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For Green Thumbs & Garden Enthusiasts

Cool green spaces, flower gardens, big shade trees, and more. See why people keep coming back to our gardens!

Visit Historic Sites

Colonial Garden

Great Hopes Plantation

Governor's Palace

Arboretum and Gardens

Meet our Tradespeople

Apothecary

What was it like to be sick or injured in colonial times? Meet the apothecaries and learn how medicine, wellness, and surgical practices of the 18th century compare to today.

Cooper

What are buckets, piggins, firkins, and hogsheads? Ask a cooper. Watch coopers transform flat boards into precisely shaped staves and join them — all by eye — into barrels of these oddly-named sizes.

Anderson Blacksmith Shop and Public Armoury

The Revolutionary War wasn't won through battles alone. To keep pace with the might of British industry, Virginia desperately needed a new armoury. Watch our blacksmiths take red-hot iron from the fires of their forges and hammer it into a variety of tools, hardware, and weapons.

Dig Deeper

 

Land of Opportunity

Each season brings harvests of our gardens’ varieties.

Forgotten Fruit

Nutritious and easy to grow, the pawpaws that Colonists loved may be poised for a culinary comeback.

That Beets All!

Today the nutrition-packed beet is considered a “super food.” While the attention being paid to this colorful vegetable is new, beets themselves are not; beets were found in Colonial kitchen gardens in America.

The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

The distinctive collections of the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum are located under one roof.

EVENING PROGRAMS

The fun doesn't end just because the sun sets. Whether you're looking for some drama or to be spooked, there's something to entertain you.

Dine With Us

With a mixture of restaurants, bars, lounges, and cafés located in and around the Historic Area, you’ll find the perfect place for a historically-inspired family meal or an intimate evening of creative cuisine.