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Quirky toys, whimsical whirligigs, carousel characters, backwoods banjos, British ceramics, antique instruments, textiles, firearms, clothing and more await you at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg.
Use your admission ticket or pass to see these distinctive collections.
As part of the final stages of our exciting 65,000-square-foot expansion, please follow signs to the temporary Art Museums entrance. Soon, the new visitor-friendly entrance will be ready to welcome you on Nassau Street.
View upcoming events in our calendar.
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Featured Events
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Museum Discoveries: Crafting the Collection
After exploring the galleries, drop by the Education Studio and create a work of art inspired by an object on exhibit.
Art Museums Admission
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Presentation: Good Stories about Great Stuff
Join a curator, conservator, educator, archaeologist, or historian to discover who created the object, who owned it, and how it ended up in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.
Art Museums Admission
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Museum Discoveries: Textile Collection
Drop in the art museums and take a sneak peek into the textile study storage drawers.
Art Museums Admission
View the Collection Online
Explore and search our Online Collections to learn more about The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's vast collections.
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Current Exhibitions
Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Textile Arts of Britain: A Commodity for the Colonies
To Arm Against An Enemy: Weapons of the Revolutionary War
Artists on the Move: Portraits for a New Nation
Upholstery CSI: Reading the Evidence
A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South
Richard Newsham’s Fire Engine
Rebuilding Charlton’s Coffeehouse
Revolution in Taste
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Art Museum
Upcoming Exhibitions
Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Art Museum
Sign up to Be the First to Know More about All Things Art Museums
With three museums in one, there’s so much to see and do at Colonial Williamsburg, so this is one mailing list you'll want to join. Stay informed about upcoming events, opening exhibitions, new programming, and be the first to get great special offers at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum as well as the living history museum.
Conservation
Before an artifact or antiquity reaches Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area or our Art Museums, it is analyzed, examined, treated, and documented by a team of conservation professionals, interns, and volunteers. Conservators work hand in hand with curators to preserve the cultural property in the Colonial Williamsburg collections.
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Internships and Fellowships
An internship or fellowship with Colonial Williamsburg Division of Museums, Preservation, and Historic Resources provides the opportunity to research, manage, interpret, preserve, and conserve the Foundation’s fine art, decorative arts, archaeological, architectural, and/or folk art collections, gaining professional experience through hands-on work.
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