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Yorktown Victory Center

Actors dressed in military uniforms demonstrate live cannon firing techniques used at Yorktown.

Actors dressed in military uniforms demonstrate live cannon firing techniques used at Yorktown.

Photo Credit: © 2005 Jamestown - Yorktown Foundation
The Yorktown Victory Center is a museum that examines the American struggle for independence from the beginning of colonial dissent, through the American Revolution and the founding of a new nation. A snack and beverage vending area with patio seating and a gift shop are on-site. Exhibit Areas at the Yorktown Victory Center include:
  • Gallery Exhibits - Gallery and open-air exhibits explore the events leading up to the War, the Declaration of Independence, the affect of the Revolution on the lives of a representative group of people and more.


  • Outdoor Living History - Historical interpreters demonstrate daily life during the last year before and the ten years following the war in a re-created Continental Army encampment and a 1780s farm.
Additional Information Yorktown Victory Center is administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia that is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
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