Jamestown artifacts go on display in roomy new home

Archaeologists have unearthed more than a million artifacts since they found the long-lost remains of the triangular fort at America's first permanent English settlement in the mid-90s. But until now they haven't had an exhibit space to show them off.

The best 1,000 or so of the artifacts will be presented to the public for the first time when a $4.9 million museum within view of the fort site on the James River opens Saturday, the 399th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was to speak at a media preview on Thursday.