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VISITOR EXPERIENCE - JAMESTOWN YORKTOWN FOUNDATION'S MUSEUMSJAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUM AT YORKTOWN WELCOMED 421,882 PAID VISITORS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. IN ADDITION TO PARTIAL OPERATING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND EARNED INCOME THROUGH MUSEUM ADMISSION, RETAIL, AND CONCESSIONS, FUNDRAISING TOTALING $2.7 MILLION SUPPORTED JYF'S ABILITY TO ENGAGE VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE NATION IN 17TH AND 18TH-CENTURY VIRGINIA AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH LIVING-HISTORY AREAS, PERMANENT GALLERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, AND ANNUAL AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS.THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION "PATRONS AND PATRIOTS: THE LEGACY OF NICK AND MARY MATHEWS," CELEBRATING THE LIVES AND PHILANTHROPY OF NICK AND MARY MATHEWS, BELOVED YORKTOWN RESTAURANTEURS WHO DONATED THE LAND FOR THE YORKTOWN VICTORY CENTER, OPENED AT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MUSEUM AT YORKTOWN IN FY25. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SECURED SUPPORT FOR TWO UPCOMING SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS. "FRESH VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION," A SPECIAL EXHIBITION SHOWCASING ART FROM THE 1976 BICENTENNIAL WILL ENCOURAGE VISITORS, STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLORE EVOLVING PERSPECTIVES ON THE LEGACIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE "FOLLOWING THE DRAGON: CHINESE MING PORCELAIN IN EARLY JAMESTOWN" SPECIAL EXHIBITION WILL SHOWCASE PORCELAIN FOUND AT JAMESTOWN. A TOTAL OF 31 VESSELS RECOVERED DURING JAMESTOWN EXCAVATIONS WILL BE PAIRED WITH INTACT PARALLELS FROM ENGLISH, DUTCH AND AMERICAN MUSEUMS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.JYF CONTINUED TO HOLD LONG-STANDING ANNUAL PROGRAMS, WITH MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY, AND GROW RECENTLY CREATED EVENTS, WITH THE BLACK ARTIST SHOWCASE EXPANDING TO A MONTH-LONG EXHIBITION. THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW JYF TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL PERFORMERS, ARTISTS, AND HISTORIANS AND FOSTER KEY MUNICIPAL AND STATE PARTNERSHIPS. ANNUAL PROGRAMS HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT BOTH MUSEUMS INCLUDE: LIBERTY CELEBRATION, AN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION; FIRST AFRICANS COMMEMORATION, WHICH HONORS THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST RECORDED AFRICANS BROUGHT TO VIRGINIA IN 1619; YORKTOWN VICTORY CELEBRATION, WHICH COMMEMORATES THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN; FAMILY FRIGHTS, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN EVENT; FOODS & FEASTS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA, WHICH EDUCATES VISITORS ABOUT CULINARY PRACTICES AND COOKING TECHNIQUES IN EARLY VIRGINIA; CHRISTMASTIDE IN VIRGINIA; AFTER ANGELO, A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE NAMED FOR ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDED AFRICAN WOMEN AT JAMESTOWN; THE BLACK ARTIST SHOWCASE, AN ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF VIRGINIA ARTISTS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH; MILITARY THROUGH THE AGES, AN ANNUAL GATHERING OF MILITARY RE-ENACTORS FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN HISTORY; INDIGENOUS ARTS DAY, A CELEBRATION OF FEATURING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS, CRAFTSPEOPLE, MUSICIANS, AND DANCERS; JAMESTOWN DAY, MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN; JUNETEENTH; AND CIVIC SEASON, A PERIOD BETWEEN JUNETEENTH AND INDEPENDENCE DAY THAT PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JYF HOSTS THE TALKING HISTORY SERIES AND DIRECTOR'S SERIES, WHICH INVITE A RANGE OF SCHOLARS, ARTISTS, INTERPRETERS, AND OTHER EXPERTS TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH THE PUBLIC.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - JYF CONTINUED TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION AS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, PROVIDING ONSITE, IN-PERSON OUTREACH, AND VIRTUAL OUTREACH EDUCATION TO NEARLY EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. IN FY25, JYF EDUCATED 198,173 STUDENTS, INCLUDING 5,497 UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS FROM 29 TITLE I SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALSO HAD AN EXTENSIVE REACH. IN FY25, WITH 226 TEACHERS FROM 25 VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS. THE SUMMER TEACHER INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WELCOMED 19 TEACHERS FROM 13 VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND 183 TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ATTENDED 24 VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS. AS AN EDUCATIONAL AGENCY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ALL JYF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ARE ROOTED IN THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (SOL). JYF CONTINUES TO CULTIVATE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS.