It was a very nice Thursday when I drove down to Williams to visit Jamestown Settlement- a museum of 17th century Virginia. I went there with my friend and she helped me a lot in collecting information and documents. The reason I arrived to Jamestown Settlement because it was very interesting to see with my own eyes art works of 17th century that I have learned a lot in Humanities class and the textbook. Jamestown Settlement is a new museum that is located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and it took me about two hours and half to drive there. The staffs are very nice and helpful. There are four galleries with one is upstairs, that called Special Exhibition Gallery, and three others are along the hallway that “chronicle the nation’s 17th century beginning in Virginia in the context of its Powhatan Indian, English, and west central African culture, and examine the impact of the Jamestown settlement.” Moreover, there are ten pieces of wall that are also along the hallway, and on each piece, every ten years of 17th century is described. The end of the hallway is an entrance that leads to Powhatan India Village and James Fort. Also, there is “A Time of Revolution” film that is shown every thirty minutes in the museum. It would be really great if I could tell everything about the museum, but if I had to choose to save two pieces of art or exhibition, I would choose one of the three galleries along the hallway that is about “the people of 17th century Virginia” and the Powhatan India Village- James Fort. The gallery focuses on describing life and living activities of the Powhatan and African. Clay models that imitate life of the Powhatan and African are really interesting to me. Through the clay models and descriptions, I learned a lot about languages, family life, clothing and personal appearance, houses, social and family structure, recreation and the Arts, religion, government and economy of these two tribes. Also, the Powhatan impressed me by their adaption to the weather. A year had five seasons in the Powhatan’s life, and each season, they would grow different plans and do different activities to earn living. For example, in Popanow season (winter), they would harvest dried corn and beans; in Cattapeule season (spring), they would go fishing; or in Taquiltock season (late fall), they would go hunted. On the whole, life structures of the Powhatan and African are very similar and decent. Even though I had learned a lot from the gallery about the Powhatan, I was still surprise when coming to the Powhatan Indian Village. The Powhatan Indian lived in houses that made of lemon grass, I think. Their lives were very, very simple. I had known that the Powhatan were very good at hunting, so it was not really strange if animal skins were seen in their house. However, there weren’t some of them; the houses were full of skins of different kinds of animals. I saw them everywhere in the houses: some were on shelves or the ground; others were hung on walls. Leaving Powhatan Indian Village, I went to James Fort town. Life in James Fort was more civil than in Powhatan Indian Village. Most of houses in James Fort were made of wood. Besides houses for living, the town also had special houses such as prayer house, weapon house… People in the town also know how to raise poultry to get egg and meat. As a whole, life structures in James Fort were really different from Powhatan Indian Village. It was a very nice trip to Jamestown Settlement museum. It took about two hours for visiting the whole museum. The time period and events was very organized, that help visitors to understand what really was in 17th century. However, I think the museum should invest more for Powhatan Indian Village and James Fort. Even though I somehow imagine what life in these towns like, it still lacks of the atmosphere of daily routine in the towns.