Colonial Williamsburg

Evening Programs

Experience our Night Life! There is no better way to round off your experience in Williamsburg than by participating in one of the evening programs. The town changes completely at night, offering another perspective to your students. With programming specifically designed for school groups, your students will not only enjoy the evening programs, but they will learn more and be able to put to use the information they have been gathering at school and during their visit. The evening programs take place from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m., or from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m.

The following are some of the Colonial Williamsburg programs that are especially interesting for school groups:

• Lanthorn Walking Tours – Further explore the trades during an interpreter-led visit to shops and workplaces in the eighteenth-century capital.

• African-American Life - Papa Said Mama Said – Experience a moving program in which 18th-century free and enslaved blacks reflect on lessons learned through stories told by their elders.

• Family Life - Colonial Dance – This program will help your students understand another facet of society by experiencing one of the favorite pastimes of colonial Virginians - dance. Discover what this diversion reveals about societal customs and cultures. Students may have a chance to participate.

• The Making of a Nation - In Defense of Our Liberty – Enlist in the Continental Army at the Magazine. Become a new recruit and see what it was like to be a soldier in the 18th century.

• Archaeology - Discovering the Past – Experience the fascinating world of historical archaeology as your students piece together the history of a site by the clues left behind. Learn about the material culture of a society and the process of using archaeology to learn more about the past