Colonial Williamsburg is offering free admission to its museums Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, in celebration of An Occasion For The Arts weekend. The 44th annual art show and music festival is held on the first weekend of October in Merchants Square. The event features more than 170 local and national artists. Click here to visit the An Occasion For The Arts website.
Guests receive free admission to the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, which houses the Foundation’s renowned collection of British and American fine and decorative arts dating from 1600 through 1830, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the oldest institution in the United States dedicated solely to the collection and preservation of American folk art, on Oct. 6-7. They are located at 326 W. Francis St., Williamsburg.
Free admission also includes Bassett Hall, the Williamsburg home of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife Abby Rockefeller, on Oct. 6 located at 522 E. Francis St.
Click here for more information on the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
