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Historic Jamestowne
Operating Hours & Seasons
Historic Jamestowne Entrance Gate

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Jamestown Entrance Gate

ENTRANCE GATE: Gate open 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Daily.  No entrance is permitted prior to 8:30 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. When you pass beyond this gate you have entered a US Fee Area. Fees are collected in our Visitor Center. For more information about our Fees and Reservations use this link.

Historic Jamestowne is closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Years Day.

 
Artisian demonstrating blowing a glass bottle

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Artisan demonstrating how a bottle is blown out of hot molten glass

GLASSHOUSE: Open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Daily

English America's first industry was glassblowing. Here at the Glasshouse, costumed interpreters use the same techniques and tools employed by glassblowers of 1608. Demonstrations are ongoing daily during operating hours.

 

 
Jamestown Visitor Center

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Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center

VISITOR CENTER: Open 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. DAILY

In the Visitor Center you will find an information desk, museum, orientation film, rest room facilities and a museum gift shop. Passing through our Visitor Center will take you to the Historic Site of Jamestown, North America's First Permanent English Settlement. You can walk the Historic Site until dusk.

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Young boy dressing up as Samuel Collier, one of the four boys brought to Jamestown

Did You Know?
Of the first 104 English settlers at Jamestown in 1607, four were boys. Several boys were sent to live with the Powhatans so they could learn the language and customs and then return to the English to become interpreters.

Last Updated: July 28, 2010 at 12:55 MST