Worlds Collide: Archaeology and Global Trade in 18th-Century Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg will use this grant to create a contextual video to accompany "Worlds Collide," an exhibition of archaeological materials excavated in Williamsburg, VA, that will be on view at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum from October 2024 through October 2029. The display will highlight the diversity and interconnectedness of people in 18th-century Williamsburg and the globalized nature of urban life during the American Revolution by exploring the diversity of people, cultures and materials that collectively interacted in the 18th-century Williamsburg community. The exhibition will include objects that belonged to European colonists, free and enslaved Blacks, and American Indians that were either made here in America or shipped from Asia, Europe and Latin America. "Worlds Collide" is a central component of Colonial Williamsburg's celebration and commemoration of America250.