In addition to the usual interpretation, visitors to the Milliner Shop will be offered the opportunity to be 18th-century customers surrounded by the world of 18th-century fashion, commerce, and trade. The focus of this program will be the various branches of the milliner trade, beginning with embroidery. Embroidery suitable to the trade will be highlighted.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

Guests may enter and exit any time during the program.

Designed to help guests plan their visit. Our volunteers and costumed staff lead the 30-minute walks and provide guests with the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests also get an overview of the 18th-century community and learn about the restoration of Williamsburg.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission passes. Thirty minute tours depart every 10-15 minutes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Discover how gardens reflected status and wealth in the 18th century. This escorted walking tour will visit the Governor's Palace and other gardens along the Palace Green.

Free reservation required. Available to Annual Pass holders, Good Neighbors, and Hotel Guest Pass holders only.

Come and participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property come into contest. Our guests may take on roles as justices, attorneys, litigants, petitioners, or defendants. See how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

Enjoy an interactive public audience with a founding father of our nation in the historical context of the 18th century discussing political and social events of the day.

Included in all Historic Area admission passes.

Enjoy changing exhibitions of American folk art, the colonial and contemporary artists and craftspeople who work outside the mainstream of academic art to record aspects of everyday life. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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See an extensive collection of American and British antiques. See furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms, and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and the Public Hospital of 1773. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Come and participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property come into contest. Our guests may take on roles as justices, attorneys, litigants, petitioners, or defendants. See how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

Drop in and create a set of artist trading cards to commemorate your visit.

Included in all Historic Area or Museum admission passes.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Is the theater a moral academy or the devil’s chapel? It’s the church vs. the stage! Hear sermons and letters from both sides of the argument brought to life as fiery rhetoric and comic quips meet head to head. Join members of the Performing Arts Department as they take a look at the debate over theater’s place in society, focusing on audiences in London and Virginia, the Church of England, and the famous Methodist preacher, George Whitefield.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

Designed to assist guests with planning their visit, this program highlights options families will enjoy. Guides share the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests will receive an overview of the 18th-century community and specifically understand what childhood and family life was like in the 18th century. The walking tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission passes.

Come and participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property come into contest. Our guests may take on roles as justices, attorneys, litigants, petitioners, or defendants. See how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

An enslaved foreman, Daniel, struggles with his identity when his responsibilities as foreman—for which he and his family receive extra privileges on the plantation—come into conflict with his allegiance to the enslaved community.

Free reservation required along with any Historic Area admission pass.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and silver.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission tickets.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Come and participate in a local court session where lives, liberties, and property come into contest. Our guests may take on roles as justices, attorneys, litigants, petitioners, or defendants. See how the rights of Virginians were maintained in open court.

Included in all Historic Area admission tickets.

Designed to assist guests with planning their visit, this program highlights options families will enjoy. Guides share the latest information on programming, dining, and shopping options. Guests will receive an overview of the 18th-century community and specifically understand what childhood and family life was like in the 18th century. The walking tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission passes.

Let us introduce you to an evening at the theater. A favorite pastime of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century theater reflects the popular culture of the day. From marriage, fortune, and title, to master-servant relationships, no topic escapes the 18th-century stage.

Included in all Historic Area admission passes.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to the whimsical and fascinating paintings, sculpture, textiles, and more from Mrs. Rockefeller's original collection, for which the museum was founded.

Thirty-minute tours begin at noon and 2 p.m. Included in all Historic Area or museum admission tickets.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Participate in a worship service with preacher Gowan Pamphlet as he delivers a sermon proclaiming that American freedom cannot thrive without ending slavery.

Included in all Historic Area or Museum admission passes.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Let us introduce you to an evening at the theater. A favorite pastime of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, 18th-century theater reflects the popular culture of the day. From marriage, fortune, and title, to master-servant relationships, no topic escapes the 18th-century stage.

Included in all Historic Area admission passes.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, textiles, furniture, and silver.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission tickets.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

This in-depth tour of the museum's ceramics collection includes interesting stories about the craftsmen, their creations, and the functions for which they were used. Learn more about earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain from Europe, America, and the Orient.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission passes.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

On a guided tour, explore the galleries for depictions of kids in art, then create your own kid-inspired masterpiece to take home.

Included in all Historic Area or museum admission passes. 

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to the whimsical and fascinating paintings, sculpture, textiles, and more from Mrs. Rockefeller's original collection, for which the museum was founded.

Thirty-minute tours begin at noon and 2 p.m. Included in all Historic Area or museum admission tickets.

The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum gratefully acknowledges support for programs from The DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.