Jamestown Settlement is one of the most interesting living museums in Williamsburg or anywhere. It is a museum that pays tribute to the first permanent English Settlement in the New World. When you enter Jamestown settlement, you are transported back to the 1600's. Your outside walking tour starts in a Powhatan Indian village. The costumed interpreters will share all sorts of interesting information with you about how the Powhatan people lived back in the 1600's. You and your children can enter a long house, tan a deer hide, play Indian games and see how food was prepared.
Moving on, you will get to board replicas of all three of the ships that sailed from England under Captain Christopher Newport's command and landed weeks later in Jamestown. The crew aboard each ship will answer any question, and make the conditions under which you travelled come alive. You will get to totally explore the ships, even try out one of the beds.
The next area will show you James Fort and the way the English settlers lived during the first years. You will get to try on armor, see food being prepared and see an arms demonstration. There is always something interesting happening in the outdoor exhibit.
Once you are finished outside there is an amazing newly upgraded indoor exhibit area. It is exceptional. There is a very special food festival over Thanksgiving weekend that is wonderful. If you are in the area over Thanksgiving don't miss it!
Tickets are reasonable and can be combined with Yorktown Victory Center. There is free bus transportation between the two museums, which helps the tourist save on gas!
Monday, June 29, 2009
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