Books & Media

Insiders' Guide: Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle

Experience America's past and present-day glories in beautiful, historic Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Virginia! Written by local Susan Corbett, Insiders' Guide: Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle includes: Comprehensive...

Forged In Wood DVD

Part 9 of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archive Series: The Trades of Colonial Williamsburg This 1987 documentary shows how re-creating James Anderson's blacksmith shop provided a challenge for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's architectural...

The Cabinetmaker DVD

Part 11 of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archive Series: The Trades of Colonial Williamsburg The Cabinetmaker Crafting a Card Table Antique furniture produced in 18th-century Williamsburg serves as patterns for work produced today in Colonial...

Alexander Hamilton Signature Notebook

Now you can put pen to paper in your very own Alexander Hamilton Signature Notebook, and let his words encourage and inspire you as you record your daily musings. Features Moleskin-like binding Cream paper stock and an elegant ribbon page marker...

Spencerian Penmanship Practice Book: Declaration of Independence

It’s no secret that improving your Spencerian penmanship requires practice. Fortunately, this helpful workbook offers over 180 pages of phrases and sentences for you to refine your lettering.  Across the top of each page is carefully...

Blue Quill Feather Nib Pen & Ink Writing Set

This Blue Quill Feather Nib Pen & Ink Writing Set is a wonderful gift for writers. The set is handsomely packed and includes a dyed blue feather pen with 4 styles of metal nibs and a bottle of Italian ink. Pairs beautifully with our bronze and wood...

You Can Learn Children's Craft Kit - Calligraphy

Teach your kids a skill from the early days of American life with You Can Learn Craft Kits! This children's calligraphy kit allows kids to imagine and experience what life was like in the past when young girls and boys learned how to write with a quill...

Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America

The transition from harpsichord to piano and the accompanying shift in taste between 1700 and 1830 was a musical revolution in revolutionary times. So, also, was the transition from London's monopoly on the manufacture of instruments to a burgeoning...

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 1790. During the decade that followed, the Founding Fathers - reexamined here as Founding Brothers - combined the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the content of the Constitution...

Thomas Jefferson Art of Power

A No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and more. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham once...

A Glorious System Of Things DVD

Part 8 of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archive Series: Colonial Life through a Lens. The 18th century was an age marked by an upsurge of scientific curiosity, and this 1983 docudrama shows how early American colonists learned of such important...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Norfolk Naval Shipyard has a long history that predates the United States of America. Founded in 1767 as the Gosport Shipyard, it has been burned and rebuilt three times, once to prevent it from getting into the hands of the newly independent state of...

Painters and Paintings in the Early American South

Painters and Paintings in the Early American South by the Juli Grainger, Curator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, gathers into one volume a large body of materials related to the paintings and the artists of the American South between 1564 and...

Aged Parchment Notecard Set

This set of elegant Aged Parchment Notecards is ideal for writing with ink or practicing calligraphy. Pair with our other from Freund-Mayer writing accessories in our shop for a thoughtful and fun gift. Features Set of 8 folded note cards with 8...

Flexible Sealing Wax Tri-Pack - Metallic Gold, Jade, Purple

This Flexible Sealing Wax Tri-Pack makes the perfect companion to our brass letter seals! Made to withstand the modern postal system, this mailable sealing wax can be used on greeting cards and invitations for added historical charm, or on...

Yorktown, Virginia: A Brief History

Yorktown's history is often overshadowed by its pivotal role in the Revolutionary War. The site of the British surrender has held several victory commemorations over the past two hundred years. Yorktown also was a thriving colonial port and the site of...

Quest for a Cure

Erected in 1773, burned in 1885, and now reconstructed, the Public Hospital was the first public facility in colonial America built for the treatment of the mentally ill. This highly readable account of Quest for a Cure gives an overview of the attitudes...

Wood and Bronze Pen Stand

Display your quill pen in style with this small Wood and Bronze Pen Stand. This holder looks great on your desk at home or take it to your next re-enactment inside your traveling desk for a period-appropriate accessory. Features Can hold any type of...

American Stories

American Stories by Paul Aron follows the evolution of our founding stories and myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. The story of the cherry tree, for example, tells us nothing about George Washington’s actual...

Vintage Decorated Metal Quill Pen Holder

A lovely accessory for your desk, this Vintage Decorated Metal Quill Pen Holder holds your quill pen elegantly. The base is made of wood and the silver-tone metal holder is decorated with delicate scrolls, flowers, and ornamental motifs. We think it...

Lion and Shield Bookends

Choose these lion and shield bookends for a stately accent to any bookshelf, desk or side table. In Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area, a chiseled stone lion stands guard at the gates of the Governor's Palace, representing the British crown with a...

Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

Does George Washington still matter? In Travels With George, bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies,...

A Brief Treatise on Tomb & Grave Stones of the Eighteenth Century

An introductory guide and study resource for understanding the process of Eighteenth Century Gravestone carving, as well as a primer on identifying carvers of the stones. Includes proper notes for academic study thereon, along with many pictures for...

Indienne Rug Mouse Pad

Spread a little tradition wherever you need to use your computer mouse ... and protect your table. With a detailed medallion and floral motif, this mouse pad will add a touch of rich elegance to your office or living room. Images of antique carpets in...

Children's Melody Harp Songs

Twelve traditional children's songs young ones can play instantly: A Hunting We Will Go, A Tisket, A Tasket, Are You Sleeping?, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Froggie Went A Courtin', Hickory Dickory Dock, I'm A Little Teapot, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Polly Wolly...

Founding Feuds by Paul Aron

Think partisanship has never been so bad? Think again. Founding Feuds by Paul Aron shows the founders of the United States of America not only debating but also smearing, screaming, spitting, and occasionally shooting at each other—their...

Melody Harp Christmas Songs

Twelve carols children can play instantly of Christmas Melody Harp Songs: Angels We Have Heard On High, Deck the Halls, Go Tell It On the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nick, Joy to the...

Colonial Williamsburg Fry-Jefferson Map Bookmark

Save your reading spot with the Colonial Williamsburg Fry-Jefferson Map Bookmark. This metal bookmark features a print of the Fry-Jefferson Map with fine detailing around the edges. Pair with a book for the perfect gift for the bookworm in your...

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership is the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson and is a masterful, first-of-its-kind dual biography of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, illuminating the enduring...

The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

Go on a literary journey with preeminent legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar! In his 800+ page book, The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, Amar covers the history of the American Constitution's formative decades.  When...

Bricks: Now and Then

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Buildings made of brick are found in very different epochs and cultures all over the world. Always astonishing, the qualities of...

Brown Leather Journal 5" x 7"

This handsome Brown Leather Journal is hand-crafted in Italy. The journal features a wrap-around leather strap, a refillable lined journal, and an extra pocket to stash papers, letters, or other documents. We think it makes the perfect travel journal to...

First Principles

In First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks offers a revelatory book about the...

Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck and A New History of America's Origin

In Marooned, Joseph Kelly reexamines the history of Jamestown and comes to a radically different and decidedly American interpretation of these first Virginians. In this gripping account of shipwrecks and mutiny in America's earliest settlements, Kelly...

Colonial Williamsburg Antique Floral Textile Bookmark

Save your reading spot with the Colonial Williamsburg Antique Floral Textile Bookmark. Inspired by a piece in our collections, this metal bookmark features an image of an antique block print textile from India. This lovely bookmark is accented by...

Flexible Sealing Wax Tri-Pack - Blue, White, Pink

This Flexible Sealing Wax Tri-Pack makes the perfect companion to our brass letter seals! Made to withstand the modern postal system, this mailable sealing wax can be used on greeting cards and invitations for added historical charm, or on...

Shrubs: An Old Fashioned Drink For Modern Times

In his book Shrubs: An Old Fashioned Drink for Modern Times, Michael Dietsch took the mixology community by storm when he brought back a popular drink from colonial times, the shrub. Not the green, leafy kind of shrub that grows in the ground, but a...

Old World Internet Address & Password Logbook

Keep track of websites, passwords, software licenses, and device information with this Old World Internet Address & Password Logbook. Features an antique map cover, tabbed A-Z pages, and a removable cover band. Features Multicolor antique map...

Craft: An American History

At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology—while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that...

Vintage Embossed Metal and Wood Ink Blotter

A lovely accessory for your desk, this Vintage Embossed Metal and Wood Ink Blotter is a must-have for letter writing with ink. The base is made of wood and the silver-tone embossed decorative exterior features a beaded edge and ornamental motifs. We...

Hand Stitched Brown Leather Journal

A marvel of craftsmanship and quality, this Hand-Stitched Leather Journal is made in Italy by artisans practicing centuries old techniques. The soft brown leather cover features straps to protect the interior rag paper pages which are stitched by hand...

Hero of Two Worlds

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality. "Few in history can match the...

Folk Melody Harp Songs

Twelve traditional folk melody harp songs young ones - or adults - can play instantly: Blue Tail Fly, Buffalo Gals, Clementine, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, I've Been Working On The Railroad, Little Brown Jug,...

Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs

Kathleen Brown examines the origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender. Both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, gender helped determine the construction of racial categories...

Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity

When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity...

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings is part of the Leather-bound Classics series and is a collection of the crucial documents, speeches, and other writings that shaped the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can review the...

Hamilton: The Revolution

Hamilton: The Revolution is written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. This behind-the-scenes book gives readers an unprecedented view of the beloved musical. The book traces the Broadway show's development from an improbable...