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September 11, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Help Make The 2013 Amazing Raise A Success For The Fairfield Foundation!

It’s that time of year again! We are gearing up for the third annual Amazing Raise online fundraiser event, which is coming up next Wednesday and Thursday, September 18 and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Amazing Raise, CAPE, fairfield foundation, Fundraising

September 3, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

AiP Workshop Builds a Better Future for Fairfield’s Foundations

Our third year of working with Adventures in Preservation brought about our most successful workshop yet!  The mix of archaeology, architecture, and architectural conservation resulted in new discoveries, new friends, and […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Colonial Williamsburg, excavation, Fairfield Plantation, historic masonry, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, Volunteers

August 26, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Why preserve Fairfield? And how?

The northeast facade of the Fairfield manor house, as it looked shortly before it burned in 1897 (image courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society). Why are you preserving these old […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Artifacts, education, Preservation, Preservation Workshop, Restoration

August 22, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Bricks and Mortar: Using archaeology and preservation to save the past

Chocolate and Peanut Butter.  Peanut Butter and Chocolate.  These are undeniably two great things that go great together.  The same should be true of archaeology and architectural conservation.  Excavations frequently […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education, Events, Preservation Tagged With: Adventures in Preservation, archaeology, Architectural Conservation, Colonial Williamsburg, Fairfield, Fairfield Plantation, Preservation, Preservation Workshop

August 9, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Volunteer Spotlight: Rebecca Guest

Here at the Fairfield Foundation, we embrace the fact that we would be nothing without our dedicated volunteers. But we could definitely stand to recognize them publicly far more often […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: lab nights, Volunteers

August 2, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Lithic Analysis at Fairfield: Chris Godschalk’s Summer Fellowship

Hello everyone.  My name is Christopher Godschalk.  I am a rising senior at the College of William & Mary majoring in Anthropology.  This summer, with generous funding from a Chappell Undergradute […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: archaeology, College of William and Mary, Fairfield, interns, prehistoric

July 16, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Mapping Buildings and Burials at Gloucester Town

What happens to archaeological collections and associated documentation when the dig is over? Two weeks ago, fellow Colleen Betti wrote about her analysis of collections from the large slave quarter yards […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Preservation Tagged With: archaeology, Gloucester Point, Gloucester Town

June 24, 2013 By Fairfield Foundation

Fairfield Fellow Check-In: Colleen Betti

Hi, my name is Colleen Betti and I am a rising senior at the College of William and Mary. I am excited to be back with the Fairfield Foundation for […]

Filed Under: Archaeology, Education Tagged With: archaeology, excavation, Fairfield, intern

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Grounds are always open to the public to view the building exterior and signage. The CAPE is open for tours on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment. Lab nights at the CAPE are on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 6-9pm.
Address: 6783 Main Street Gloucester, VA 23061

 

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The Fairfield Foundation's mission is to promote and involve the public in hands-on archaeology, preservation and education activities within Virginia’s Middle Peninsula and surrounding areas. We are a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization offering public programs, research opportunities and outreach activities since 2000. We operate five properties in Gloucester County: Fairfield Archaeology Park, Timberneck House at Machicomoco, Edge Hill Texaco (the C.A.P.E.), Rosewell Ruins and Visitor Center, and Walter Reed birthplace. For more information about us and other historic resources on the Middle Peninsula or to arrange presentations on a variety of topics related to local history and archaeology, please contact us. Check out the calendar for upcoming activities.
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