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Historic Jamestowne

Posted to: Historic Sites Virginia

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Quick Facts

Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s days.

Price:
Adults - $10; Children ages 15 and under - free.

Amenities:
190-seat Jamestown Settlement Cafe. Free parking. Museum gift shop.

Parking:
Parking is free at Jamestown Settlement and will be on your left. Total driving time should be about an hour and fifteen minutes, unless you hit the tunnel between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on a weekday.

Historic Jamestowne is the actual site of the first permanent English settlement in America. The site is jointly administered by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and the National Park Service.

Visitors can tour the exhibits and theater at the Visitor Center, the Archaearium and its artifacts of James Fort, the James Fort excavation, the reconstructed 17th-century Jamestown Memorial Church and original tower, and the New Towne area along the James River. You can also watch costumed glassblowers at the Glasshouse and meet other ''colonists.''

Historic Jamestowne
Williamsburg VA
757-898-3400
http://www.historicjamestowne.org

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