Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

What did 1830s New Englanders do for entertainment? Without reality television and movies, what kind of cultural atmosphere did they maintain and enjoy? Our own artists, musicians, and dancers provide some of the entertaining answers!

Have fun with Dad at Old Sturbridge Village on his special day.  Learn about what life was like for fathers and kids in early New England.  Challenge Pop to a game of marbles or a hoop race.  Stop by the Hands-On Crafts Center for hands-on blacksmithing or tinmaking.

This Fourth of July, step back to a time when America was new, and veterans of the fight for freedom still lived. Cap off a 19th-century celebration of the holiday with a breathtaking 21st-century display of fireworks at dusk (separate admission).

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

The Village is transformed into a military camp focusing this year on the period of the War for Independence, as it was known in early New England. Come see what it was really like for those who fought to win America?s freedoms. Great fun for the entire family!

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

A special weekend focusing on textiles.  Recent years' events have focused on bed quilts, quilted clothing, and needlework.  The theme for 2010 is under development.  Please hold these dates and check back for details.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

Fifers and drummers are called to muster.  See corps from around the region and learn about the role these musicians played in a day in the life of an early New England soldier. 

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Experience an old-fashioned agricultural exhibition complete with demonstrations of early New England farm equipment and displays of Village-grown heirloom vegetables and other accomplishments. Plan now to join the exhibition of Visitor-grown heirloom vegetables!

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

This exhibit opening October 24 features rarely-seen pieces of early Massachusetts furniture from the OSV collection and on loan from private collectors.

The museum's newest permanent exhibit, Farm, Families and Change, includes new displays in three of the Village's restored barns.  The exhibit addresses questions that resonate today:  "Where does our food come from?" and "Why does the New England landscape look the way it does?"

Many garments in the Old Sturbridge Village collection show evidence of patching, darning or alterations. It was often easier and more economical to make an old garment last than create a new piece of clothing. Though they may be well-worn and well-loved, these textiles tell a story through their patches, darns and alterations.

Enjoy Sunday brunch in the Oliver Wight Tavern at OSV's main entrance.
Reservations are recommended.