This article is about the living history museum. For the historic settlement and town, see Jamestown, Virginia.
Living history museum in Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown Settlement
Recreated interior of James Fort
Established
1607
Location
Jamestown, Virginia
Type
Living history museum
Public transit access
Williamsburg Area Transit Authority Route 6
Website
Official website
Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration. Today it includes a recreation of the original James Fort (c. 1607 to 1614), a Powhatan Native American town, indoor and outdoor displays, and replicas of the original settlers' ships: the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery.[1]
The museum complex is located adjacent to Historic Jamestowne, on Jamestown Island, which is run in partnership by the National Park Service and the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation,[2] a private nonprofit branch of Preservation Virginia dedicated to the archaeological mission. Historic Jamestowne is established in the original James Fort and Jamestown Colony, the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America, founded on May 14, 1607.[3] Colonial Williamsburg and The American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, additional living history sites, follow the next centennial of Virginian and American history up to the American Civil War. The Colonial Parkway connects all of these sites. The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is a Virginia state agency that administers the education aspects of the Jamestown Settlement as well as the Yorktown battlefield and the Revolution.[4]
^"Official Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Website: Bringing History to Life". Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
^"Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation | Historic Jamestowne". Retrieved 2019-07-21.
^"Timeline of exploration of N.America". Timepage.org. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
^"About Us". History Is Fun. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
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