Colonial Williamsburg

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historic district living history museum open-air museum

Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and restored historic district in Virginia that recreates and interprets life in the 18th-century capital of colonial America.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Colonial Williamsburg canonical	21
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	8
Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area	5
Colonial Williamsburg historic area	3
Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia	1
Colonial Williamsburg Historic District	1
Colonial Williamsburg historic site	1
Colonial Williamsburg museum complex	1
Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg	1
Historic Triangle of Virginia	1
Williamsburg Historic Area	1
living history museum of Colonial Williamsburg	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district ⓘ living history museum ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ
adjacentTo	College of William & Mary ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOnPeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial America ⓘ
formerCapitalOf	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
foundedBy	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller ⓘ John D. Rockefeller Jr. ⓘ
governingBody	Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board of trustees ⓘ surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees
hasActivity	costumed historical interpretation ⓘ craft demonstrations ⓘ educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ reenactments ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 301 acres ⓘ
hasComponent	Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Bruton Parish Church Capitol building (colonial) ⓘ surface form: Capitol building (Williamsburg) Duke of Gloucester Street ⓘ Governor's Palace ⓘ Raleigh Tavern ⓘ art museums ⓘ historic houses ⓘ public buildings ⓘ taverns ⓘ trade shops ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
hasEconomicImpactOn	Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: City of Williamsburg
hasEducationalRole	K-12 education programs ⓘ online history resources ⓘ teacher institutes ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark District ⓘ surface form: National Historic Landmark District
hasMuseum	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum ⓘ DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Jamestown ⓘ Yorktown ⓘ
hasNumberOfBuildings	over 500 buildings ⓘ
hasOperator	Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
hasOriginalBuildings	dozens of original 18th-century structures ⓘ
hasReconstructedBuildings	numerous reconstructed 18th-century structures ⓘ
hasTheme	African American history ⓘ Revolutionary politics ⓘ colonial government ⓘ history of slavery ⓘ life in 18th-century Virginia ⓘ women's history ⓘ
hasTransportation	period-style carriages ⓘ shuttle buses ⓘ
heritageDesignationGrantedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: United States National Park Service
interpretsHistoryOf	American Revolution era ⓘ colonial Virginia ⓘ
isPartOfTourismRegion	Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Historic Triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Virginia ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
majorRestorationPeriod	1930s ⓘ
ownedBy	Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Historic Triangle of Virginia Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg Historic Area
restorationBeganIn	1920s ⓘ
restorationInitiatedBy	Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
touristAttraction	major U.S. heritage tourism site ⓘ major Virginia tourist destination ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rockefeller family → associatedInstitution → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller → supportedInstitution → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Williamsburg → knownFor → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Williamsburg → hasAttraction → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg historic area

Williamsburg → hasOrganization → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Eastern United States → containsHistoricSite → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Virginia Peninsula → contains → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Tidewater region → contains → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Colonial Williamsburg restoration → developedInto → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Colonial Williamsburg restoration → associatedOrganization → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Williamsburg Historic Area

Colonial Williamsburg → hasOperator → Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg → ownedBy → Colonial Williamsburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → seat → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia

Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg → locatedIn → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House

Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg → owner → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Peyton Randolph House, Colonial Williamsburg → operator → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Peyton Randolph House

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

National Historic Landmarks in Virginia → hasExample → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → locatedIn → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → locatedNear → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic District

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → restoredBy → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum → location → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum → affiliation → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg museum complex

Governor's Palace → locatedIn → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Governor's Palace (Williamsburg)

Governor's Palace → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Governor's Palace (Williamsburg)

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

Capitol building (colonial) → locatedIn → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Capitol building (colonial) → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg

Capitol building (colonial) → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: living history museum of Colonial Williamsburg

Busch Gardens Williamsburg (nearby theme park) → nearbyHistoricSite → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

subject surface form: Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Williamsburg Transportation Center → serves → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Williamsburg Transportation Center → near → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg historic area

Jamestown Settlement living-history museum → nearbyAttractionOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Colonial Parkway → passesNear → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Duke of Gloucester Street → locatedIn → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Duke of Gloucester Street → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area

York County, Virginia → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Historic Triangle of Virginia

Busch Gardens Williamsburg → near → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Reverend W. A. R. Goodwin → associatedWith → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Raleigh Tavern → partOf → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Wren Building → region → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board of trustees → oversees → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg historic area

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board of trustees → associatedWith → Colonial Williamsburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Williamsburg historic site