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Expanding the Art Museums
The Art Museums expansion will include 8,000 square feet of new gallery space and much more.
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Washington's Headquarters
Transforming the Wythe House into George Washington's Headquarters.
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In Colonial Williamsburg's 301-acre Historic Area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the men and women of the 18th-century city—black, white, and native American, slave, indentured, and free—and the challenges they faced. In this historic place, we help the future learn from the past.
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