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Due to the government shutdown, Historic Jamestowne is closed to visitors. In addition to the island's closure, the Colonial Parkway from Rt. 199 to Jamestown Island is also closed to traffic. We apologize for this inconvenience.
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Historic Jamestowne's World of Pocahontas Lecture Series begins this fall with its inaugural presentation by historian and author James Rice on Thursday, October 10 at 5:30 p.m. Rice’s lecture, Hostage, Diplomat, Spy: Children and War in Pocahontas's World, will explore of the role of children in early years of Jamestown, specifically, the lives of two captives - one a Powhatan girl best known today as "Pocahontas," and the other an English boy named Henry Spelman. The lecture will be held at the Hennage Auditorium in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg. For ticket information, click here. For information, click here...
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Explore the past and present of Virginia's Native peoples with a special presentation by members of the Pamunkey and Patawomeck tribes, the region's indigenous descendants. On the 400th anniversary of Pocahontas's capture, marriage, and voyage to England, these members of her natal community will provide a perspective on Virginia's contemporary tribes, traditional culture and plans for the future during this roundtable discussion. The discussion will be held on Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hennage Auditorium in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg. Admission is free to the public. For information, click here...
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1607 planting furrows east of James Fort (the two dark bands running left to right)This summer, archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne found 10 dark planting furrows extending eastward from the original 1607 James Fort and dating to the first months of the settlement.
About a foot and a half wide and spaced evenly apart, the shallow features are the earliest evidence of English planting found in the New World. more...
For general information regarding Historic Jamestowne,
email hjadmin@preservationvirginia.org.
 istoric Jamestowne is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America. The site is jointly administered by the National Park Service and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation on behalf of Preservation Virginia.
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his brass lion, barely one inch tall, served a very important purpose. It is a counterweight from a weight and scale box made in Nuremberg, Germany. 
