Colonial Williamsburg, the “museum” that tries to recreate American colonial times, is suffering. “With declining attendance and a $35 million budget deficit, the nation’s largest living history museum is laying off nearly 400 of its 3,500 employees and cutting programs. Officials at the private, nonprofit foundation that operates Colonial Williamsburg blame the weak economy, lingering fears of terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, less focus on Colonial history in schools and rainy weather this year. And they note that other such ‘heritage’ sites also have falling or flat attendance.”