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 ACTIVITES
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
~ House Tour with 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.

OUTREACH PROGRAM
(recommended for elementary school students).
Time required: 1.5 hours.
Cost: $50.00 for a class size of 30.

This program enables the classroom to experience the treasures of Wilton House without the hassle of a field trip. Addressing the SOL’s, a costumed Museum Educator will present a virtual tour of the museum followed by a question/answer period. Students will explore reproduction artifacts, while wearing gloves as would a conservator. Students will also create a colonial craft (supplies included in fee).
See “Standard House Tour” for covered SOLs.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
(recommended for elementary school students).
Time required: 2 hours
Cost: $50.00 for a class size of 30

A costumed-Educator will come to your school and work with students to reinforce the SOL’s for Virginia Studies and Past and Present through hands-on activities and games. Students will explore reproduction artifacts, create a colonial craft, and play period games (all supplies included in fee).
See “Standard House Tour” for covered SOLs.