Where to find the lambs in Colonial Williamsburg
The Lambs are out in Colonial Williamsburg…but where?
It happens every spring – baby lambkins are born in Colonial Williamsburg. Watching lambs stumble and play across the fields is a delight! Here’s a tip for spotting them at the largest outdoor museum in America: You’ll often find them in the field at the corner of Francis St. and Nassau as well as in the field at the corner of Duke of Gloucester St. and Colonial St (Prentis field). Here is our video of where to find the lambs in Colonial Williamsburg that we made March of 2023.
Here is a map outlining where you can find all the Rare Breeds at Colonial Williamsburg! If you cannot see this map click here for pdf
Check each March for the newest lambs to arrive. But each lamb is helping to preserve the 18th-century breed, the Leicester Longwool Sheep. They are part of the Colonial Williamsburg Rare Breeds Program. Washington raised Leicester Longwool Sheep at Mount Vernon but the breed later died out in America around 1920.
The herd was started anew in February of 1990, with eight ewes, one ram, and six lambs shipped from a third-generation breeder in Australia named Ivan Heazlewood. The flock at Colonial Williamsburg is now up to 50. The US population of Leicester Longwool Sheep is now over 120 flocks.
Check out these cuties on our Lamb Cam!
Leicester Longwool Sheep are part of the Rare Breeds Program which was founded in 1986. Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds program helps promote genetic diversity in livestock that research shows thrived in 18th-century colonial British America.
Learn more about these lambs and the Rare Breeds Program at Colonial Williamsburg!
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