Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

established in 1926, the colonial williamsburg foundation is the not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and operates the restored 18th-century capital of virginia as a town-sized living history museum, telling the inspirational stories of our nation’s founding men and women. the colonial williamsburg foundation is the largest outdoor living history museum in the world. the mission of the foundation is “that the future may learn from the past.” in addition to the historic area itself, the colonial williamsburg company hospitality group operates a world-class resort to accommodate one million visitors annually. among the many properties in the rich portfolio of offerings is the flagship of the hospitality group, the williamsburg inn. the colonial williamsburg foundation hospitality group also operates three other hotels and 10 restaurants including four 18th-century taverns in the center of the historic area. rounding out the foundation are the art museums of colonial williamsburg: the dewitt wallace decorative arts museum and the abby aldrich rockefeller folk art museum. williamsburg is located in virginia’s tidewater region, 20 minutes from newport news, within an hour’s drive of richmond and norfolk, and 150 miles south of washington, d.c., off interstate 64.