Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum

Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum is a museum in James City, Virginia which is located on Colonial National Historic Parkway. Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum is situated nearby to the archaeological site Governor Yeardly House, as well as near the park Virginia Preservation Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Jamestown Tercentennial Monument.

Historic Jamestown

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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America.

Jamestown Tercentennial Monument

Work of art

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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 910 feet south of Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum.

Jamestown Church

Building

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Jamestown Church, constructed in brick from 1639 onward, in Jamestown in the Mid-Atlantic state of Virginia, is one of the oldest surviving building remnants built by Europeans in the original Thirteen Colonies and in the United States overall. Jamestown Church is situated 1,000 feet south of Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.

Jamestown

Locality

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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.

Scotland

Village

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Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotland had a population of 153. Scotland is situated 2 miles south of Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum.

Williamsburg

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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.

Historic Jamestowne Archaeology Museum

Type: Museum
Address: 1368 Colonial National Historic Parkway, Jamestown, 23081
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.21123° or 37° 12′ 40″ north

Longitude

-76.77722° or 76° 46′ 38″ west

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OpenStreetMap ID

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