Activity: Fashion School’s out for the summer, but there is still a place the young student in your home can learn and have a good time. Bring the family by for a tour of the historic house, geared for elementary and middle school aged children, followed by a look at the museum’s costume textiles and […]
Wilton House Museum offers an exciting week exploring life in Colonial Virginia. Campers will learn how early Virginians dressed, played, and lived in the days before modern technology! Learn to churn butter, decorate a floor cloth, design your own colonial chamber, create watercolor paintings, and play like you’re living in the 18th century! Take part […]
Good Shot Judy - a swing/big band sound. Come out and enjoy an evening of music on the James.
Activity: Archaeology School’s out for the summer, but there is still a place the young student in your home can learn and have a good time. Bring the family by for a tour of the historic house, geared for elementary and middle school aged children, followed by an archaeology dig. Reserve a spot today. $6 […]
Grab your boater, your garden party finest, and your picnic basket and join the Art Deco Society of Virginia as we journey back in time to the 1920s, where afternoons on the lawn consisted of friends, food, and frivolity! The 4th Annual Gatsby Afternoon Picnic will take place on the lush lawns of the Wilton […]
‘China of the Most Fashionable Sort’: Chinese Export Porcelain in Colonial America From its first introduction into Western homes, Chinese porcelain held mystique and value. Treasured for translucency and beautiful decoration, porcelain crossed the Atlantic with the first settlers at Jamestown who brought with them wine cups and other pieces of Chinese porcelain as symbols […]
You & i are… Earth Saturday, October 1, 2016 9:00AM to 3:00PM Event Link You and i are . . . Earth, featuring internationally recognized ceramic artist Michelle Erickson, inspires Wilton House Museum’s next symposium. Building on the themes explored in the exhibition, the day’s presentations will reconsider: the on-going dialog with the Colonial past, […]