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Berkeley Plantation
12602 Harrison Landing Road
Charles City, VA 23030
Phone1: (804) 829-6018 Main Number
Phone2: (888) 466-6018 Toll Free
Fax: (804) 829-6757
Opens: 9:00:00 AM
Closes: 5:00:00 PM
Admission Fee
Children Welcome

Berkeley is Virginia's most historic plantation. Visit the site of the first official Thanksgiving (1619). See the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President William Henry Harrison, our nation's ninth president, whose grandson Benjamin became the 23rd president. Envision Lincoln reviewing 140,000 Union troops. Hear "Taps" (composed here in 1862). We invite you to experience Berkeley's famous hospitality, as did the first ten presidents. An architectual gem, the elegant 1726 Georgian mansion is furnished with rare period antiques. Five terraces of restored boxwood and flower gardens overlook farmlands and offer breathtaking vistas of the James River. Audio-visual program. Museum. Gift Shop. Costumed guides.

Charles City County Visitor Center
10760 Courthouse Road
Charles City, VA 23030
Phone: (804) 652-4701 County Administrator
Email: info@charlescity.org
Opens: 9:00:00 AM
Closes: 5:00:00 PM
Children Welcome
Pets Welcome

The Visitor Center is located in the county’s historic 1901 Clerk’s Office adjacent to Charles City Courthouse, the 3rd oldest courthouse in the country. Visitor Center exhibits invite guests to experience “the story of America in one small county” and acquaint visitors with things to see and do. Four outdoor interpretive exhibits provide visitors with information about Charles City’s historic courthouse and engagements at the courthouse during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Civil War Trails Site.

Isle of Wight Courthouse
130 Main Street
Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone: (757) 579-9016
Opens: 10:00:00 AM
Closes: 4:00:00 PM
Children Welcome
Pets Welcome

Located in the historic Town of Smithfield is the Old Courthouse. This building was built in 1750 and used as a courthouse until 1800 when the court was moved to Isle of Wight County Courthouse. After that time, it was converted to a private three-story dwelling. The private dwelling was constructed in such a way that the original structure of the courthouse was preserved almost completely intact. In 1959 the Isle of Wight branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) began restoration of the building to its original form. It is now open to the public with no charge for admittance. The adjoining clerk's office was built in 1799 and has been used as an office or a shop since 1800.

Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown Settlement
2110 Jamestown Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone1: (757) 253-4838
Phone2: (888) 593-4682 Toll-Free
Fax: (757) 253-5299
Opens: 9:00:00 AM
Closes: 5:00:00 PM
Admission Fee
Children Welcome

Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia history, explores America’s first permanent English colony through film, galleries and living history in outdoor re-creations of a Powhatan Indian village, three English ships and colonial fort, and seasonal riverfront discovery area. Guided tours are offered daily. Expansive gallery exhibits chronicle the nation’s 17th-century beginnings in Virginia in the context of its Powhatan, English and African cultures. Through November 15, "Werowocomoco: Seat of Power" exhibition features more than 60 artifacts spanning 10,000 years from the capital of the Powhatan chiefdom in 1600s Virginia. Save close to 20% with a combination ticket with the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution: $19.25 adults; $9.25 (ages 6-12). Children under 6 free. Free parking.

Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg
326 Francis Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Phone1: (757) 220-7724 Museum
Phone2: (800) HIS-TORY General reservation number
Admission Fee
Children Welcome

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates two world-class museums whose collections enhance and enrich the guest experience beyond the living history of the Historic Area. The award-winning DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum houses the Foundation’s renowned collection of British and American decorative arts dating from 1600 through 1830. The award-winning Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum—the oldest institution in the United States dedicated solely to the collection and preservation of American folk art—reopened in February 2007 in new quarters adjacent to the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. Exhibits feature paintings, whirligigs, weather vanes, carvings, toys, embroideries and other folk works representing many diverse cultural traditions and geographic regions. Admission prices are subject to change without notice.

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