What are buckets, piggins, firkins, and hogsheads? Ask a cooper. Watch coopers transform flat boards into precisely shaped staves and join them — all by eye — into barrels of these oddly-named sizes.
Come Explore In Person
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Foodways
What did Williamsburg’s 18th-century residents eat — and how did they cook it? Check the Public Armoury to see these interpreters prepare authentic colonial dishes, using the equipment and recipes that fueled the colonists.
CW Admission
Handicap Accessible
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Printing Office
Mass Communication for the 18th Century
CW Admission
Handicap Accessible
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Ludwell Paradise Stable
Visit and chat with the Wheelwright (Sunday-Wednesday) or the Farmer (Thursday-Saturday)
CW Admission
Handicap Accessible