Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Hosts News Conference on Jamestown Colony Today

WHAT: News conference and photo opportunity for an important research announcement on the founders of the Jamestown colony

WHEN: Today, July 28
11:30 a.m.-noon

WHERE: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
1000 Constitution Ave. N.W.
Media should enter through the Constitution Avenue lobby entrance of the museum. Public Affairs staff will check media in and escort them to the Q?rius Theater.

WHO: Douglas Owsley, division head of physical anthropology at the National

Museum of Natural History

Jim Horn, president of Jamestown Rediscovery

Bill Kelso, director of archaeology at Jamestown Rediscovery

The National Museum of Natural History will co-host a news conference with Jamestown Rediscovery announcing an exciting new discovery about the founders of the Jamestown colony.

Following the research presentation, representatives from the National Museum of Natural History and Jamestown Rediscovery will be available to answer questions about the findings and conduct interviews. Media are also invited to film the conference and take b-roll and photographs of an array of historic artifacts, skeletal remains and 3-D prints in the Q?rius Lab.