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Our Mission: to Feed the Human Spirit by Sharing America's Enduring Story Path between Woodlands Conference Center OKIN Governor’s Visitor Center O G Palace Stage and Historic Area KEY L Woodlands Historic Sites & Museums Flags in front of buildings Governor’s Palace Palace Hotel & Suites designate open sites. Stop Admission Ticket Required N Huzzah’s ORTH General Refreshments and Dining Restrooms Eatery Parking Kitchen Gateway VISITOR CENTER Shopping Tickets: Temporarily Closed Information and Tickets Revolutions: Temporarily Closed T X Lodging Bus Stops (9 a.m.–10 p.m.) Robert Carter Path between Closed Buildings Everard Visitor Center House Windmill House and Historic Area Orientation Zones McKenzie Great Hopes Other Historic Sites X Apothecary Plantation TO: Play House Randolph: MERCHANTS SQUARE Stage Randolph Yard African American Brickyard Wheelwright Life Modern Shopping Carpenter’s Yard NORTH ENGLAND STREET NORTH Randolph House and Dining with St George Cabinetmaker Tucker House over 40 stores and PRINCE GEORGE ST restaurants Public Gaol Kimball Theatre Wythe: Wythe Yard NICHOLSON STREET College of William Wythe House Powell T & Mary Cooper Geddy: MARKET Public Leather Works Silversmith Raleigh E House Geddy House Ludwell E SQUARE Prentis Printing Office Tavern R Patriots at Paradise Various Trades Charlton’s T Bruton Parish Church & Bindery S Play Field Stable Bakery Coffeehouse & Stage Dominion Energy Presents Foundry Caesar Courthouse Secretary’s R M. Dubois E L STREET NASSAU STREET NASSAU Golden STREET Liberty Ice Pavillion Prentis William Hope’s Apothecary Office L Christiana PALACE GREEN PALACE Grocer Ball STREET Milliner & Nov. 20, 2020–Feb. 15, 2021 Shop Chowning’s Store Pitt Store A Campbell’s Tavern Mantua-maker W Separate Ticket Required Tavern X DUKE OF GLOUCESTER STREET T Market Square: Magazine Yard CAPITOL ATM $ Tailor Capitol Joinery Colonial Market House Wetherburn’s Shields Garden Weaver Tarpley, King’s Arms Presbyterian Stop Merchants Lumber House Magazine Tavern Tavern Tavern Merchants Guardhouse Thompson, Meetinghouse Shoemaker BOTETOURT QUEEN Public Armoury: Square Square Ticket Office & Company Wigmaker Stop Ticket Office COLONIAL Blacksmith Gunsmith Shop Greenhow Tin Shop Store Kitchen BLAIR STREET African American Various Trades Religion Exhibit Market FRANCIS Tavern STREET Square Stop Stop Colonial Houses & Griffin Hotel Registration Public Parking for Tavern Guests Custis Square Parking for Lodge, Conference, Archaeology Project Inn, & Taste Studio Williamsburg Lodge Tennis Art Museums: & Conference Center Courts Parking for Spa Freeflow: ATM $ HENRY STREET HENRY Galleries ENGLAND Various Trades T Dining Griffin Shopping The Spa of Williamsburg Inn Hotel Ticket Office (9:15-5:30) ColonialWilliamsburg STREET Hennage Auditorium SOUTH Providence Hall Bassett Trace Museum Nature Trail Museums Golden Horseshoe Parking Golf Club Stop The Rockefellers’ Lodge NEWPORT AVENUE Stop Green and Spotswood Bassett Hall Golf Courses Revised January 2021 Our mission: To feed the human spirit by sharing America’s enduring story colonialwilliamsburg.org 1-800-HISTORY Help us share America’s enduring story by making a donation. Winter 2021 Guest Experience February is Black History Month - March is Women's History Month Programs: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Daily unless noted – All Outdoor Programs are Weather Permitting Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg–10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Daily • Discover our collections of fine, decorative, and folk art in our expanded gallery space. Visit through the new entrance and explore new exhibitions, a new Museum Store and enjoy the new Café. • Come see historic tradespeople practicing their trades stationed in select galleries from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Enjoy special programs in the Hennage Auditorium at 1:30 p.m. daily. • Join archaeologists January 22 thru March 12 on Monday & Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. for a special pop-up exhibition of artifacts! Art Museums American Indian Interpretation – Sunday–Tuesday 10:00 a.m.–12 noon Explore the diverse cultures of Native peoples and learn about the roles they played in creating a new country. Governor's Palace Grounds Behind the Wythe House Explore at your own pace. Discuss Enlightenment thinking and the ideas that shaped the Revolution. Wythe House Back Yard Brickyard Work - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday Discover the process of making bricks that will be used in building projects around town. Brickyard Capitol Exploration Take a guided tour of the first floor entering through the Courtroom and exiting through the House of Burgesses. Capitol Carpenter's Yard - Monday–Saturday Discover how the carpenters use hand tools to transform trees into lumber and lumber into buildings. Carpenter's Yard Courthouse Exploration Experience justice in the 18th century in an original building. Discover how the courthouse connects Virginians to their community. Courthouse Custis Square Archaeology Project - Monday–Friday: 9:30 a.m.-12 noon & 1–4 p.m. Stop by and find out what archaeology has to tell us about Custis Square and the people who lived there! Custis Square Archaeology Project Dominion Energy Presents Liberty Ice Pavilion - Daily Experience a winter tradition with a few turns on the ice. Liberty Ice Pavilion Separate Ticket Required Entertainments at the Play House – February 12–March 13 - 11:00 a.m. & 2 p.m. See the theatrical entertainments of The Jug Broke Theatre Co. Enjoyment for all! (20 min.) Play House Stage Fire a Flintlock Musket - Friday–Tuesday: 9:30, 11:00 a.m. & 1:30, 3 p.m. Fire live rounds at a target from two different reproduction 18th-century flintlock firearms used during the Revolutionary War. Williamsburg Lodge Separate Ticket Required Growing a Colonial Garden - Friday–Tuesday Explore this garden filled with vegetables and perfumed by heirloom roses and herbs. Colonial Garden Magazine Yard Talk with Military Program Staff in front of the Guard House. Magazine Yard Palace Exploration Explore the first floor of the residence of Virginia's last royal governor at your own pace. Governor's Palace Randolph Yard Exploration - Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday Explore the yard of the Randolph House and learn about the paradox of the household, home to 27 enslaved people. Randolph Yard The Public Armoury Witness the effort of diverse individuals to support the Revolutionary War at this industrial complex. The Public Armoury Visit a Nation Builder – January 3–February 12 - Monday-Friday 12 noon, Saturday & Sunday 12 noon & 3 p.m. February 13–March 13 - Daily 12 noon & 3 p.m. Step into the past with a Nation Builder and learn about their contribution to the founding of our nation. (30 min.) Charlton Stage Weavers at Work Watch how flax, cotton, and wool are converted from tangled masses into fabrics for a variety of uses. Weaver .
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