49 Results for tag "Family-friendly"

• Performance: 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.

• 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 Emma Russell, quilter, and enjoy a mini-quilting project.

• Tour: Stables Behind-The-Scenes

  Get a behind-the-scenes look at our modern stables and learn more about our carriages.

• Presentation: The Necessity of Order in Battle

  Witness a demonstration of tactics that are crucial to success in combat.

• Hands-on: Daily Life

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

• Special Event: Lighting of the Cressets

  Join us on the historic Duke of Gloucester Street as we bring our 18th-century streets to life at night.

• Tour: Nassau Street, Past, Present, and Future

  Join us at the First Baptist Church site for a walking tour and learn how a century of archaeology is contributing to a dynamic past, present, and future on Nassau Street.

• Hands-On: Under Arms

  Guests of all ages will step into the shoes of soldiers enlisting in the army during the American Revolution.

• Performance: Play House of Horror

  Horror was a popular form of entertainment in the 18th century, as it is today. In both centuries, it was fodder for fun as much as fear!

• Conversation: Meet a Person of the Past

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

• Hands-On: Company of Comedians

  Children of all ages! Join the Play House Players on the Duke of Gloucester Street to learn about Williamsburg’s theatre and participate in 18th-century entertainments.

• Conversation: Farming with George Washington

  Meet George Washington at our Ewing Field where you can discuss farming practices, innovation, and the importance of agriculture to society.

• Event: Williamsburg Old Time Radio Hour

  Travel back in time to the golden age of radio with unique stories about Williamsburg during the Colonial Restoration. Enjoy live music, sound effects and holiday nostalgia!

• Evening Program: Dancing at the Governor's Palace

  "Virginians will dance or die" wrote an 18th-century diarist. What better time than the 21st century to learn a few "new" dance steps? Audience participation encouraged.

• Hands-On: The Art-full Tree

  Explore the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and discover the Folk Art Christmas Tree, then make your way to the Goode Education Studio and create an ornament to take home.

• Music: A Charles Dickens Christmas

  Gabe Stone, Mark Nixon, and David Gardner present a holiday show featuring readings from various Charles Dickens writings paired with Victorian Christmas carols.

• Music: A Very Virginia Christmas

  A concert of songs through the centuries interwoven with stories about Virginia from Wilford Kale’s book “A Very Virginia Christmas."

• Music: Eastern Virginia Brass

  Celebrate the holidays with the festive music of the Eastern Virginia Brass. Enjoy familiar music, new pieces and always great music.

• Music: Profound Joy

  In this concert, Timothy Seaman celebrates the wonder of the holiday season with early American and worldwide melodies and new compositions.

• Performance: A Holiday Medley

  A Holiday Medley brings the warmth and joy of holiday traditions, telling the tale of winter in Williamsburg over 250 years.

• Music: Breaking Up Christmas

  Dance tunes and songs that create a musical portrait of Virginia from the days of English country dances to the rise of country music in the Appalachian hills and hollows.

• Performance: Lucinda and the Lottery

  Based on a story from The Christmas Frolick (1775), Lucinda, a charming young heiress, devises a stratagem to test whose love is true.

• Performance: Of Christmas Past

  A British servant, newly arrived in the colony, reflects on the holiday traditions he has left behind in the mother country.

• Performance: Winter Revels at Pemberley

  The halls of Pemberley have witnessed years of winter revelry and today, preparations for yet another ball are underway!

• Performance: Christmas Entertainments

  Join the musicians and storytellers of the Play House Players for some 18th-century holiday fun!

• Performance: Gulliver's Travels

  Join us in a humorous retelling of Jonathan Swift's 18th-century novel Gulliver's Travels, which has been read all over the world since 1726.

• Street Theater: A Joyful Heart

  Join the community of Williamsburg and witness how the free and enslaved pursue freedom and find joy in the Christmastide season.

• Special Event: Firing of the Christmas Guns

  In the 18th century, guns were customarily fired in salute to the Christmas season. Join us on Duke of Gloucester Street for a re-creation of this event.

• Virginia Ballroom Christmas Day Brunch

  Join us for a Christmas Morning Brunch featuring Atlantic seafood treasures, shrimp cocktail, house-smoked salmon, artisan cheeses, and an array of antipasto and marinated salads.

• Traditions Seafood Buffet

  Join us on select dates in November and December for our Seafood Buffet at Traditions in the Williamsburg Lodge.

• Special Event: Salute to the Presidents

  The pageantry of fifes, drums, cannon, and remarks from Colonial Williamsburg Nation Builders salute our nation’s Presidents on Market Square.

• Special Event: Artful Winter Evenings

  Celebrate the holidays in this magical after-hours event at the Art Museums.

• Performance: Coffee Cantata

  Mrs. Charlton’s daughter is in love with the delicious juice of the coffee bean! A comedic ballad opera based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Coffee Cantata.”

• Event: A Crooner's Christmas

  Good Shot Judy pays tribute to the Classic Christmas Crooner Hits!

• Campbell's Easter Brunch

  Please join us at Christiana Campbell's Tavern for Easter Brunch.

• Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming

  Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.

• Hands-On: Create Art!

  Drop by the Goode Education Studio and create art inspired by an object on exhibit.

• Performance: Music of Queen Anne's World

  The Jug Broke Theatre Co. explores tunes and songs that wove themselves through the fabric of this important transitional time in the early 18th century.

• 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.

• Performance: Entertainments at the Play House

  Join members of the Jug Broke Theatre Company as we celebrate the season and play and talk about the stories behind some of our favorite music of the Revolutionary Era.

• Special Event Hands-On: The Art-full Tree

  Explore the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and discover the Folk Art Christmas Tree, then make your way to the Goode Education Studio and create an ornament to take home.

• Hands-On: Toy Making!

  Drop in and make a toy inspired by toys on exhibit.

• Explore the Declaration of Independence

  Join this guided tour and explore the Declaration of Independence through objects on exhibit.

• Tour: Favorite Family Pets

  Join us on a family-friendly tour as we explore the galleries for animals of all shapes and sizes.

• Performance: Visit with Colonel George Washington

  Step into the past with George Washington, Colonel of the Virginia Regiment. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Family Activities

  Planning a day at Colonial Williamsburg for your family? Try our Family Fun Trek, a curated list of all the must-see and do activities for families and kids.

• Play in the 18th Century

  Children in the 18th century used what they had to make toys. Create modern versions of these toys using recycled or reusable items from your home.

• King’s Arms Tavern Welcomes Diners Back

  Known to cater to colonial elites and influential politicians, King's Eye Tavern treats you to historic culinary delights. Read to learn more about this Tavern.