TODAY AT OSV
9:30-1:00   A Shoemaker at Work
            (in the Shoe Shop)
10:00-11:50  Ride the Stagecoach
                    ($3 fee, 3 & under free)
                    (stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
10:00-4:00  Quinebaug River Boat Ride
           ($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
           (at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
10:00  Children’s Garden Talk (at the Fitch House)
10:00  Sawmill Demonstration
10:00  Broom Making Demonstration  
          (near the Craft Center)
10:00  19^th Century Theorem Painting
           Demonstration  (in the Parsonage)
10:00  19^th Century Country Music
           (in the Parsonage Barn)
10:30  Fife and Drum Music
           (on the Common)
10:30  Schoolyard Games 
            (meet by the District School)
11:00-2:00  Try Your Hand at Marbling Paper
           (under the tent on the Common)
11:00  Meet the Lamb (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00 Guided Photography Tour
          (meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30  Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
         (in the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30  Learn a Dance with the Old Sturbridge
          Village Dancers (by the Meetinghouse)
12:00  Meet the Oxen
           (at the Freeman Farm)
12:00  19^th Century African American Spirituals
           with Alika Hope (in the Parsonage Barn)
12:30  Musket Firing Demonstration
           (by the Bullard Tavern)
12:30  Fife and Drum Music
           (on the Common)
1:00-4:30  A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00  Meet the Lamb (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00  Learn a Dance with the Old Sturbridge
          Village Dancers (by the Meetinghouse)
1:00  Demonstration of 19^th Century Schoolgirl
         Art (in the Parsonage)
1:00   A Guided Walk through the Center Village
            (meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:30-4:50  Ride the Stagecoach
                    ($3 fee, 3 & under free)
                    (stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
1:30 Guided Photography Tour
          (meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:30  19^th Century African American Spirituals
           with Alika Hope (in the Parsonage Barn)
1:30  French & English (Tug o’ War)
         (on the common)
2:00-5:00  A Shoemaker at Work
            (in the Shoe Shop)
2:00  Antique Musical Instrument Demonstration
          (in the Parsonage Barn)
2:00  Learn to Play the Tin Whistle
          (on the Miner Grant Porch)
2:00  19^th Century Baseball
         (meets by the Center Meetinghouse)
2:00  Sawmill Demonstration
2:30  Tour of the Children’s Garden
          (at the Fitch House)
2:30  Fife and Drum Music
          (on the Common)
3:00  19^th Century African American Spirituals
           with Alika Hope (in the Parsonage Barn)
3:00  Botanical Sketching
          (in the Towne House Garden)
3:00   Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:30  Tasteful Tunes and Devil’s Ditties
          (in the Parsonage Barn)  
3:30  Learn to Play the Tin Whistle
          (on the Miner Grant Porch)
4:00  Sawmill Demonstration
4:00  Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
         (in the Center Meetinghouse)
4:15   Toy Fire Balloon Flight
          (on the common)
4:30  Fife and Drum Music
          (on the Common)

* Daily Events are Subject to Change

HANDS ON CRAFTS CENTER
Instruction by Village craftspeople; make an item to take home. Today’s offerings include:
10:00-12:00– Make a Yarn Sewn Mat ($5)
10:30-11:30– Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Theorem Painting ($5)
2:00-4:00– Make Your Own Broom ($15)
Some restrictions on age, safety, and number of participants may apply. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Daily events are subject to change.
 

THE ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW
River Walk is open (entrance near the Sawmill)
Woodland Walk is open
          (entrance near the Graveyard)
Pasture Walk is open
           (entrance behind the Freeman Farm)
Also, see an exhibit in the Quinebaug Bridge about the important role rivers played in early New England life.

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.
10:00-2:00  Brunch 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!