45 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.

• Tour: Freedom's Paradox

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

• 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.

• Special Event: CW Lights

  Explore our family-friendly evening experience in the Governor's Palace Gardens. This magical glow event will transform our world-class gardens.

• Voices of Their Hands

  Discuss the lives of enslaved tradespeople on this walking tour. Hear from our historic tradespeople discussing their experiences interpreting skilled laborers and their work.

• Tour: Women in Trades

  Join us for a walking tour discussing the often-surprising realities of women’s labor, skills, and rights in 18th-century Williamsburg and the Colonial Atlantic World.

• American Indian Interpretation

  Explore the diverse cultures of Native peoples striving to preserve their traditional way of life and learn about their roles in creating a new country.

• Palace Activity Stations for Home Educators

  Enhance your visit with our educational activity stations. Step into the palace gardens and participate in an interactive spotlight on loyalists.

• Freedom's Paradox for Home Educators

  Learn about the evolution of slavery, and how the institution impacted Williamsburg, the Colony of Virginia, and both the master and enslaved people.

• Popular Science: Enlightenment for Home Educators

  Engage in the 18th-century pastime of natural philosophy or scientific observation.

• Patriots at Play

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

• Palace Freedom Tour for Home Educators

  How did evolving definitions of freedom cause conflict between Great Britain and America?

• Capitol Freedom Tour for Home Educators

  Students and their families are invited on an engaging and interactive tour of Virginia’s second capitol building.

• Order in the Court for Home Educators

  Participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property are contested.

• Loquacious Lucy, Queen for a Day

  When Lucy, a loquacious enslaved child, learns that her friend has been sold, her father must teach her hard lessons about slavery and instill in her the pride of her ancestors.

• Armoury Activity Stations for Home Educators

  Enhance your visit with our educational activity stations. Explore Anderson’s armoury compound and learn about the war’s demands on Williamsburg’s industry.

• Capitol Activity Stations for Home Educators

  Enhance your visit with our educational activity stations. Learn about the founding principles of our government and your rights and responsibilities.

• A Patriotic American For Home Educators

  Elizabeth Braxton, the wife of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, reflects on her family's changes, challenges, and consequences during the Revolution.

• Visit a Nation Builder-Oconostota For Home ED

  Step into the past with Oconostota, the Great Warrior of Chota. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• A Taste of Freedom For Home Educators

  This performance tells the story of Americus Weston’s journey to freedom during the Civil War, developed to commemorate Juneteenth.

• Hands-On: Archaeology

  Here's your chance to get behind the scenes at the Custis site! Join archaeologists for an up-close look at the excavation!

• Family Workshop: Tailor

  Learn a variety of stitches and how they were used in the 18th century.

• Family Workshop: Apothecary

  Have what it takes to be an Apothecary Apprentice? Participants will compound a medicine, identify medicinal ingredients, learn their uses, and practice applying bandages.

• Evening Program: Ghost Walk Junior

  Calling guests of all ages! Enjoy this 45-minute ghost tour of traditional spooky stories with a Colonial Williamsburg flavor. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

• Family Workshop: Joiner

  Craftspeople have used math to create works of art. With a simple straight edge and compass, we will demonstrate exercises used to create simple geometric forms.

• Hands-On: Shoulder Your Firelocks!

  Engage in a military drill, learning the tactics and drill of the 18th-century soldier.

• Family Workshop: Cabinetmaker

  Join us for an in-depth, hands-on tour and demonstration of hand planes–one of the traditional woodworker’s most indispensable tools.

• Family Workshop: Weaver

  Learn about the importance of local fabric production in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War in this immersive, hands-on workshop.

• Family Workshop: Brickmaker

  Learn how to build a bread oven out of materials found in your backyard.

• Presentation: Good Stories about Great Stuff Kids

  Calling all KIDS! Join us as we explore stories about objects chosen just for YOU!

• 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.

• Tour: Custis Square Archaeology

  Take a guided tour and talk with archaeologists in the field about the current archaeological investigations at John Custis IV’s four-acre home and early 18th-century gardens.

• Performance: Street Theater

  The Williamsburg community comes to life in this street theatre experience exploring the daily lives of ordinary people during extraordinary times.

• Tour: Stables Behind-The-Scenes

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

• Performance: Family Theater

  The Jug Broke Theatre Co. present from their repertoire of plays, ballad operas, and music bringing the spirit of 18th-century theatre to you!

• Presentation: American Indian Life

  Through stories and questions, this series of programs will examine a specific aspect of American Indian history, society, and role in the American story.

• Public Auction

  Take part in an exciting auction! Bid on selected items from Colonial Williamsburg stores as well as exclusive items not available elsewhere.

• Special Event: A Salute to the Fallen

  A lone bagpiper plays selections from the Governor's Palace in tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to our nation while serving in America's Armed Forces.

• 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 in front of the Raleigh Tavern for some informal conversation or activity.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Oconostota

  Step into the past with Oconostota, the Great Warrior of Chota. Through stories and questions, explore the hopes, choices, and challenges he faced.

• Visit a Nation Builder-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.