Historic Jamestown
Last weekend was Memorial Day so I packed the car with all my camping gear and drove down to Historic Jamestown. The last time I went to Jamestown was in the winter of 2005. That is before they opened the new Visitor Center and Museum the following spring. During the last visit I spent sometime touring around the glassblowing building and what is left of the town formally known as New Towne. Since it was in the middle of winter there weren’t to many visitors and much of the property was gated up due to the construction work.
Forward 3 yrs and 5 months later and they have a new Visitor Center & exhibit and a new Archaearium Museum. The Visitor Center has a small museum that basically talks about the history of Jamestown and has a really nice video for visitors to watch. It also displays some of the artifacts that were found in Jamestown and it also has a nice path that takes you right to the fort. There wasn’t a path that directed you to the fort last time and you had to travel quite a distance to get to it. As I was saying for the past 10+ years a lot has been research and found at Historic Jamestown. Throughout the 20th Century it was thought that the fort itself had washed away into the waters of the James River never to be found. Today the fort has been found along with thousands of artifacts. With the founding of the fort ’s location archaeologist have been able to find and mark the remains of the first settlers of Jamestown.
There are many other surprises to be found at Historic Jamestown but rather than tell you myself drive down or up to Jamestown yourself and find what has been hidden for many years and recently been uncovered. *Strongly recommend that you take the Ranger Walking tour while you are there, you will learn more about the history and what it took to uncover it.
To learn more about Historic Jamestown and to find more information; please click one of the following links…
Historic Jamestown
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More Information On Jamestown
Video on “Finding Jamestown”
