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Colonial Williamsburg celebrates the contributions of women of the eighteenth century to the history of our nation with programs throughout the month of March.  Scenes, tours, programs and special presentations explore the various roles that our foremothers filled in birthing a new nation.

The orientation walk is designed to help guests plan their visit. Guides share the latest information on programming, dining and shopping options.  Guests get an overview of the 18th century community and learn about the restoration of Williamsburg.  The experience lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Included in all Historic Area or Museum admission passes. Tours begin at 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 2:00 and 3:00.

See an extensive collection of American and British antiques. See furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms, and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and the Public Hospital of 1773. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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Enjoy changing exhibitions of American folk art, the colonial and contemporary artists and craftspeople who work outside the mainstream of academic art to record aspects of everyday life. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium. Visit the Museum Store and the Museum Café.

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Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

In 1772, this description was applied to Robert Aldridge, a well-known dancer of fashionable solo stage hornpipes in London and Dublin. Join our dancers for a program of theatrical dance of the 18th century, and allow yourself to be transported by our own elegant dancers of ease.

Seating is limited; please arrive early. 

Drop in and create a work of art to take home inspired by objects in the collection.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Stop by to chat and enjoy music played by a member of the resident performing ensemble at Colonial Williamsburg, the Governor’s Musick. Program is ongoing and guests can come and go as they wish. Space is limited.

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 begins every 30 minutes.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.

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.

Music, dance, theater; which shall it be?  Enjoy an eclectic program of the diversions that delighted our forefathers and mothers.  Williamsburg was the site of the first theater in British North America and theater remained a popular diversion throughout the 18th century. 

The theater wasn't open year round, or even every year, but music and dance enlivened gatherings as public as an assembly in the Raleigh Tavern or as intimate as a family parlor.

30 minute program begins at 2:00, 2:30 and 3:00 p.m.

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.

This event is part of Women's History Month, March 2010.

We are getting used to thinking of women in the military today, but it was not at all common during the United States struggle for independence.

There were many who followed the army as wives, nurses, cooks, laundresses and so forth. There were a few women who joined the ranks in disguise and this program explores their experience.

Like most true Virginians, George Washington had a great fondness for theatre. Join us as we trace the influence of theater on Washington and its place in our colonial history.

Space is limited - Please arrive early.

The world is familiar with the accomplishments of America’s historical giants, men like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. The efforts of these great men were essential to the overthrow of tyranny and the establishment of the United States as a self governing republic. But their contributions were made possible only by the often overlooked people of history on whose shoulders these first line patriots stood.

These people, preachers and house servants, enslaved and free, who lived their lives, some heroically and some humbly, were nation builders no less than the Washingtons, Jeffersons and Henrys of history. Have a conversation with Nation Builders as they discuss the "Revolutionary" events that helped to inspire and influence the ideas of their American dream.

Guided tours by knowledgeable museum volunteers introduce you to some of the masterworks on exhibit, such as paintings, ceramics, furniture and silver.

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.

Join a museum volunteer in the textile gallery to learn about the latest textile exhibitions on view, and to examine quilted fashions, costumes and needlework in the textile study drawers.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

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.

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 $5.00

Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.

Shakespeare was a favorite of actors and audiences in the colonies just as he was in England. Enjoy this lively look at the Bard - 18th century style.

Under the guidance of an experienced volunteer interpreter, guests explore the campus of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's research and preservation facilities.  They have a chance to speak with the experts about the work that is involved in accurately recreating this colonial city.

Start the tour in the Bruton Heights School Lobby at 2:30 pm.

Available to Colonial Williamsburg Freedom or Independence Pass holders only. Free reservation required.

Drop in and create your own folk art object to take home based on folk art from the collection.

Guests may enter and exit any time during the program.

Tour decorative art or folk art exhibitions with the people who research or care for antiques in the museums.

Meet your tour guide at the base of the staircase in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.

Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.

Ticketed event.

Rated: R

Fourteen years ago, he was Mateo Blanco, a film director. After a brutal car crash in Lansarote took both his sight and his wife, Lena (Penélope Cruz), he reduced himself to Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories, and scripts. Unable to direct films, he can only survive by believing that Mateo Blanco died with his beloved Lena. Now, Harry lives with help from his former production manager, Judit Garcia, and her son Diego. Operating with self-induced amnesia, Harry developed his other senses in order to enjoy life.

But, when Diego asks about when he answered to the name Mateo Blanco, Harry can’t refuse. Director Pedro Almodóvar presents a moving and terrible story about a man who writes, lives, and loves in darkness. Nominated for a Golden Palm at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Golden Globes. Spanish with subtitles. Mar. 5–7, 9, 11 screening room. 128 mins.

Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.

Ticketed event.

Shows at 4:15 and 6:45 p.m.
Rated: R

In Werner Herzog’s new film, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is to scoring drugs while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge and his gun to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he becomes a high-functioning addict as well as a deeply intuitive, fearless detective who roams through the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon.

Complicating his tumultuous life is a prostitute, played by Eva Mendes, and together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. Nicolas Cage won Best Actor at the 2009 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards. Mar. 8, 10, 12–14 screening room. 121 mins.

Reservations or additional tickets required. Call 1-800-HISTORY for prices and reservations.