Doorway to the Past

Antique furniture produced in eighteenth-century Williamsburg serves as patterns for work produced today in Colonial Williamsburg's restored Hay's...

Explains the role of the blacksmith in colonial America, and includes a demonstration of the tools and skills used to turn metal into farm...

A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.

The cooper works through the demanding process of creating a barrel. Using no measuring tool other than his own eyesight, the master cooper precisely...

While exhibiting their crafts, the cabinetmaker, cooper, carpenter, and basket maker of Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Trades discuss the...

While explaining the trade of printing, this docudrama relates the importance of the printer as a communicator of news, information, and learning...

Experience the pride and precision that went into every eighteenth-century instrument made in colonial America. Each part is handmade and carefully...

Marvel as skilled craftspeople transform white oak logs into finished baskets.

Colonial Williamsburg's curators, conservators, archaeologists, and historic tradespeople pool their expertise to reveal the merits of early southern...

This is a dramatization of the color and style of clothing distinctive to eighteenth-century America. It was an age of knee breeches, full gowns,...

You'll see the progression of wares manufactured at England's celebrated Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory between 1745 and 1769 from simple tea services...

This is story of a typical morning of a colonial household. Filmed in restored Williamsburg, the reenactment follows a family’s household...