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JR Kids at Home

downloadable activities Explore “Color Our Collection” and other downloadable kids’ activities to learn more about Jamestown and some of the exciting artifacts that we have found. […]

September 2020

The weather, aside from a major rainstorm last week, has been very pleasant lately here at Jamestown, allowing us to consistently dig on the island. We […]

July 2020

On the 29th of last month, Historic Jamestowne opened to the public for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We were thrilled to see […]

June 2020

The Jamestown Rediscovery team recently returned to Jamestown Island, after spending the last several weeks working remotely. While we have not been able to excavate on […]

Reconstructing James Fort

visualizing the evidence Experimental Archaeology: Bringing Jamestown’s Early Church to Life mud and stud Most early buildings at James Fort were of earthfast or post-in-ground construction. […]

May 2020

Since closing due to COVID-19, the Jamestown team has been working remotely on a variety of projects. These are things that would normally go on behind […]

Mary Jeffery Galt

with her own hands Remarkably, the first intensive excavations conducted at Jamestown were directed by a woman. Mary Jeffery Galt, shortly after she co-founded the Association […]

History Timeline

explore the history of jamestown’s early years The Fort Period at Jamestown lasted from 1607, when the first colonists arrived, to circa 1624. By then, the […]

January 2020

With the cold weather finally upon us, archaeological work at Jamestown has slowed considerably. This has been a welcome reprieve after our busy last few […]

Jeweler’s Casting Flask

Object number – 06387-JR Material – Iron Place of Origin – England Date – c. 1609-1610 Context – 1608 Church Location – Archaearium Category – Craft […]

The Statehouse

From 1607 to 1699, Jamestown was the legislative seat of Virginia. The First General Assembly met in the 1617 church, setting a precedent for representative government. […]

November 2019

November was a month full of long days and arduous excavation. The month began with the construction of protective structures over burial sites on the northern […]

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