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)
10:00-11:50 Ride the Stagecoach
($3 fee, 3 & under free)
(stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
10:00-1:00 Horse-Drawn Ride through the
Countryside (picks up at the Asa Knight
Store & Blacksmith Shop)
10:00 Tour the Sawmill
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
10:30 Tour the Gristmill
11:00 Meet the Lamb (at Freeman Barn)
11:30 Tour of the Herb Garden
11:30 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
12:00-4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride
($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
(at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
12:00 Meet the Oxen
(at the Freeman Barn)
12:30 Musket Firing Demonstration
(by the Bullard Tavern)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 Meet the Lamb (at Freeman Barn)
1:00 A Guided Walk around the Center Village
(meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30-4:50 Ride the Stagecoach
($3 fee, 3 & under free)
(stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 Tour the Sawmill
2:00 Tunes and Tales from a Time Gone By
(in the Parsonage Barn)
2:30-4:50 Horse-Drawn Ride through the
Countryside (picks up at the Asa Knight
Store & Blacksmith Shop)
2:30 Tour the Gristmill
3:00 Meet 19th-Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
4:00 Tour the Sawmill
* 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)
10:00-4:30– Make a Tin Sconce ($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)
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.
11:00-2:00 Bullard Tavern
(on the Ground Floor) We have a wide array of lunch options available.
11:30-2:30 Lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern
Tavern lunch available with table service
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!
