Colonial National Historical Park: Jamestown

We visited a couple of areas of the Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, including Yorktown and Jamestown Island. This post is about Jamestown.

Jamestown is in multiple parts; a touristy Jamestown Settlement, that we didn’t visit (this time), and Jamestown Island, which is partly NPS, and partly a Preservation Virginia area.

The NPS map; click or tap to interact:

An interactive map of the Jamestown Island area:

Historic Jamestowne:

Glasshouse ruins:

A replica Glasshouse, that does glassblowing demonstrations:

Jamestowne visitor center:

Auditorium:

Exhibits:

Monument:

Pocahontas:

Relief map:

Captain John Smith:

Cannon:

The Barracks:

Indian tools; this guy showed and handed around various tool components, and told of their manufacture:

Church:

Cellar kitchen:

Blacksmith workshop:

This recreator talked Jenn’s ear off with old-timey tales:

The Statehouse:

Museum:

Ancient foundations under the floor:

Gift store:

Fascinating stuff.