Historical Reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Names
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Collection Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- African Americans
- Museums
- Historic sites
- Historical reenactments
- Museum techniques
- Black people -- History
- Artisans
- African American artisans
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- See more items in
- Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989
- Extent
- 1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)
- Date
- circa 1970s
- Custodial History
- Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Filmed at Information Center of Colonial Williamsburg by F. Smith.
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Identifier
- ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003198
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Citation
- Historical Reenactments at Colonial Williamsburg, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings
- Unedited footage
- Note
- 002538
- Scope and Contents
- Historical reenactors and artisans talk about and illustrate working in the kitchen, creating candles from bayberries and beeswax, making roof shingles for buildings, basket making, and metal working during the 18th century in the United States. Footage of Williamsburg, including exteriors of historical buildings.
- Footage of buildings and historical reenactments. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1568815250523-1568815250657-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
