Exhibit & Lecture Videos
Exhibit & Lecture Videos
 |
thumb_Lorena Walsh2.jpg |
“Development of Slavery”
by Lorena Walsh
LECTURE (2013): “Development of Slavery in the 17th-Century Chesapeake” examines the evolution of techniques for managing enslaved Africans and the adaptations specific to the Chesapeake that Africans had to make to survive.
 |
video-featured-image_lecture-samford.jpg |
“Slave Quarters”
by Patricia Samford
LECTURE (2013): “The Archaeology of Slave Quarters in Colonial Virginia” examines what artifacts and physical remains of slave quarters, in combination with historical research, can reveal about lives of enslaved people.
 |
Lecture by Karen Kupperman: Virginia Seeks a Crop |
“Virginia Seeks a Crop” by Karen Kupperman
LECTURE (2012): “Virginia Seeks a Crop” describes efforts in the early years of Jamestown to develop a product to repay the immense costs of establishing the colony and keep investors committed to the project.
 |
Lecture by Lauranett L. Lee: “Exploring 17th-Century Virginia: Legislating Boundaries and Creating Culture” |
“Legislating Boundaries” by Lauranett Lee
LECTURE (2012): “Exploring 17th-Century Virginia: Legislating Boundaries and Creating Culture” examines how the lives of women and Africans became increasingly circumscribed in 17th-century Virginia.
 |
The 17th Century: Gateway to the Modern World |
17th Century: Gateway to the Modern World
EXHIBIT (2011-2012): Learn more about the transformational impact of scientific advances, economic developments and social change in the 17th century.
 |
Lecture by Twyla Kitts: “Captains, Monarchs, Philosophers, and Merchants: Picturing the 17th Century” |
“Picturing the 17th Century” by Twyla Kitts
LECTURE (June 2012): “Captains, Monarchs, Philosophers, and Merchants: Picturing the 17th Century” investigates the dramatic changes in 17th-century technology and philosophy that set the stage for the modern world, using works of art.
 |
Werowocomoco |
Werowocomoco: Seat of Power
EXHIBIT (2010-2011): Learn more about Werowocomoco, the former principal residence of Powhatan, paramount chief of 30-some Indian tribes in Virginia’s coastal region.
 |
Lecture by Helen C. Rountree: “English Myth-Making and Indian Reality: Early English Stereotypes of the Virginia Indians” |
“English Myth-Making” by Helen Rountree
LECTURE (2011): “English Myth-Making and Indian Reality: Early English Stereotypes of the Virginia Indians” examines the perceptions of Virginia Indians by early English colonists and the reality behind those stereotypes.
 |
Lecture by Martin D. Gallivan: “Werowocomoco: Seat of Power” |
“Werowocomoco”
by Martin Gallivan
LECTURE (2011): “Werowocomoco: Seat of Power” discusses the archaeological investigations at Werowocomoco, the seat of power of the Powhatan paramount chiefdom.
 |
Lecture by Lorri Glover: “The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America” |
“The Sea Venture”
by Lorri Glover
LECTURE (2009): “The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America” provides an overview of “the tale of one of the greatest rescue stories in American history.”