Archaearium
Archaearium is a museum in James City, Virginia which is located on Colonial Parkways. Archaearium is situated nearby to the locality Jamestown, as well as near the village Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Voorhees Archaearium Archaeology Museum”
- Address: 1369 Colonial Parkways, James City County, 23185
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Jamestown Tercentennial Monument.
Historic Jamestown
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia and the U.S. National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park. Historic Jamestown is situated 960 feet northeast of Archaearium.
Jamestown Tercentennial Monument
Work of art
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is an obelisk-shaped monument erected in Historic Jamestown in Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The monument was installed in 1907. Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is situated 890 feet southeast of Archaearium.
Jamestown Church
Building
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamestown Church, also known as the Jamestown Memorial Church, is a historic church building located in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia, on the site of what was once Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, and the first capital of the Colony of Virginia. Jamestown Church is situated 760 feet southeast of Archaearium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.
Jamestown
Locality
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.
Scotland
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 203. Scotland is situated 2 miles south of Archaearium.
Williamsburg
Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.
Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
Archaearium
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.2101° or 37° 12′ 36″ northLongitude
-76.78006° or 76° 46′ 48″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87956669+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 370414576OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
7133768
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