School Group Tours
For more than 70 years Colonial Williamsburg has provided a premier school field trip destination, offering schools assistance in addressing educational standards and individually tailoring an experience that fits unique classroom needs. Once your students step into the Historic Area they are fully immersed in 18th-century Virginia’s colonial capital city. Our interactive programs and cross-curricular investigations will engage students’ minds. They will see and experience life as the founding families did in the 1700s, and our professional tour guides will make their learning fun!
Ticket & Reservation Information
Select your admission ticket based on the number of days you will be visiting and if you would prefer a self-guided or guided experience.
Multi Day
Valid for two consecutive days. Provides admission to the Exhibition buildings, colonial trade shops and colonial homes. Also, includes admission to the Governor’s Palace, Capitol, and The Art Museums (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Dewitt and Wallace Decorative Art Museum).
Single Day Plus Self-Guided
Valid for one day. Provides admission to the exhibition buildings, colonial trade shops and colonial homes. Also, includes admission to the Governor’s Palace, Capitol, and The Art Museums (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and Dewitt Wallace Decorative Art Museum).
Single Day Plus 3-Hour Guide
Valid for one day. Includes a 3-Hour Guided tour. Provides admission to the exhibition buildings, colonial trade shops and colonial homes. Also, includes admission to the Governor’s Palace, Capitol, and The Art Museums (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and Dewitt Wallace Decorative Art Museum).
Stay and Save
You'll receive complimentary length-of-stay admission tickets when you book your stay directly through Colonial Williamsburg Resorts.
Special Focus Tours
Your Tour, Your Choice (All Ages)
Looking for an interesting way to introduce a unit? Searching for a memorable review of material examined earlier in the year? We will work with you to create a customized tour. Whether you wish to cover math, science, English, or history, our professional educators will partner with you to create a customized tailored individualized experience. Your students will discover everything from the global economy to African American life, from fashion trades to agriculture and livestock, to government and politics.
Colonial Government and the Birth of our Democracy (Grades 6-12)
From the workings of the colonial government to our first vote for independence, from the Virginia Declaration of Rights to the Bill of Rights in the Constitution, discover how the thoughts, actions, and various perspectives of people who loved and worked right here in Williamsburg influenced and shaped the government we have today. Your students will participate in an 18th - century election, will investigate the workings of 18th - century justice and even debate independence!
Women in 18th Century Williamsburg (Grades 6-12)
In a letter, future First Lady Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, imploring the Continental Congress to "Remember the Ladies". On our "Women in 18th - Century Williamsburg" tour, we not only invite you to remember the ladies, we invite you to experience the town through the eyes of a notable housewife of the city. Discover how she orders her day. Meet the other women she interacts with throughout the city. By the end of the tour, there will be no way for your students to forget the ladies.
18th Century Daily Life (All grades)
Are your students curious to know what their lives would have been like in the past? Journey back with us and explore everyday life, work, and play in 18th century Williamsburg. Your tour will be tailored to the age group of your students, be they in elementary, middle, or high school, and will give them a feel for what their life would have been like had they lived here then. You may join in hands-on activities such as drawing water from a well, trying on period fashions or possibly even assemble a bucket.
Policies & Reservation Information
Reservations are required for all Group Tours and Evening Programs.
Call 1-800-228-8878 Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET), or email groupsales@cwf.org.
Wheelchairs may be rented at the Visitor Center. Please call 1-800-228-8878 for details.
