Historic Jamestowne will be free and open to visitors a few different days this year in celebration of various events.
Admission to the historic site is normally $20 for guests 16 years of age and older, James City County wrote in a news release.
Those 15 and younger get free admission year-round.
Admission to Historic Jamestown will be waived on:
- Saturday, April 20 in honor of the first day of National Park Week and National Junior Ranger Day
- Sunday, Aug. 25 in honor of the National Park Service Founders Day
- Saturday, Sept. 28 in honor of National Public Lands Day
- Monday, Nov. 11 in commemoration of Veterans Day
Historic Jamestowne is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America, where colonists landed in 1607. It features archaeological sites at the James Fort, walking tours, the Archaearium museum and more.
Starting this month, Jamestown will also have several events and exhibits in honor of the 1619 Commemoration, which recognizes several pivotal moments in history including formation of the first representative government in the New World, the arrival of the first recorded Africans in North America, such as Angela, and the large-scale arrival of English women to the colony
Historic Jamestowne is run jointly by the National Park Service and Jamestown Rediscovery under Preservation Virginia.
For more information, call 757-856-1250 or visit Historic Jamestowne on Facebook.
