Welcome to Wilton House Museum

STANDARD HOUSE TOUR
Time required 1.25 hours
Cost: $2.50 per student

Students of all ages are invited to experience eighteenth-century colonial lifestyles and history. Students will explore the lavish public rooms and comfortable family quarters while hearing about the Wilton's famous visitors, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. After the tour, elementary grade students jump into the fashions of the day by participating in a colonial clothing and accessories demonstration.
All Elementary students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure.

3.1, VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, VS.5, VS.9, USI.1, USI.2, USI.4, USI.5, USI.6, WG.1, WG.5, WHI.5, WHI.6, WHII.1, WHII.4 WHII.5, WHII.6, WG.3, WG.4, VUS.1, VUS. 2, VUS.3, VUS.4

HOUSE TOUR WITH ACTIVITIES
Time required: 2.5 hours.
Cost: $5.00 per student

In addition to the standard tour (see above), students will participate in (choose one):
~ Outside Games such as colonial lawn games, which can include ‘hoops’, ‘blindman’s bluff’, ‘Graces’, ‘hop, skip and jump’, and ‘lawn bowling’. Weather permitting for outside activities.
~ Hand’s-On Artifact Exploration in which students determine “what?”, “how?”, “why?”, for each historical object while wearing conservators’ gloves
~ Art Activity which may include decorating a floor cloth, making a corn husk doll, decorating a trinket box, making a sachet or pomander, making butter, paper quilling, or creating a paper ‘quilt’.
All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure.

3.1, VS.1, VS.3, VS.4, VS.5, VS.9, USI.1, USI.2, USI.4, USI.5, USI.6, WG.1, WG.5, WHI.5, WHI.6, WHII.1, WHII.4 WHII.5, WHII.6, WG.3, WG.4, VUS.1, VUS. 2, VUS.3, VUS.4

SCAVENGER HUNT HOUSE TOUR
Time required: 1.25 hours.
Cost: $2.50 per student

Students of all ages are invited to experience eighteenth-century colonial lifestyles and history. Students will explore the lavish public rooms and comfortable family quarters while hearing about the Wilton's famous visitors, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Students will tour the mansion on a ‘scavenger hunt’ for animals, insects, shapes, colors and patterns. After the tour, students jump into the fashion of the day by participating in a colonial clothing demonstration.
All students receive a souvenir paper tri-corn hat and gingerbread cookie upon departure.

K.1, K.2, K.4, K.5, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 2.1, 2.8

ARCHITECTURAL HOUSE TOUR
Time required: 1.5 hours
Cost $2.50 per student

Students will tour Wilton House while considering the styles, elements, trends, and Greek and Roman influences of colonial Virginia architecture and decorative arts.
Activities included.

3.1, WHI.5, WHI.6

BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR
(recommended for middle and high school students).
Time required: 2.0 hours
Cost: $2.50 per student

This specialized tour focuses on conservation and maintenance of a historic house museum. Students will compare the original uses of the basement and the modern uses. Students will access the role of a museum in collecting, preserving and interpreting artifacts. Activities may include evaluating the archaeological study collection, exploring the reproduction collection, and completing an object evaluation.

FROM PLANTATION TO REVOLUTION: The Road to a New Republic
Time required: A School Day
Cost: $8.00 per student/ $4.00 per chaperone

Why go all the way to Colonial Williamsburg or Jamestown when your students can experience Virginias History right here in their own backyard? Go green and save money by spending your day visiting historic sites in Richmond! Sites Included: Wilton House Museum, and the Historic St. Johns Church.

For more information on our school tours or to schedule a school tour at Wilton please contact our Director of Education and Public Relations William Strollo at (804)282-5936 ext. 4 or by email at wiltonprograms@comcast.net.