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The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
325 West Francis Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Ticket required.
January 5 - March 15, open Sunday to Thursday 10-5 and Friday & Saturday 10-7.
March 16 through December 31, open 10-7 daily.
Opened in 1985, this museum is home to an extensive collection of American and British antiques. See furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms,and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Attend lectures and musical performances in the Hennage Auditorium.
Enter through the Public Hospital of 1773, a three-part exhibit on mental illness and treatment methods.
The Museum Store offers a range of books, music, jewelry, gifts, and accessories reflecting the museum's collection of 18th and early 19th-century decorative arts.
The Museum Café offers sandwiches, soups, beverages and desserts. Beginning January 15, cafe hours are 11-4 Sunday through Thursday and 11-5:30 Friday and Saturday.
Programs and exhibitions at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum are supported by the DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund.
The
Museums of Colonial Williamsburg offer a special audio tour written and
recorded by teenagers for teenagers called “Teen
Takes: A New Angle on Art.” Museum curators augment the
teens’ insights during the hour-long tour of 17 decorative arts
and folk art pieces. The audio tour devices are available daily at the
museum’s front desk in the museum lobby and are free to ticketed
guests. Colonial Williamsburg Productions and Antenna Audio Tour produced
the tours.
Listen
to a sample clip
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