Colonial Williamsburg Admission

Overview

Every step is a story! Immerse yourself in the revolutionary stories of American history. With over 300 acres of iconic sites, historic taverns, and world-class art museums, history truly comes to life at the world’s largest living history museum. Meet our experts uncovering the past to better inform our future, enjoy live performances, meet talented tradespeople practicing period-specific crafts, and explore our 18th-century city on the verge of revolution. Every Colonial Williamsburg visit helps continue our mission — to ensure that the future may learn from the past.

City: Williamsburg

Sun 20 Oct

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Starting at $46.99

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Sun 20 Oct

Starting at $46.99

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What's Included

All taxes, fees and handling charges

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Meeting point

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Williamsburg
101 Visitor Center Drive

Please PRINT voucher and exchange at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center, 101 Visitor Center Dr., Williamsburg, VA 23185.

Redemption Level: 104

City Ledger Number: 34290

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Evening programs include tours, plays, dances, concerts, and reenactments
Evening meals in colonial taverns include strolling musicians and 18th-century fare
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides

What To Expect

Colonial Williamsburg

Costume-interpreter-guided tours of the Governor’s Palace, Capitol, and Courthouse Admission to trade sites, to see and speak with expert masters, journeymen and apprentices practicing 18th-century trades Admission to daily staged performances on the Charlton Stage and in the Hennage Auditorium Admission to our two world-class art museums Free parking at the Visitors Center Complimentary shuttle service

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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RobertH898

Oct 2021

One can easily spend a complete day or two visiting Colonial Williamsburg, which we proved during our day and a half visit, which left a number of sites yet to be explored. The highlights for us included the presentation by Martha Washington, which perfectly captured that noble lady's sense of responsibility to the nascent nation and to her husband, General Washington. The topic she chose was daring and, frankly, quite brilliant. The parallel between concerns and promise of the smallpox inoculation and today's corollary, COVID-19, was obvious, and handled with great sensitivity and insight. The quality of the performance was among the very best I have seen, on and off the stage. We also enjoyed our visits to the Indian encampment, the walking tour "Freedom's Paradox" conducted by Erik, I believe (10:00 Monday, Oct. 4), and visits to the foundry, carpenter's yard, cabinetmaker, and blacksmith. We almost missed the foundry, which would have been a shame. The young woman at the gate was so busy with her phone that we thought she was a tired teen tourist. We asked about the large and impressive garden in the yard and she said she didn't know about it and to go inside to ask, then went back to her phone. Fortunately, she was the exception to otherwise very informed, engaging, and professional staff. We were a bit disappointed that there appeared to be fewer open buildings and fewer "townspeople" and historic figures walking around and discussing the times than we recall from previous visits, and that there were fewer food options (which we attribute to COVID complications). In any event, we loved our visit and have recommended it to a number of friends who have said they will definitely add Colonial Williamsburg to an upcoming trip.

RussandAmy

Oct 2021

While as picturesque as always, the experience was nothing like we’ve had in the past. In retrospect we wish we didn’t purchase the expensive tickets as the ticket admission did not cover much that you could get for free in just walking through. The tours were extremely limited, super short, and les than 25% of the attractions were available even though we went on the weekend. Staff was more interested in enforcing masking than playing their roles or engaging with visitors. It was very warm and yet there wears only two locations to even get a drink and the only food available was outside when we desperately needed a break from the heat and all the walking. We watched a theatrical performance by a supposed historian named Michelle. While her theatrical piece was well done, her commentary as herself afterwards was clearly a wokefied version of slavery and women causing us to question if she was really a historian at all. Fortunately one of the guides at the capital building made up for her lack of knowledge by presenting realities of life at the times and dispelling commonly held ideas. We suggest that they lower prices by half until they have things up and running again. As is, it is not worth the fees. Jamestown offered so much more of an experience!

newflyer

Oct 2021

I booked a stay at the Williamsburg Lodge because it included admission to Colonial Williamsburg. I traveled with my mother who uses a rollator. When I booked the stay online with the hotel nothing was said about Covid changing anything about Colonial Williamsburg. I had our tickets printed by the concierge at the hotel and asked her about the surfaces my mother would need to roll the walker over. She did not mention at all about many things being closed due to Covid or the lack of handicap access. We often had to go over surfaces that I had to lift the rollator while my mother held onto it. I am guessing that out of 50 buildings 15 were open. Out of those 15 five of them were stores to buy things at, so no historical value in my eyes. Out of the 10 left only 5 had handicap access. I tried hauling the rollator up and down the stairs getting into places but my mother had a hard time getting up and down those same stairs and asked me to stop. I was pleased with the few places we DID have access to but Colonial Williamsburg needs to do more to make places handicap accessible and should advise people when booking a tour about so many places being closed and not handicap accessible. If they do not want to change the fronts of buildings I understand, but put in a ramp at the rear then.