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Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg’s Newsroom — your link to information about the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a private non-profit foundation that operates the restored 18th-century capital of colonial Virginia. Journalists may register online to receive periodic updates of what’s new in the Newsroom.
News Releases
| Virginia Residents Receive 20 Percent Discount on Annual Passes | |
| Colonial Williamsburg and Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance Sponsor 9/11 Remembrance and Freedom Walk on Sept. 10 | |
| Colonial Williamsburg’s Revolutionary City Begins Fall Hours Labor Day, Sept. 6 | |
| Colonial Williamsburg’s 63rd Annual Antiques Forum Explores Decorative Arts Forensics | |
| Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute Completes 21st Season | |
| USAF Heritage of America Band, Fifes and Drums Premiere Special Arrangement of “America the Beautiful” During Constitution Day | |
| CW Brickmakers to Burn First Brick Kiln in September, Second Kiln in December | |
| Historical Archaeology Lays Foundation for Creation of Accurate Interior Settings | |
| Costume Design Center Offers Sewing Workshops | |
| Colonial Williamsburg’s John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library Acquires Additional Albert Durant Photographs | |
| Colonial Williamsburg Casts "Grey’s Anatomy" Actor Jesse Williams For Second Guest Artist Program | |
| The Stars Come Out at Night During Colonial Williamsburg’s Evening Programs | |
| When Insects Invade! Museum Professionals Discuss Unwanted Pests | |
| Boston Patriot Paul Revere Known For More Than His Midnight Ride | |
| CW's Costume Design Center teaches re-creation of 18th-century accessories, garment | |
| CW offers consumers direct access of official Foundation photography | |
| New Exhibition to Showcase Reconstruction of “This Old Coffeehouse” | |
| The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and Bassett Hall Offer Free Admission on Saturday, July 17 | |
| Juniors Learn Game for a Lifetime at Golden Horseshoe Golf Camp | |
| Williamsburg Farmers Market Open on Tuesdays This Summer | |
| Kimball Theatre Hosts Concerts, Storytelling and Theatrical Performances in July, August | |
| Family Fun Bounce Package Offers Great Vacation Value | |
| Performances at the Kimball Fit for the Founding Fathers | |
| Witness the Tumultuous Relationship Between Jefferson and Adams As They Take the Stage at Colonial Williamsburg’s Kimball Theatre | |
| In 2009 Colonial Williamsburg Reports Achievements in Programs, Outreach and Guest Service Against Backdrop of Recession | |
| Celebrate July 4th in the 18th-century Capital of Virginia That Witnessed the Birth of a Nation | |
| Fashion Before Ease in Courtship in 18th-century Play at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | |
| Fourth of July Celebrations Inspire In Place where the Story of American Independence Began | |
| Church Youth Groups Invited to Visit, Perform in the Birthplace of a Nation | |
| Author and Historian Tony Williams Explores How Jamestown Colony Nearly Failed and How It Survived | |
| New “Herbs in the Garden” Tour Joins Familiar Favorites in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area | |
| Historic Trades Artisans to Reproduce Revolutionary War Cannon June 23 | |
| “Revolutionary Women” introduced at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | |
| Hundreds of Military Re-enactors Re-create the 1781 British Army Occupation Of Williamsburg During “Under the Redcoat” Weekend June 25-27 | |
| New exhibition at DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum mixes disciplines: history and art with science | |
| CW new summer programs offer town-sized fun for families! | |
| Revolutionary City moves to cooler summer hours on June 14 | |
| CW museum program examines Princes Without a Palace | |
| Electronic Field Trips win regional Emmy awards | |
| Cherokee delegation returns to CW’s Historic Area, re-creating 18th-century diplomatic emissaries of sovereign nations | |
| Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trip Series presented to Henrico’s Pinchbeck Elementary in honor of Master Pools Guild Inc. | |
| New American citizens sworn in during Flag Day Naturalization Ceremony | |
| Williamsburg Inn presents the Art of Fine Food and Spirits | |
| A Night at the Museums celebrates a big birthday with cake and ice cream | |
| Program examines the differences in furniture that is antique, copied and fake | |
| Go behind the scenes of Colonial Williamsburg’s Costume Design Center | |
| Preservation Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg present 400th Anniversary of Lord De La Warr’s arrival at Jamestown | |
| Williamsburg, Va., among top five travel searches on Yahoo! Travel | |
| Industrial history uncovered by “Archaeologists At Work!” | |
| Colonial Williamsburg Provides Meeting Space Rich with History and Purpose | |
| Colonial Williamsburg plans to relocate Robertson’s Windmill | |
| CW To reconstruct Anderson’s Blacksmith Shop and Public Armoury | |
| Uncover treasures of historic shipwrecks during Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg program | |
| CW joins Blue Star Museum Program offering free admission to active duty military and families from Memorial Day through Labor Day | |
| European gentry fancied early American flowers and animals | |
| Timely topics telecast in fall Electronic Field Trip season | |
| Serene settings and scrumptious selections at Golden Horseshoe Grills | |
| Forrest E. Mars, Jr. elected Colonial Williamsburg Trustee | |
| Enjoy a cookout and an 18th-century traveling show at Chowning’s Tavern | |
| Benefit performances and beauty pageant highlight CW’s Kimball Theatre schedule in May and June | |
| Textiles tell tales in newest exhibition opening May 29 at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum | |
| Vacation in Virginia this summer and save with CW's value-loaded packages | |
| Music, dining at Williamsburg Lodge fitting finale to Festival Williamsburg Memorial Day weekend | |
| CW's Memorial Day ceremony remembers America's fallen | |
| Golden Horseshoe offers free mini golf lesson in May | |
| CW to show traveling sculptures of Obama Inauguration | |
| Colonial Williamsburg observes National Day of Prayer on May 6 | |
| Golden Horseshoe Junior Golf program begins June 21 | |
| Author Carson Hudson discusses life in Civil War-era Williamsburg | |
| Everybody loves a circus parade! | |
| Spring 2010 award recipients announced for Mary and Donald Gonzales Field Experience Fund | |
| Eighteenth-century children’s needlework focus of lecture at Colonial Williamsburg’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum | |
| The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg offers women's facial special May 2 | |
| CW launches premium Williamsburg Inn wine brand | |
| CW apps link present to past | |
| Bassett Hall, the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg offer complimentary admission on Saturday, April 17 | |
| CW's Fifes and Drums re-enact 18th-century military music tradition, Drummers Call, May 14-16 | |
| Revolutionary Story depicts Native American presence in Williamsburg on the eve of the American Revolution | |
| WILLIAMSBURG, QVC® debut what’s new for spring | |
| Go green at the Williamsburg Farmers Market April 3 | |
| Award-winning actor Mamie Gummer opens CW’s artist-in-residence program May 1 | |
| Explore CW's gardens this spring | |
| Historic Area taverns welcome guests from near and far | |
| CW's Costume Design Center opens its doors for behind-the-scenes tours | |
| Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival on Merchants Square concludes in March at CW’s Kimball Theatre | |
| Dance tunes, Fifes and Drums and blues ballads new to CW’s spring evening programs | |
| A Dream Fulfilled? Colonial Williamsburg’s African American Forum examines the significance of the 2008 presidential election | |
| New book probes one of the great unsolved mysteries of American history | |
| Williamsburg Inn Terrace Room pairs elegant setting with casual atmosphere | |
| Williamsburg Inn Tennis Club offers one free play March 19–31 | |
| See America’s Great Northwest through the eyes of artist Steve Harley | |
| April programs examine religion on the eve of the American Revolution | |
| Enjoy chamber music and tavern dinners 18th-century style | |
| Public invited to view dress rehearsals for new season of Revolutionary City | |
| Discuss "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" with Thomas Jefferson at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | |
| “Revolutionary City” book published for premiere of season five | |
| CW offers Virginia residents annual pass discount through March 31 | |
| Turmoil over taxation opens new Revolutionary City season | |
| Lunch and Museums for a Year: Better than dinner and a movie | |
| Crystal concerts, conversations with a Founding Father and Clean Comedy Night highlight March and April schedule at CW's Kimball Theatre | |
| Last change to see stars at CW's folk art museum | |
| Spa of Colonial Williamsburg offers free clips for Locks of Love | |
| Discover why beer was the toast of the 18th-century capital of Virginia | |
| New CW Electronic Field Trip teaches students through special effects and contemporary music | |
| CW presents the role of women during Women's History Month in March | |
| Author discusses Jefferson's "Flight from Monticello" in wartime during his term as governor of Virginia | |
| Meet the experts behind the exhibitions during "Meet the Curator and Conservator" tours at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | |
| CW reports 2009 ticket sales, Annual Fund results and endowment performance | |
| The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and Bassett Hall offer free admission Feb. 20 | |
| Military antiques focus of new lecture series at CW’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum | |
| CW brickmakers re-introduce lost art of wood-fired brick kilns to United Kingdom | |
| CW, Pearson introduce "The Idea of America,' groundbreaking interactive U.S. history and citizenship program | |
| Williamsburg Farmers Market begins the winter season on Valetine's Day weekend in Merchants Square | |
| Sewing workshop invites guests to create 18th-century thread-covered buttons | |
| CW's Feb. 11 Electronic Field Trip explores transatlantic slave trade | |
| Williamsburg Lodge serves foods and wines of Italy, France and Spain | |
| Golden Horseshoe hosts Spring Military Invitational March 6 – 7 | |
| CW's Black History Month programs illuminate live of 18th-century African Americans who fought for their freedom | |
| Renowned history scholar Alf Mapp to sign books at WILLIAMSBURG Booksellers Feb. 13 | |
| CW's Historic Foodways programs demonstrate how to make chocolate in the 18th-century tradition | |
| CW's 64th annual Garden Symposium examines how to adapt garden design and plant selection from historic sites to the modern home garden | |
| “Pints, Pairings and Poisoned Dwarf” combines ales from the Isles with dinner and music | |
| Meet the presidents as three of Virginia’s native sons tell the story of the birth of a nation during CW's Presidents Day Weekend Feb. 13-14 | |
| Enjoy live entertainment at CW’s Kimball Theatre | |
| CW Art Museums' guests can enjoy period music while touring the galleries | |
| Kimball Theatre hosts three film festivals in January, February | |
| David Rockefeller pledges $1 million to support African American initiatives | |
| CW offers special one-day admission with tavern lunch in January | |
| Steven L. Miller elected to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees | |
| Virginia Arts Festival and CW expand partnership to bring diverse entertainment to Williamsburg | |
| CW Art Museums engage young guests through hands-on activities during winter programs | |
| CW's Junior Volunteer Expos slated for Jan. 23 and 26 | |
| Williamsburg Lodge and Williamsburg Inn offer guests enticing choices for Restaurant Week 2010 | |
| 62nd Annual Antiques Forum to explore New England decorative arts | |
| Meetings With A Mission: CW provides meeting space rich with history and purpose | |
| Couples can create their own story with Williamsburg Lodge Winter Stories Package | |
| CW's "Pottery with a Past" Symposium explores stoneware in America during the Colonial and Post-Revolutionary Periods | |
| AARFAM to exhibit Steve Harley's work |
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