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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.

Drop in and try your hand at the German art of scissor cutting. Make a keepsake to take home based on folk art on exhibit.

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

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.

Family and friends would gather together during the winter months to brighten the long, cold days with music, dancing, and theatrical readings of the latest plays from London. Join members of the Performing Arts Department as they bring to life some of the diverse entertainments of 18th century Williamsburg—together we’ll drive the cold winter away.

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.

Poetry, political pieces, liberty songs, and dances with military titles were important propaganda tools to promote the cause of liberty before and during the Revolutionary War years.  Come and hear the words that helped inspire a generation of men and women to build this new nation.

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.

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

There were three women in George Washington’s life who knew him best and depended on him most at various times in his and their lives. Look into the relationships that George Washington enjoyed with his mother, Mary Ball Washington, his sister, Betty Washington Lewis and his wife Martha Dandridge Custis Washington.

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 the Women's History Month, March, 2010.

Explore quilts and quilted fashions with an expert guide, then express your creativity with a hands-on activity.

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

This in-depth tour of the museum's ceramics collection includes interesting stories about the craftsmen, their creations and the functions for which they were used. Learn more about earthenware, stoneware and porcelain from Europe, America and the Orient.

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.

Enjoy the music that enlivened the households of the 18th century. When time permitted, ladies of the middling and better sort could indulge themselves and their families with music on the popular harpsichord/spinet or the English guitar.

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.

Join a volunteer in the Ceramic Study Room to learn more about rare ceramic forms from Europe, America and the Orient.

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.

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.

David Garrick had more influence on theater than anyone else of his time. He was an actor, playwright, and manager of the famous Drury Lane Theater in London. Why was he so popular? Come see for yourself as we perform some of the great Garrick pieces.

Please arrive early; space is limited.

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.

Ticketed event.

On Wednesday, November 13, 1771, a concert of vocal and instrumental music was held at the Raleigh Tavern featuring a variety of instruments including that new sensation, the pianoforte. Enjoy dinner and entertainment at the King’s Arms Tavern, and then cross the street to join the Governor's Musick as they present their own Raleigh Concert of late 18th-century music on flute, viola da gamba, and of course, the pianoforte!

Adult tickets - $49.95 / Youth tickets - $49.95 / Children under 6 - $15.95

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

On this 45-minute guided tour learn about 18th-century European immigrant groups, why they moved to the colonies and where they settled. Trace their migrations through the objects they brought with them or produced in America.Examine decorative details on furniture, paintings, musical instruments and more to learn about the immigrant groups that made them.

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

Join the 2nd Virginia Regiment and Fifes and Drums in a military demonstration on Market Square.