ADDITIONAL EVENTS GOING ON IN WILLIAMSBURG
Plan on coming early and/or staying late. WIS has guaranteed the room rate from April 26th through May 4th.
There is so much to see and do in Williamsburg, here is a listing of the goings-on during our stay.
 | Valentine Richmond History Center’s Wickham House - 53 miles
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Wickham House is a spectacular example of 19th century Federal architecture, and displays some of the country's finest examples of interior decorative painting. |
 | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello - 123 miles
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 | BILTMORE in Asheville, North Carolina, Americas Largest Home and More! - 417 miles If you are driving to Williamsburg, be sure to detour to Asheville, NC! Be inspired by the relaxed elegance of George and Edith Vanderbilt's 250-room family home and country retreat in Asheville, NC. Discover original art from masters such as Renoir, magnificent 16th-century tapestries, Napoleon's chess set, a library with 10,000 volumes, a Banquet Hall with a 70-foot ceiling,65 fireplaces, an indoor pool, bowling alley, and priceless antiques. Opened to friends on Christmas Eve 1895, this French Renaissance chateáu remains America's largest privately owned home. |
 | Yorktown, Virginia - 17 miles Yorktown is most famous as the site of the surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington in 1781. Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown did effectively end the American Revolutionary War. Yorktown also figured prominently in theAmerican Civil War (1861–1865), serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time. Today, Yorktown is part of an important national resource known as the Historic Triangle of Yorktown, Jamestown and Williamsburg. |
 | Official Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center Visitor's Site - 5 1/2 miles and 13 miles respectively Experience the story of America's beginnings at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Through film, artifact-filled galleries and outdoor living history, these museums engage visitors in nearly two centuries of our nation's history - from the founding of America's first permanent English settlement in 1607 to the decisive Revolutionary War victory in 1781 and implementation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights |
 | The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - 55 miles The Virgina Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond is currently closed due to construction. However, the grand re-opening is scheduled for May 1st, 2010. It will be open from 10:00am to 5:00pm, 7 days a week, with extended hours until 9:00pm on Thursdays. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses a remarkable permanent collection of more than twenty thousand works of art from almost every major world culture. Especially noteworthy are the museum’s collections of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modern and Contemporary American art donated by Sydney and Frances Lewis; French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art and British sporting art given by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; American art acquired through the J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund; The Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Fabergé jeweled objects; and The Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver. The museum’s holdings of South Asian, Himalayan, and African art are among the finest in the nation. |
