Have you participated in any of these programs?

I would love to get some feedback if you have.

1. ) ';Building Great Hopes Plantation: Reconstructing Rural Houses by Hand%26#39;

2.)';Rubbish, Treasures and Colonial Life';

3.)';The Garden Gate';

4.)';Behind the Scenes at Bruton Heights';

Have you participated in any of these programs?

I%26#39;ve been on the Rubbish, Treasures and Colonial Life tour. It was very interesting. You get to go into the archaeological labs, and you get the opportunity to touch some of the artifacts. The finds are related to the way of life for the colonists. A highlight on my tour was a lab where artifacts from Mount Vernon and Monticello were being labelled by volunteers. We saw bones from Washington%26#39;s and Jefferson%26#39;s dinner tables that had been excavated from bury pits at the estates.

Behind the Scenes at Bruton Heights gives you a look at how the Electronic Field Trips are conducted, among other things. If your children have seen any of the EFTs, they might find that interesting. Do their schools participate? I know many California schools do.

I haven%26#39;t done the Building Great Hopes one, but I have participated in a barn raising there. The building still stands! It was so educational to watch the centuries-old techniques being used in contemporary times.

I haven%26#39;t done Through The Garden Gate. If you%26#39;re eager to learn more about how the gardens are planned, and how the gardeners know what existed in the 18th century, you%26#39;ll probably enjoy this one.

Have you participated in any of these programs?

Zoey,

Thank you for your quick response! You helped me rule out one of the tours--the Bruton Heights one. My oldest son has expressed interest in the Great Hopes one. He is the senior in architecture. The Gardens one would be of interest to my husband and that same son.

Please keep in mind that several of the walking tours you mentioned (';Rubbish';, ';Garden Gate';, ';Behind the Scenes';) require a Liberty or Hotel Guest Pass to participate and can only be booked upon arrival.

The ';Behind the Scenes'; tour is fascinating because it allows you to learn about the location -- Bruton Heights School, founded and funded by Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller for the benefit of Williamsburg%26#39;s African American community (from which was drawn a good portion of the CW workforce). You see a restoration lab, you visit the set of the electronic field trips ... AND you get inside the Rockefeller Library.

But these are thrills for someone who is already familiar with the work produced by all these experts, researchers, historians and educators. On my first visit, I%26#39;d stick to the front of the house!

Yes, we all have Liberty passes.

may I ask if these programs are geared more toward adults/teens rather than young children?

The four programs mentioned by Readaloud are more adult oriented than for young children, although kids attend them all the time and seem to be interested. It%26#39;s probably one of those answers that involves you knowing your children%26#39;s like and dislikes better than we do.

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