Jamestown Settlement

Welcome to Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia history and culture.

Near the site of the original colony, discover the story of America’s beginnings through immersive films, gallery exhibits and outdoor living history. You’ll learn about the Virginia Indians who occupied the Virginia landscape for centuries, the arrival of English colonists in Jamestown in 1607 to establish America’s first permanent English colony and the first documented arrival of West Central Africans in 1619, leading to cultural encounters and events that planted the seeds of a new nation.