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Group Tour Planner I 2012
Group Tour Planner I 2012
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The Art Museums
of Colonial Williamsburg
Operating Season I Year-round. Hours vary seasonally.
Location I Entrance to the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg is through the Public Hospital
of 1773 on Francis Street between Nassau and South Henry streets.
The award-winning DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum houses the Foundation’s renowned
collection of British and American decorative arts dating from 1600 through 1830. These include
the world’s largest collection of Virginia furniture; one of the largest collections of Southern, British
and American furniture; and the largest collection of English pottery outside England. Masterworks
and period pieces acquired for Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area exhibition buildings bolster the
museum’s holdings in furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, maps and textiles.
The award-winning Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the oldest institution in the United
States dedicated solely to the collection and preservation of American folk art, features paintings,
whirligigs, weather vanes, carvings, toys, embroideries and other folk works representing many
diverse cultural traditions and geographic regions. John D. Rockefeller Jr. established the museum
in 1957 in honor of his wife Abby, who died in April 1958, and her love of folk art. Mrs. Rockefeller
gave the core collection of 424 objects to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 1939. Today the
collection includes items dating from the 1720s to the present shown in 11 galleries constituting
10,400 square feet of exhibition space.
While at The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, visit the café and museum store.
Contact I Colonial Williamsburg Conference and Group Sales Department, Post Office Box 1776,
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-1776 I Adult Tours Contact: groups@cwf.org I Call toll-free 888-293-5627
(Nationwide) I Fax 757-565-8905 I Student Tours Contact: SchoolandYouthGroups@cwf.org
Toll-free 800-228-8878 (Nationwide) I Fax 757-220-7708 I www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/grouptours