TODAY AT OSV
9:30-12:00 A Printer at Work
(in the Printing Office)
9:30-1:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
9:45 Flag Raising with Fife & Drum
(on the Common)
10:00 Sawmill Demonstration
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
10:00 Inspection and Drill of the Troops
(on the Common)
10:00-4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride
($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
(at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
10:30 Children’s Mock Battle with the Oxford
Light Infantry (on the Common)
11:00 Gristmill Demonstration
11:00 Towne House Tour
11:00 Target Practice with the Troops
(by the Graveyard)
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 Meet 19th Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
12:00 Help the Farmers with Seasonal Work
(at the Freeman Barn)
12:30 Musket Demonstration
(by the Bullard Tavern)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 Meet A Veteran of the War of 1812 as he
Compares the Militia System from His Day
to the 1830s (in the Parsonage Barn)
1:00 A Guided Walk through the Center Village
(meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:00 Carding Mill Demonstration
1:30 Troops Sham Battle
(by the Bixby House)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 Sawmill Demonstration
2:30 Fife and Drum Music
(by the Bixby House)
3:00 Meet A Veteran of the War of 1812 as he
Compares the Militia System from His Day
to the 1830s (in the Parsonage Barn)
3:00 Gristmill Demonstration
3:30 Caricature Military Parade
(on the Common)
3:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
4:00 Fife and Drum Music
(on the Common)
4:00 Sawmill Demonstration
4:30 Flag Lowering with Fife & Drum
(on the Common)
* Daily Events are Subject to Change
THE FENNO TEXTILE EXHIBIT
Learn about the home production of textiles in early New England & find out what the changes in factory production meant to fashion at home & in everyday dress. Try your hand at carding wool, weaving a pattern, & piecing a quilt block with colorful tiles.
BEEKEEPING EXHIBIT COMING SOON!
In preparation for the new Beekeeping Exhibit , the Herb Shed is currently closed to Visitors. We are in the process of installing observation hives & display for an early summer bee-ginning!
HANDS ON CRAFTS CENTER
Instruction by Village craftspeople; make an item to take home. Today’s offerings include:
10:00-12:00– Make a Tin Candleholder ($5)
10:30-11:30– Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Musket Cartridge ($5)
2:00-4:30– Make a Yarn Sewn Mat ($5)
Some restrictions on age, safety, and number of participants may apply.
DINING & SHOPPING
9:30-5:00 Grant Store & Bake Shop
(on the Common) Famous for our chocolate chip cookies, beverages & village made crafts.
9:30-5:30 Village Café (in the Oliver Wight Tavern)
Serves New England Coffee and hot beverages, cold beverages, baked goods, soups and "grab & go" sandwiches and salads.
11:30-2:30 Lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern
Tavern lunch available with table service
11:00-3:00 Bullard Tavern
(on the Ground Floor) We have a wide array of lunch options available.
12:00-4:00 Little Cakes Ice Cream Stand
10:00-5:30 Museum Gift Shop & Book Store
We stay open a bit later than the rest of the village to give you the opportunity to find that ultimate souvenir. Please come see what we have to offer!
