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Visiting Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area and museums for a day? Two weeks? Or want to come back again and again? There’s a pass just for you. General admission passes include access to a variety of Historic Area buildings and exhibits, the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, and regular daytime programs. Some offer discounts on evening performances and other perks. Bus transportation is included in your Colonial Williamsburg admission.

Purchase your admission pass in advance online and save 10%. (Discount applied at checkout.)

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Rent interactive audio tours at the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center.

Official Regional Visitor Center

The Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center serves as the official Regional Visitor Center for America’s Historic Triangle. Purchase tickets for Colonial Williamsburg and the Historic Triangle venues here.

Use our natural-gas buses to visit Historic Area sites, the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown.


Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Guest Pass

Stay with us and Save! Guests of official Colonial Williamsburg hotels automatically get the best values anywhere.

Adult $29
Youths Ages 6-17 $14
or Stay four nights & tickets are free!†

Call 1-800-HISTORY to book.

Includes:

  • Length-of-stay admission to Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area and the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg while residing at the Williamsburg Inn and Providence Hall Guest Houses, Williamsburg Lodge, Colonial Houses–Historic Lodging, Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites, or Governor’s Inn.
  • 50 percent discount on Colonial Evening Program tickets **
  • Admission to regular daytime programs and walking tours*
  • The Revolutionary City, a Colonial Williamsburg adventure
  • Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and Bassett Hall
  • Viewing of the movie short Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
  • Free parking at the Visitor Center and use of Colonial Williamsburg shuttle buses.

Families Free offer valid March 14–December 31, 2008, for stays only at the following official Colonial Williamsburg hotels: Governor’s Inn, Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites, Williamsburg Lodge, Colonial Houses–Historic Lodging, Providence Hall Guesthouses, or Williamsburg Inn®. A minimum stay of four consecutive nights is required. Free ticket offer is for the Colonial Williamsburg Hotel Guest Pass, described above. Free ticket applies to members of immediate family for the length of stay concurrent with the dates of their reservation. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts and is not available to groups. Further conditions may apply.

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Day Pass / General Admission Includes:

Historic Area
Access to as many as 20 to 40 Historic Area buildings and exhibits (depending on season and operating schedules), such as the Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, Great Hopes Plantation, all historic trades sites (wheelwright, blacksmith, silversmith, milliner, wigmaker, etc.), all gardens, and all original 18th-century exhibition sites (the Courthouse, Gaol, Magazine, and the homes of Peyton Randolph and George Wythe), along with admission to Revolutionary City®. Check Colonial Williamsburg This Week for openings. Also includes Capitol tour, orientation tour, regular daytime programs*, and viewing of the movie classic Williamsburg—The Story of a Patriot. Plus, free parking at the Visitor Center and use of Historic Area shuttle buses.

Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
Entry to Bassett Hall, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.

Capital City Pass
Adults $37  Purchase in advance and save 10%- Internet Price: $33.30
Youths Ages 6-17 $18 Purchase in advance and save - Internet Price: $16.20

+ $6 - Add the Governor's Palace Tour (approx. 40 min.)

Palace / Capital City Pass
Adults $43 Purchase in advance and save 10%- Internet Price: $38.70
Youths Ages 6-17 $22 Purchase in advance and save - Internet Price: $18.90

+ $6 - Add a full second day to the Palace / Capital City Pass

governor's Key-to-the-City Pass
Adults $49 Purchase in advance and save 10%- Internet Price: $44.10
Youths Ages 6-17 $24 Purchase in advance and save - Internet Price: $22.05

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MultiDay Premium Pass Includes

Your best buy for 3+ days

  • Come-and-go flexibility—not limited to consecutive days
  • Access to ALL exhibition sites, regular daytime programs, and museums
  • 50% discount on most Colonial Evening Programs**
  • Exclusive access to special-topic, guided walking tours (reservations required)
  • Admission for up to one full year

Colonial Williamsburg Freedom Pass
$59 Adults  Purchase in advance and save 10%- Internet Price: $53.10
$29 Youths Ages 6-17 Purchase in advance and save - Internet Price: $26.10

+ $30 - Add Free Colonial Evening Program Tickets***

Colonial Williamsburg Independence Pass
$89 Adults  Purchase in advance and save 10%- Internet Price: $80.10
$44 Youths Ages 6-17 Purchase in advance and save - Internet Price: $39.60

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Colonial Williamsburg Museum Admission

Admission to the combined Museums of Colonial Williamsburg (DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Bassett Hall) is included in the following Colonial Williamsburg general admission passes: Capital City One-Day Ticket, Governor’s Key-to-the-City Two Day Pass, Freedom Pass, Independence Pass, CW Hotel Guest Pass, and also the local resident Good Neighbor Pass.

The following ticket options are also available for access to the museums only:

$9 Adults  - one-day pass
$4 Youths - one-day pass

$19 Adults  - annual pass
$10 Youths - annual pass

These tickets are not currently available for online purchase, but can be obtained at any onsite Colonial Williamsburg ticket window, as well as at the museums.

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*"Regular daytime programs" excludes events for which separate paid admission is required. Some regular daytime programs require advance reservations. Walking tours must be booked on site at any CW ticket location due to limited availability.
** "Colonial Evening Programs" do not include dining events. Discounts do not apply to any evening programs or events during the holidays from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day.
***One (1) Colonial Evening Program ticket may be reserved per Independence Pass holder, per program, space permitting.


 
   
 
 








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