Things to do in Yorktown

Dive into the history of America's first permanent English colony, founded in Virginia in 1607. Enhance your experience with a combo ticket, granting access to both the Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. You are welcome to use the combo ticket as many times as you would like during a 7 day period. Jamestown Settlement: Learn about the early 17th-century English colonists at the Jamestown Settlement through a combination of film, gallery exhibits, and outdoor living history. Discover more about the cultures of the Powhatan Indians, Europeans, and Africans who converged in 17th-century Virginia. Trace Jamestown’s beginnings in England and the first century of the Virginia colony. The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Get a sense of the transformational nature and epic scale of the American Revolution at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Begin your visit in the 170-seat museum theater, “Liberty Fever,” which takes you into the world of Revolutionary America, setting the stage for the indoor gallery and outdoor living-history experiences. Enjoy an introductory film narrated by an early 19th-century storyteller who traveled the country gathering stories about the American Revolution and shares his accounts using a moving panorama presentation of the time period. Explore the 22,000-square-foot permanent exhibition galleries which portray the tumult, drama, and promise of the Revolution through period artifacts and immersive environments, dioramas, interactive exhibits, and short films. Discover a Continental Army encampment which represents a portion of an American regiment. See faithful recreations of soldiers' living quarters, surgeon's tents, and an artillery demonstration era. Make your way to a Revolution-era farm which with a replica of a typical farm house, kitchen, and tobacco barn. See the new building representing quarters for enslaved people, along with the crop fields, a corncrib, and orchard.

Step Back in Time at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Get ready to experience the American Revolution like never before! At the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, history comes to life through powerful stories of citizens and soldiers who shaped a new nation. Start your journey with Liberty Fever, an inspiring introductory film, then dive into immersive galleries and the thrilling 4D “Siege of Yorktown” theater. Outside, walk through a re-created Continental Army encampment and a Revolution-era farm, where historical interpreters bring the past to life. Enhance your journey through history with a combo ticket that includes admission to the Jamestown Settlement, just a short drive away. Explore the story of America’s first permanent English colony with hands-on exhibits, recreated ships, and living history demonstrations.

The adventure begins with pickup from your accommodation in Washington, DC and heads to Jamestown, Virginia. Learn how Jamestown was the first English settlement in North America, as well as the original capital of the state. Explore historic Jamestown with your guide, and admire the remnants of Fort James. Next, visit the reconstructed Glasshouse of 1608 and walk in the footsteps of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Continue onto Colonial Williamsburg, and enjoy a guided walk through the world’s largest living history museum. Travel back in time as you stroll through this historic site, complete with costumed actors who bring this revolutionary town to life. Before heading back to DC, visit Yorktown and check out the battlefield where General George Washington fought in the Revolutionary War. At the end of a fascinating experience, soak up views of the Colonial Parkway on the return journey.