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Historic Jamestowne
Guided Tours
Jamestown offers a varity of tours and programs for our visiting public. There are Park Ranger/Guide tours, Living History programs, and for those that like to explore on their own, Self-Guided tours. The Ranger led and Living History tours and programs do not take you over the entire site but make a couple of stops along the way to talk about the history of Jamestown and the trials and tribulations of the early settlers. Throughout most of the year there are volunteers on site to assist visitors with any burning questions. 
 
Ranger Lee Cotton providing at a guided tour of the historic site of Jamestown
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Ranger Lee Cotton giving a guided tour of Jamestown

PARK RANGER/GUIDE TOURS:

Scheduled throughout the year as staffing allows, these tours last about 30 to 45 minutes and cover about 200 to 400 yards of the historic site. Many of our Park Rangers and Guides have been providing these interpretive programs for many years and each gives a unique perspective on the history of Jamestown. Walk with one of our Rangers as you retrace the steps of Captain John Smith or Pocahontas.

 
Living History character Joan Pierce speaking to visitors about life in 17th century Virginia
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Living History character Joan Pierce speaking to visitors about life in 17th century Virginia

LIVING HISTORY TOURS:

Join a costumed interpreter portraying one of Jamestown's 17th century residents and hear of the trials, tribulations, successes and failures during Jamestown's 92 years as the social and political center of Virginia. Join such personalities as Rachel Stanton, Joan Peirce, John Rolfe, or Lady Yeardley to travel back in time to when the foundations of who and what we are as a people and a nation were laid. Program times are generally 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the dates noted below.

Schedule of Living History for 2007
  March 24, 28, 31
  April 2-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28
  May 2, 5, 9, 11-13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 28, 30
  June 2, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17, 19-24, 26-30
  July 1, 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-28, 31
  August 1-5, 7-12, 14, 15, 17-19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 31
  September 1-3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29
  October 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 31
  November 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 23, 24

 
Archeologist JC Harrington and assistant examining an artifact from a well  

Did You Know?
Wells are great places to find artifacts because when they were no longer used they became the “trash cans” for the settlers. Archaeologists have excavated shoes, armor, swords, Flagons, pottery, various animal bones and many other items from the wells of Jamestown.

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Last Updated: March 06, 2007 at 16:42 EST