The European Ships
The Jamestown Museum is a super fun museum, because is is very interactive. We first went to the ships that were first at Jamestown that were filled with supplies and people. There were threee ships, and I think that the biggest one was the coolest. There were three main interactive spots where is was the actually thing, and then there was the museum. After looking around in the ships, (which by the way were actually floating in the water), we went to the settlers camp.
The European Settlement
There was a high wood fence around the whole thing, so if felt like a mini castle thing. Inside there was houses and places for normal civilians to live.
There was also some things for soldiers. There was an armory, and some housing for generals.
Also, you got to try out wearing a metal helmet and breast plate, which were extremely heavy. We looked around at the other stuff there, like a church and a black smithing shop where they were actually making swords. After we felt like we had seen everything we went to the next spot, the Native Americans camp.
The Native American Settlement
This one was probably my favorite out of all of them, because it felt very real. When the European settlers came they thought they had landed in India, so they called all of the native people Indians. In this settlement, there were lots of little dome houses made with animal skins, and some racks outside that were drying some more skins.
Inside the houses there was a hatch at the top for smoke to go through when there were fires inside, and there were also lots of full skins of many different animals hanging from the walls. There was also lots of other gear, like fishing bets and bows and arrows.
Most things that they use involved animals or their hides. There were also people dressed up as Native Americans who were making things out of traditional materials that would have been available back then. One guy was making some arrows for a bow, and another lady was weaving a basket.
I have always loved museums like the Jamestown museum, because of how you really get to learn what it was like to be there. I would defiantly love to visit again.