Editing Jamestown Settlement (section)

==Attractions==
===Galleries===
The Jamestown Settlement galleries provide the setting for a varied collection of objects relating to the nation’s beginnings in 17th-century Virginia. The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation collection has been developed to support the museum’s storyline and includes objects representative of the Powhatan Indian, European, and African cultures that converged in 1600s Virginia. More than 500 artifacts are exhibited at any one time in the galleries.<ref>[http://www.historyisfun.org/exhibitions/collections-and-exhibitions/jamestown-settlement-galleries/ Jamestown Settlement Galleries] Accessed 2017-01-09</ref>

===Living History===
In Living History, visitors can "journey to the past" in re-creations of a Powhatan Indian town and the 1610-14 colonial fort.<ref>[http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement/ Jamestown Settlement] Accessed 2017-01-09</ref>  The park also allows visitors to board replicas of the three ships that sailed from England to Virginia in 1607. In the outdoor areas, costumed historical interpreters describe and demonstrate daily life in early 17th-century Jamestown. As a preserved site of the British military garrison, Jamestown meticulously reconstructs daily life through restored structures such as warehouses, chapels, sentry posts, and guardhouses. Visitors engage with historical interpretation through immersive re-enactments: guides in period attire demonstrate soldiers’ routines in tents, field kitchens, and infirmaries, while the fortress's fully staffed garrison periodically conducts military demonstrations mirroring 17th-century drills.<ref name=":0">Cheng Shizhuo, Qin Bingfan, Hu Ying. ''Model Evolution of U.S. National Historic Parks from the Perspective of Social Functions'' [J]. ''Ancient Architecture and Garden Technology'', 2024, (04): 121-126.</ref>

The project team integrates olfactory-driven historical immersion:In the smokehouse, bacon is cured using traditional slow-smoking methods over hickory wood, recreating the acrid yet savory scents that defined colonial-era food preservation.The cider cellar leverages natural fermentation conditions to produce apple cider, its layered aromas of fermented apples and oak-aged tannins evoking the terroir of early Anglo-American agricultural practices.<ref name=":0" />

===Events===
Regular events are held to link with the colonial-related themes of the area - such as military re-enactments, historic trades fairs, lectures, or anniversaries. The next major event is the 410th Anniversary of the founding of the settlement, scheduled for mid-May 2017, entitled ''Jamestown Day''.<ref>[http://www.historyisfun.org/events/ Events Archive] Accessed 2017-01-09</ref> Similarly, ''Pocahontas Imagined'' will commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the death of [[Pocahontas]] in July 2017. Further, the American Indian Intertribal Powwow will be held there in October 2017.

===Surrounds===
On nearby [[Jamestown Island]] itself, the [[National Park Service]] and [[Preservation Virginia]], operate [[Historic Jamestowne]] where a vast amount of [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] have been recovered by the [[Jamestown Rediscovery]] project with ongoing [[archeology|archaeological]] work, including ongoing excavations, reconstructions, and renovations (e.g., [[Jamestown Church]]). It is also next to the [[Jamestown Glasshouse]].