News Releases

Posted on December 14, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., December 14, 2012 – The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation of Richmond has pledged a $250,000 challenge grant in support of gallery exhibits at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, planned to open by late 2016. Work is under way on the new museum, which will replace the Yorktown Victory Center. The Parsons Foundation will match 50 percent of up to $500,000 in gi

Posted on December 7, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., December 7, 2012 – Judy F. Wason of Williamsburg was appointed and H. Benson Dendy III of Richmond reappointed by Governor Robert F. McDonnell to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums and conducts outreach education programs in public schools across Virgini

Posted on November 20, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 20, 2012 — History makes the holidays fun at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center during “A Colonial Christmas,” December 1-31, 2012. The month-long event explores 17th- and 18th-century holiday traditions with special tours and interpretive programs and, from December 26 through 31, musical entertainment of the period. Songs and sounds of the season wil

Posted on November 13, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 13, 2012 — Savor the Thanksgiving holiday by exploring centuries-old cooking and preservation methods during Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center’s “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia,” November 22-24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This annual three-day event begins on Thanksgiving Day.   At Jamestown Sett

Posted on November 1, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., November 1, 2012 — Families can discover 17th- and 18th-century holiday traditions at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center with a “History is Fun for the Holidays” online ticket and vacation package available through December. History makes the holidays fun during seasonal events “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia,” November 22-24, and “A Colonial Christ

Posted on October 18, 2012, by ciniva

 WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 18, 2012 – “All About the Revolution,” a blog that delves into an array of historical topics relating to the American Revolution and early national period, marks its first anniversary with “Yorktown’s Fame Predates the Revolution.”  Access to the blog is from the home page of hif.ciniva.net, the website for Jamestown Settl

Posted on October 16, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 16, 2012 – Julie Westhafer Basic and Carter S. Sonders, both of Williamsburg, have assumed new leadership roles in the development office of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, which operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums.  Ms. Basic has been appointed senior director of development, and Ms. Sonders has been named director o

Posted on October 15, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., October 15, 2012 – The Yorktown Victory Center’s 2012 Revolutionary War lecture series culminates October 27 with “Origins of the Constitution,” presented by Abner (Woody) Linwood Holton III, author and professor of history and American Studies at the University of Richmond. Admission to the 7 p.m. Saturday evening lecture is free.  Advance reservations are recommended by calling

Posted on October 2, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., October 2, 2012 – The 231st anniversary of America’s decisive Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown will be marked with a three-day celebration, beginning with a patriotic parade and commemorative ceremony on Friday, October 19 – Yorktown Day – in historic Yorktown and at Yorktown Battlefield. A variety of engaging hands-on military interpretive programs and tours continue on Saturd

Posted on October 1, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October 1, 2012 — ’Tis the season for holiday fun in America’s Historic Triangle, where a year-round vacation package allows visitors to take in the sights and sounds of the season with engaging living-history programs and special events that bring fresh perspectives to stories of the nation’s beginnings – the 1607 founding at Jamestown of the first permanent English colony, Rev

Posted on September 28, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., September 28, 2012 – The Godspeed is embarking on two voyages this fall, to Lancaster County in October and Urbanna in November, from its home port of Jamestown Settlement, a state-operated museum of 17th-century Virginia.   The ship, a re-creation of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonist

Posted on September 5, 2012, by ciniva

Posted on August 27, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., August 27, 2012 – History professors and authors Fred Anderson of the University of Colorado, Abner (Woody) Linwood Holton III of the University of Richmond and John Tilley of East Carolina University will join Yorktown Victory Center Senior Curator Sarah Meschutt in presenting this year’s Revolutionary War lecture series on Saturday evenings, September 22 and 29 and O

Posted on August 20, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., August 20, 2012 – As the traditional school year gets under way, homeschool families can enjoy history lessons at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution, with a special ticket available September 8-23. The two museums are administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of

Posted on July 24, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., July 24, 2012 — Ever spin a whirligig on a string or roll a hoop with a stick?  “Pastimes of Colonial Virginia” – games and amusements of the 17th and 18th centuries – will be the focus of interpretive programs at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center living-history museums throughout the month of August. At Jamestown Settlem

Posted on July 20, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., July 20, 2012 – James City County has provided a grant of $115,000 in support of a special exhibition opening next year at Jamestown Settlement living-history museum.  From March 1, 2013, through January 20, 2014, “Jamestown’s Legacy to the American Revolution” will profile American Revolution-period descendants of people associated with 17th-centu

Posted on June 28, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 28, 2012 – Virginia Senator Ryan T. McDougle of Mechanicsville and Delegate Christopher P. Stolle of Virginia Beach have joined the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums and conducts outreach education programs in public schools across Virginia.  Both

Posted on June 25, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 25, 2012 – Three staff members of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums, received meritorious service awards at a June 5 event that also recognized 61 employees for reaching service milestones and 128 individuals for commitment to the Foundation’s volunteer program.

Posted on June 15, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., June 15, 2012 – Work begins this month on building the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to replace the Yorktown Victory Center.  W.M. Jordan Company, Inc., of Newport News is construction manager for the first phases of the project, expected to total $20.7 million, including a new 80,000-square-foot facility and visitor parking areas and eventual demolition of

Posted on June 15, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., June 15, 2012 — The Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution, will join in saluting the 236th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence during “Liberty Celebration,” Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3-4.    From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days, visitors can interact with Revolutionary War re-enactors, obse

Posted on May 31, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 31, 2012 — History is a blast this summer at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center, two living-history museums that tell of America’s beginnings. In addition to enhanced artillery demonstrations and hands-on interpretive programs, historical themes – “Seed to Stalk” in June and “Pastimes of Colonial Virginia” in Augu

Posted on May 24, 2012, by ciniva

YORKTOWN, Va., May 24, 2012 – A grant of $50,000 from the Beazley Foundation, Inc., of Portsmouth will support gallery exhibits in the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown planned to replace the Yorktown Victory Center.  A legacy of the late Fred W. Beazley, the foundation provides grants for an array of organizations and programs serving southeastern Virginia. The Yorktown Vic

Posted on May 22, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 22, 2012 – In connection with the Jamestown Settlement exhibition “The 17th Century: Gateway to the Modern World,” Twyla Kitts of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will present “Captains, Monarchs, Philosophers, and Merchants: Picturing the 17th Century,” a free public lecture at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 9, at Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation

Posted on May 10, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 10, 2012 – Along with a physical transformation of the Yorktown Victory Center will come a new name – “American Revolution Museum at Yorktown” – adopted today by the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the state agency that operates Yorktown Victory Center and Jamestown Settlement history museums, and endorsed by the Board of Directors of the Jamestown-Yo

Posted on May 8, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 8, 2012 – Jamestown Settlement’s Godspeed, a replica of one of the three vessels that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, is participating in OpSail 2012 Virginia, with visits to Yorktown and Norfolk in June.  The Port of Virginia and five other historic U.S. ports – New Orleans, New York City, Baltimore, Boston and N

Posted on April 24, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 24, 2012 — Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement will mark the 405th anniversary of the 1607 founding in Virginia of America’s first permanent English settlement on Saturday, May 12, with family-friendly tours and activities, military and maritime demonstrations, and traditional music, storytelling and entertainment. A day of discovery and fun, “Jamestown Day” featu

Posted on April 17, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 17, 2012 – The generals who commanded opposing sides at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown have leading roles in “The Yorktown Chronicles,” a new section of jyfmuseums.org, a website of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Virginia state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center history museums. “The Yorktown Chronicles

Posted on April 10, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 10, 2012 — Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia, will present “Virginia Economy in the 17th Century,” a two-part evening lecture series on Saturdays, April 28 and May 19, in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of the cultivation of tobacco as a cash crop in Virginia. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Posted on March 21, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 21, 2012 – From a weekend getaway to a weeklong vacation, there are many ways to include Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center in a Williamsburg destination itinerary, with a range of ticket and package options available at hif.ciniva.net/Vacation-Packages.htm.  The two living-history museums tell the story of the nation’s beginnings, from the arrival of

Posted on March 2, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., March 2, 2012 — Hundreds of re-enactors depicting armed forces from the first century A.D. to modern times will come together on March 17 and 18 for Jamestown Settlement’s annual “Military Through the Ages.”  This year’s chronological display of military history will feature 34 groups based in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Among the uni

Posted on February 28, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., February 28, 2012 – For the first time in Virginia’s Historic Triangle, a Certificate of Citizenship ceremony will be held at Jamestown Settlement history museum for children of recently naturalized United States citizens.  The event on Saturday, March 10, is hosted by the Williamsburg Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) and t

Posted on February 16, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, February 16, 2012 —A special ticket for homeschool families will be available February 18-26 for admission to Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution. The two museums are administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. At $10.50 per family

Posted on January 31, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 31, 2012 – John T. Casteen III of Keswick, Susan L. Genovese of Midlothian and Sue Ellen Rocovich of Roanoke have joined the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees.  All were appointed by Governor Robert F. McDonnell, who also reappointed Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., of Charlottesville.  Dr. Casteen and Dr. Rocovich, appointed to terms through June 20

Posted on January 25, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 25, 2012 — Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia, is known for its artifact-filled gallery exhibits and hands-on interpretation in re-creations of a Powhatan village, 1607 ships and colonial fort. On February 11, “Community Day” guests to can make an art-history connection with family tours, lecture and a children’s craft activity re

Posted on January 20, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – An exhibition of distinctive works of art from across the globe, series of lectures, and themed events enhance daily offerings in 2012 at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center, year-round living-history museums that tell the story of America’s beginnings.  The museums feature gallery exhibits and historical interpretation in outdoor re-created

Posted on January 20, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., January 20, 2012 – “From Africa to Virginia” is the theme of interpretive programs throughout February at Jamestown Settlement history museum.  Lectures at 2 p.m. Sundays, February 12 and 19, complement a monthlong focus on the culture of the first known Africans in Virginia and the experience of Africans in colonial America. Lauranett L. Lee, Virg

Posted on January 19, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Jan. 19, 2012 – Gordon C. Angles of Williamsburg and H. Alexander Wilson III of Mathews County have been elected to four-year terms, through 2015, on the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors.  The Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit entity that coordinates fundraising to benefit programs of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia state age

Posted on January 15, 2012, by ciniva

SPECIAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT 2011 ENGAGE VISITORS AT JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT, YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Beginning with a “From Africa to Virginia” theme in February, Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center offer an array of commemorative special events and family-friendly themed interpretive programs throughout 2011, as well as seven public lectures present

Posted on January 13, 2012, by ciniva

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Jan. 13, 2012 – While paid attendance at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center declined slightly in 2011, admissions revenue rose.  Paid visitation at the two living-history museums operated by the state’s Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation totaled 586,341 in 2011, a decline of 1.5 percent from 2010.  Admission sales amounted to $5,167,050, an i