
Mottahedeh's President and Design Director Wendy Kvalheim will look back at the founding of the company, highlighting ongoing partnerships with America’s historic properties.
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Presentation: Researching Indigenous History
Join the American Indian Initiative team as they share their research, programming, and outreach efforts as the initiative turns twenty years old.
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Presentation: The Shawnee and Dunmore at War, 1774
Discover how Indigenous alliances, the Proclamation of 1763, and settlers’ quest for land contributed to the 1774 Shawnee-Dunmore War and why choosing a winner isn't always clear.
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Performance: Is Our Love Enough
Join Sarah and Lewis Hallam as they step through the trials of marriage, family, and the theatre in the 1770s
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Performance: Designing Virginia's Seal
Join George Mason and George Wythe as committee members to design the new seal of a free and independent Virginia.
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Performance: The Offering
Colonel William Byrd III, one of the most powerful loyalists in Virginia, has suddenly abandoned his allegiance to the king by seeking a commission in the Continental Army.
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Special Event: The Williamsburg Symphony
Enjoy an enchanting evening with The Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra's string quartet as they showcase a captivating selection of classical favorites.
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Special Event: Gothic Airs on the Organized Piano
Step into the Making Music in Early America exhibit with Governor's Musick's Kyle Collins for a night of gothic-flavored music on the organized piano.
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Special Event: Regency Music of Barraud & Beyond
Step into the Making Music in Early America exhibit with Kyle Collins for a Classical concert on the organized piano, one of the few playable keyboards of its kind in the world.
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Reproducing Sir Walter Raleigh
In 2017, a lead bust of Sir Walter Raleigh (Figure 1) was removed from the pediment above the front door of the Raleigh Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area prior to the addition of a porch. This gave conservators the opportunity to address the sculpture’s corrosion and structural damage issues.
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Iron Duck Decoy
The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are home to a breathtaking range of folk and decorative art. Uncover the history behind beautiful objects in masterfully curated exhibitions in our series “Amazing Stories. Beautifully Told.”Today we’re looking at a highly unusual and rare duck decoy on view in the Clark Gallery. …
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The Art of "Persuasion": A Look at the Austen Era
“It is a truth universally acknowledged…” that we love to read Jane Austen. Perhaps we can Persuade you to join us for a visit at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, for any “person…who has not the pleasure in a good” museum visit, “must be intolerably stupid.” What better way …
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A Closer Look at Paintings
The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are home to a breathtaking range of folk and decorative art. Uncover the history behind beautiful objects in masterfully curated exhibitions in our blog series “Amazing Stories. Beautifully Told.”Today we’re taking a closer look at a painting going on view October 22 in the …
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A Closer Look at Paintings: Portrait of Ellin North Moale
The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are home to a breathtaking range of folk and decorative art. Uncover the history behind beautiful objects in masterfully curated exhibitions in our series “Amazing Stories. Beautifully Told.”Today we’re taking a close look at another painting on view in the Blagojevich Gallery. It’s part …