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Historic Jamestowne
America's Birthplace
Today, the National Park Service and APVA Preservation Virginia preserve and interpret our nation's roots at Historic Jamestowne - America's Birthplace.
Start your experience at the Historic Jamestowne Visitor Information Station, where exhibits and walking tours with Park Rangers provide background on Jamestowne's beginnings. Walk through the townsite to see the original church tower dating to the 1640s and the reconstructed foundations of some of the earliest buildings.
At the Glasshouse, costumed glassblowers demonstrate one of the furst industryed attempted in English-speaking America.
Driving tours explore the lush natural setting, and exhibits explain how the settlers harnessed that wilderness for their needs.
Be sure to visit the APVA Jamestown Rediscovery excavation, where archeologists are uncovering the remains of the or8iginal James Fort and learning how the environment and climate in 1607 affected the settlers. At the Dale House, see a modest exhibit of artifacts, watch conservators working on the latest finds from the James Fort and browse the museum store books and memorabilia of Jamestown archaeology.
Historic Jamestowne is open daily 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.