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Buttons

Object Number – #42555 Material – Copper Alloy, Silver, Iron, Lead, Pewter, Glass, Porcelain,Bone, Shell, Wood, Leather, Synthetic, Thread Place of Origin – Europe Date – […]

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Doublet Buttons

Object number – Various Material – Button: Copper Alloy, Silver, Iron, Glass, Wood, Thread, Pewter, Lead Place of Origin – Various, including Germany Date – 17th […]

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Military Buttons

Object number – Various Material – Button: Copper Alloy, Pewter, Synthetic Place of Origin – North America, France Date – 18th-20th Century Context – Various, mostly […]

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Lobed Button

Object Number – #42555 Material – Button: Glass, Copper Alloy, Iron Place of Origin – Europe Date – 1608-1610 Context – Pit 5 Location – Collections […]

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Dishing Up Data

Ongoing Analysis and Conservation of the Spoon from the Governor’s Well Excavations on the Governor’s Well uncovered many incredible artifacts, like a sword, two sword hilts, […]

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2023 “At Christmas be mery” Ticket

Join Sir Francis Wyatt, Virginia’s newly-arrived Governor in December of 1621, to an early Virginia Christmas celebration complete with costumed interpreters, a cappella singers, a seasonal bonfire and caroling.

Program Date and Times: December 9, 2023, 5:30pm & 7:30pm

To purchase tickets, select either the 5:30pm or 7:30pm Program Time from the drop down menu and enter the quantity of tickets in the box below. Click Add to Cart and then the Checkout button to complete your transaction. If you live outside of the United States and wish to purchase tickets for this program, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page.

This program will be held outside, rain or shine, so we recommend dressing comfortably for the weather conditions.

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Working with “Old Stuff,” Part 2

Building the Jamestown reference collection for buttons Jamestown Rediscovery, Ava Geisel Jamestown recently said goodbye to Ava Geisel, who interned in Collections as part of her […]

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Bricks

Object number – Various Material – Clay Context – Blacksmith Shop/Bakery, Drummond’s House, Memorial Church Location – Collections Category – Architectural, Households Although most of the […]

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September 2023

The bottom of the ca. 1617 Governor’s Well has been reached, and while fighting a constant battle against water, the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have excavated a […]

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Clothing Hooks and Eyes

Object Number – Various Material – Copper Alloy, Iron, Silver Place of Origin – Europe Date – 17th Century Context – Various Location – Collections Category […]

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Gateway to the 17th Century

Jamestown is America’s Birthplace, where colonists arrived in 1607 and planted the seeds of what would be the first successful English colony in North America. From […]

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Acorns

Object Number – Various Material – Botanical Place of Origin – Virginia Date – ca. 1611-1612 Context – Second Well Location – Collections Category – Foodways […]

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