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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Children's Orientation Walk
Type: Family Program, Walking Tour. Location: Gateway Building
The Children's Orientation Walk is designed to assist guests with planning their visit and will highlight options that 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.
10:45 11:15
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Decorative Arts Highlights
Type: Museum Program. Location: DeWitt Wallace Museum
Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.
30 minute tours begin at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Included in museum admission ticket.
Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
11:00 11:30
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Dean Shostak's Crystal Concert
Type: Kimball Theatre Program. Location: Kimball Theatre
Ticketed event.
The Crystal Concert showcases classical and traditional music from around the world. Discover the sounds of Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica, the Japanese Glass Violin, Crystal English Handbells, and the French Cristal Baschet.
All tickets $7.00
Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.
11:30 12:30
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Music for a Revolutionary Generation
Type: Day Program. Location: Raleigh Tavern
Come and experience musical diversions in a time of change. Members of the Governor's Musick, Colonial Williamsburg's Resident Performance Ensemble, will perform selections that would have been popular in both England and Revolutionary America during the 18th century on appropriate period instruments.
11:30 11:55
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Theater and the Road to Revolution
Type: Day Program. Location: Play Booth Theater
How did theater impact the political climate up to and during the war years? We acquaint you with the role theater played during a time when public performances were banned by our Continental Congress.
Topics vary daily, and include Washington's connection with theater, women's contributions to the war, and printed propaganda. You might be surprised by what you discover.
11:30 12:00
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Children's Orientation Walk
Type: Family Program, Walking Tour. Location: Gateway Building
The Children's Orientation Walk is designed to assist guests with planning their visit and will highlight options that 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.
11:45 12:15
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An Introduction to Folk Art
Type: Museum Program. Location: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
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 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Included in museum admission ticket.
Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
12:00 12:30
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Music for a Revolutionary Generation
Type: Day Program. Location: Raleigh Tavern
Come and experience musical diversions in a time of change. Members of the Governor's Musick, Colonial Williamsburg's Resident Performance Ensemble, will perform selections that would have been popular in both England and Revolutionary America during the 18th century on appropriate period instruments.
12:00 12:25
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Decorative Arts Highlights
Type: Museum Program. Location: DeWitt Wallace Museum
Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.
30 minute tours begin at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Included in museum admission ticket.
Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
1:00 1:30
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Order in the Court
Type: Day Program. Location: Courthouse
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.
25 minute program runs continuously.
1:00 2:30
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Dean Shostak's Crystal Concert
Type: Kimball Theatre Program. Location: Kimball Theatre
Ticketed event.
The Crystal Concert showcases classical and traditional music from around the world. Discover the sounds of Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica, the Japanese Glass Violin, Crystal English Handbells, and the French Cristal Baschet.
All tickets $7.00
Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.
1:30 2:30
NOTICE: All events and exhibits listed on the calendar are subject to change. Call 1-800-HISTORY for reservations and check the daily program schedule upon arrival.
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