The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum

"Fun with the Family"

This is home to Colonial Williamsburg’s art masterworks. More than 8,000 seventeenth-century through early-nineteenth-century decorative delights, from silver and ceramics to linen and lace, are presented here. Although this facility may appeal more to older children, don’t avoid it; instead, find something that will catch your child’s interest. Go on a treasure hunt here: Let your kids follow their fancies through a door and see what they find. Does your child take music lessons? Then locate the case of eighteenth-century instruments. Is your fifth-grader learning about geography? Browse the gallery of hand-colored colonial maps where the pink for Virginia bleeds all the way past the Mississippi River, and Indian names mark the territory of Michigan. In the summer the gallery offers Wee Folk, which gives families a special tour of the exhibits followed by a hands-on activity session for kids. Cafe on the premises.