Tips for your winter visit
Calendar
A sampling of today's programs
Monday, February 6, 2012
- Museum exhibits
- Black History Month, African American, Special Program
- Orientation Walk, Family Program, Walking Tour
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum,
- DeWitt Wallace Museum,
- African American Folk Art, Museum Program
- Decorative Arts Highlights, Museum Program, Walking Tour
- Music at the Stith, Music program
- An Introduction to Folk Art, Museum Program
- Meet a Nation Builder, Revolutionary City, Special Program
- Decorative Arts Highlights, Museum Program, Walking Tour
- An Introduction to Folk Art, Museum Program
- Pleasures of the Dance, Family Program, Music program, Tavern Programs
- Focus on Maps, Museum Program
- Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Bruton Heights, Family Program, Walking Tour
- Pleasures of the Dance, Family Program, Music program, Tavern Programs
- Meet a Nation Builder, Revolutionary City, Special Program
- Focus on Maps, Museum Program
View more daily programming, special events, and evening programs.
The Historic Area
Open from 9:30 to 4:30 every day this winter.
Available options:
- More than 20 historic trades
- Daily and evening programs
- The reconstruction of an 18th-century coffeehouse
- Revolutionary City themed programs
Museums
New and current exhibitions at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum:
- New: "Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art" and "Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing"
- Current: "American Furniture: From Virginia to Vermont" and "Down on the Farm"
- Also experience musical programs, lectures, and tours that reveal layers of discovery.
Dining
- Warm up with the "Taste of the Taverns" menu at the Lodge.
- Stop for a bite at the Museum Café.
- In the Historic Area, stop for a snack at the Raleigh Tavern Bakery, or in Merchants Square restaurants and cafés.
- Beginning in February, eat a meal in Chowning's Tavern.
Inclement weather options
When skies are cloudy
- Stay warm and dry at the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
- Browse the shops in Merchants Square.
- See a show at the Kimball Theatre.
- Explore the Visitor Center
- Indulge in a day at the spa.
