Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration.Photo: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: non-profit organization in the USA
- Address: 2110 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 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 1 mile southeast of Jamestown Settlement.
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 1¼ miles south of Jamestown Settlement.
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 1¼ miles south of Jamestown Settlement.
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. As of the 2020 census, Scotland had a population of 153. Scotland is situated 3 miles south of Jamestown Settlement.
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.
Jamestown Settlement
- Categories: nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.22497° or 37° 13′ 30″ northLongitude
-76.78449° or 76° 47′ 4″ westOpen location code
879566F8+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 370414566OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q12346147
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Jamestown Settlement” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “詹姆斯鎮”
- Korean: “제임스타운 거주지”
- Spanish: “Asentamiento de Jamestown”
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