The Media Collection

In Historic Trades Foodways an apprentice prepares food in the Governor's Palace kitchen.

A unicorn statue holds a coat-of-arms on top of the front gates of the Governor's Palace.

A still life of medicines and tools like a mortar and pestle, a balance, saws and more used or made in the Pasteur & Galt Apothecary.

Still life of tools and books used or made in the Bookbinder's Shop. For similar image see also image ID# D2014-TEG-0723-0024fpainted.

Still life of tools and books used or made in the Bookbinder's Shop. For similar image see also image ID : D2014-TEG-0723-0024f

Bookbinding tools stand in boxes in the Bookbinder's Shop.

Detail : a leather stamp lies next to its impression on a leather bound book in the Bookbinder's Shop.

A still life of apothecary tools and instruments including a scale, mortar and pestle, jar, box, tooth key, knife and powder from the Pasteur-Galt Apothecary Shop.

East elevation of the Wren Building, from an 1856 daguerrotype. Frank Nivison Photography Collection. -- Visual Resources Collections. For more information about this image go to: https://rocklib.omeka.net/collections/show/29.

A copy of an old (undated) picture of Williamsburg before the Restoration. Here, a cart drives up Duke of Gloucester Street in front of the Baptist Church.

Looking west down the Duke of Gloucester Street about 1890. The Prentis Store and the Ludwell Paradise house appear on the right and the steeple of Bruton Parish Church and the cupola of the Courthouse appear in the distance. -- Visual Resources Collections

Great Hominy (Corn Soup) cooks in an iron pot siting near a fire on an open hearth in the George Wythe kitchen.

Detail of a heaping spoonful of Great Hominy (Corn Soup) cooked in an iron pot on an open hearth in the George Wythe kitchen.

A reproduction "Betsy Ross" flag features 13 stars on a blue ground. One star for each of the 13 original American colonies.

A reproduction "Betsy Ross" flag features 13 stars on a blue ground. One star for each of the 13 original American colonies.

A door in the Historic Area after a winter snow.

A cannon sits in front of the Magazine with a light dusting of snow. This is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

An Historic Trades Gardener tends yellow flowers in the Colonial Garden.

An interpreter in a blue cape walks past a snow covered outbuilding and fence in the Historic Area.

R. Charlton's Coffeehouse sign showing a hand tipping a coffeepot.

Visitors enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride through the Historic Area in the fall.

A character interpreter portrays Nation Builder Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington in the Orlando Jones Garden. Colonial Williamsburg's Nation Builders portray real historical figures associated with 18th century Williamsburg who made signifcant contributions to the American story.

The entryway to the Governor's Palace, shortly after it was painted white. February 23, 2018

An Historic Trades Farmer carries a bundle of flax or hemp across a field at Great Hopes plantation.

An interpreter holding a leather bound book stands in front of a field of orange day lillies.