Anonymous wrote:It’s Jamestown Settlement and the Museum at Yorktown.If you only have one day, do Jamestown. It’s much more kid-friendly. There’s a Native American settlement, a colonist settlement, and recreations of the boats. The boats are not wheelchair-accessible.

Here’s a link to the museum:

https://www.jyfmuseums.org/visit/tickets

Yorktown is also kid friendly with an encampment outside, and lots of activities for kids.

Anonymous wrote:We are now at Williamsburg, and I recall that someone mentions that MCPS ES may teach Jamestown or/yorktown as part of American history curriculum. I don't remember the details. Cam someone please tell me which parts at Jamestown or yorktown they are,maybe we can drop by quick for a visit.

What grade? The new ELA curriculum (Amplify) has a good bit of content on Jamestown in 3rd grade but unless your kid was in 3rd grade this past year they wouldn't have gotten it. Not sure about other grades for Amplify, or what they cover when in social studies.

The actual Jamestown site is owned by the non-profit Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (aka Preservation Virginia). Its land is surrounded by tNational Park land except along the river. Part of the NPS ticket fee goes to APVA.

The Jamestown Settlement is not commercial. It is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

At Jamestown there is the Jamestown Settlement--which is a commercially run place with lots of replica stuff. My kids went as part of the 4th grade Virginia trip and loved it. It's $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
There is also the actual site of Jamestown which is owned by the National Park Service and has some vestiges of where the actual buildings where and usually has some archeological excavation going on. It's $15pp unless you have some variety of NP Pass.

Yorktown has the American Revolution museum which also has a replica army encampment. Also popular with my kids. Same prices as the Jamestown Experience, or you can buy a combo ticket that saves a bit.
There is also the Yorktown Battlefield, also owned by the Park Service. It's like a lot of other battlefields, lots of big open fields and occasional remains of mounds or markings of where important things happened. My kids were in a Hamilton phase, so they were interested in seeing where he was active, but otherwise were pretty bored by it.

You can also buy tickets that combine all those sites with Williamsburg. I'd say each site is probably a couple hours of time to visit (depending on interest level.)

Anonymous wrote:It’s Jamestown Settlement and the Museum at Yorktown.If you only have one day, do Jamestown. It’s much more kid-friendly. There’s a Native American settlement, a colonist settlement, and recreations of the boats. The boats are not wheelchair-accessible.

Here’s a link to the museum:

https://www.jyfmuseums.org/visit/tickets

I should mention that I wasn’t answering you from a MCPS perspective. I was answering you from a Williamsburg resident perspective. Whatever MCPS teaches, it will be covered at those two museums. Even if what you see doesn’t perfectly align with the school curriculum, it will be enriching. Just watch the little movie in the visitors center and then let the kids run around the outdoor exhibits and explore.

I don't quite remember but you should check out the Yorktown (and Jamestown?) museum.

Whatever they have in there will likely cover whatever your kids learned in class.

Most of the other things are just like fields, bunkers, cannons, etc.

I forget which one it was too but the cafeteria at the museum was surprisingly good with big portions too.

Old town Williamsburg (?) was a big of a disappointment but I think we might just be spoiled by living in the area and being close to Old Town Alexandria and Georgetown. I'm not much of a history or art buff though.

One of our local favorites is Route 60 Bar B Que:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/route-60-barbecue-market-williamsburg

Which we sometimes make a special trip for when we're in the area.

Further up north of there is some kind of knick knack shop called the Williamsburg General Store which is kind of like the general store area of a Cracker Barrel. And further down south, I think is Whitley's Peanuts which is supposed to be unique or special to the area.

We really liked that area and went down there a couple of times for a period. But haven't been there in a while and hope the information isn't out of date.

Hope you all enjoy.

It’s Jamestown Settlement and the Museum at Yorktown.If you only have one day, do Jamestown. It’s much more kid-friendly. There’s a Native American settlement, a colonist settlement, and recreations of the boats. The boats are not wheelchair-accessible.

Here’s a link to the museum:

https://www.jyfmuseums.org/visit/tickets

We are now at Williamsburg, and I recall that someone mentions that MCPS ES may teach Jamestown or/yorktown as part of American history curriculum. I don't remember the details. Cam someone please tell me which parts at Jamestown or yorktown they are,maybe we can drop by quick for a visit.