Yorktown Victory Center

Posted to: Historic Sites

Quick Facts
Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. Closed Christmas and New Year's Days. Price: $9.50 adults; $5.25 children (6-12). Combination ticket available with Jamestown Settlement: $20 adults and $10 children ages 6 to 12. Annual pass for both museums is $35 adults and $17.50 ages 6-12. Amenities: Outdoor picnic seating area available. Museum gift shop. Free parking. Other Amenities: Vending machines are supplied with snacks and drinks. Box lunches can be ordered from the Jamestown Settlement Café for pickup at the Yorktown Victory Center.

Quick Facts

Hours:
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. Closed Christmas and New Year's Days.

Price:
$9.50 adults; $5.25 children (6-12). Combination ticket available with Jamestown Settlement: $20 adults and $10 children ages 6 to 12. Annual pass for both museums is $35 adults and $17.50 ages 6-12.

Amenities:
Outdoor picnic seating area available. Museum gift shop. Free parking.

Other Amenities:
Vending machines are supplied with snacks and drinks. Box lunches can be ordered from the Jamestown Settlement Café for pickup at the Yorktown Victory Center.

Experience the drama of the American Revolution and the birth of a great nation at the Yorktown Victory Center. America’s struggle for independence is chronicled through a time line, extensive indoor galleries, film and outdoor living history.

Follow the “Road to Revolution” to learn what led to the conflict. In stimulating exhibit galleries, witness the firsthand accounts of men and women who lived during the Revolution and encounter the fascinating story of ships lost during the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. Outdoors in a re-created Continental Army encampment, join a cannon crew and visit the camp surgeon’s quarters to discover 18th-century medical care. Experience daily life after the war on a re-created 1780s Tidewater farm, and lend a hand with farm chores and process flax for cloth.

Source: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Yorktown Victory Center
Old Route 238, 12 miles from Colonial Williamsburg.
Yorktown VA 23187
757-253-4838 or toll-free 888-593-4682.
http://www.historyisfun.org/

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