Things To Do in Williamsburg, Virginia - November 2013

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Real Estate Agent with Rose & Womble Realty Company

Looking for something to do in Williamsburg, Virginia in November? Check out this list:

Yorktown Holiday Open House Weekend

Dates and Times: November 09, 2013 - November 10, 2013, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Historic Yorktown

Admission: Free

Event Website

Soak up the ambiance of Historic Yorktown. Special events, festive decorations, special sales, discounts, door prizes, strolling entertainment, and much more await you as you start or finish your holiday shopping. Hours of operation vary by business.

 

Veterans' Day Art Exhibits

Date: November 11, 2013

Location: Historical Museum on Main 408 Main St. in Yorktown.

Paintings, water colors, sketches and drawings of the Civil War. Located at at York County

 

First Thursdays at The Mariners' Museum

Dates and Times: January 03, 2013 - January 02, 2014, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Admission: Free

Location: The Mariners' Museum

Event Website

Meet up with friends after work and join us at The Mariners’ First Thursdays at The Mariners’ Museum: “What do you do with a drunken sailor." Looking for something fun to do after work on the first Thursday of every month? First Thursdays is a free social event featuring live music, a 50/50 raffle and food & adult beverages for purchase. As an added bonus, there will also be a select gallery or exhibition open during each event at no charge. The Mariners’ Museum will stay open later for the first Thursday, January through May and September through December.

 

Advent Wreaths - Williamsburg Botanical Garden

Date and Time: November 16, 2013, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Admission: Free and open to the public

Location: Freedom Park Interpretive Center

Event Website

Genrose Lashinger will show participants how to construct beautiful wreaths for the advent season using natural herbs. Many of these herbs are growing in the Botanical Garden.

 

Jamestown’s Legacy to the American Revolution

Dates: March 01, 2013 - January 20, 2014

Location: Jamestown Settlement

Event Website

More than 60 objects destined for exhibit at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will be on display in “Jamestown’s Legacy to the American Revolution,” opening March 1 at Jamestown Settlement. The special exhibition, which continues through January 20, 2014, examines the lives of Revolutionary War-era descendants of people associated with Jamestown, the 17th-century capital of Virginia.

 

Painters and Paintings in the Early American South

Dates: March 23, 2013 - September 07, 2014

Location: DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum

Event Website

This ground-breaking exhibition will bring together paintings by artists working in the 18th-century South and others produced abroad for southern patrons.

 

Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia

Dates and Times: November 28, 2013 - November 30, 2013, 9:00 AM

Location: Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center

Event Website

Colonial Virginia foodways are featured during this three-day event beginning on Thanksgiving Day. At Jamestown Settlement, learn how food was gathered, preserved and prepared on land and at sea by Virginia’s English colonists and Powhatan Indians. At the Yorktown Victory Center, learn about typical soldiers’ fare during the American Revolution and trace the bounty of a 1780s farm from field to kitchen.

 

Lights Galore

Dates: November 30, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Admission: $35/person

Event Website

TUESDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS. Everyone knows that the Christmas Holiday Season is the time for lights, lights and more lights. Join Oleta Tours for a trip to see Hampton Roads at its best as we see over a million lights displayed! Call 757-253-1008 or visit the website for more information.

For more information on these events and others like them, visit the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance.

 

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John Pusa
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Crest - Glendale, CA
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Mary - Thank you for sharing an excellent list of information about things to do in near Williamsburg, Virgina November 2013.

Nov 01, 2013 05:05 AM

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