JAMES CITY — A special exhibit opening this month at Jamestown Settlement will explore the early years of the Jamestown colony’s connection to Asia.

Coinciding with the exhibition will be a unique nighttime illumination experience, the Winter Lantern Festival, which will run throughout the holiday season today through Jan. 4.

The latest museum exhibition, “Following the Dragon: Chinese Ming Porcelain in Early Jamestown,” opens at Jamestown Settlement on Saturday as a collaboration between the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation and Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. The exhibit will showcase Chinese porcelain uncovered during excavations of the 1607 James Fort at Historic Jamestowne, along with intact objects on lend from around the world.

The intent of the exhibit is to offer insight into who

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