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)
10:00-11:30 Try Your Hand at Fishing
(meets near the Changing Landscape Exhibit)
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 around the
Countryside (Picks up in front of the Asa
Knight Store & the Blacksmith Shop)
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 Sawmill Demonstration
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
10:00 Children’s Garden Talk (at the Fitch House)
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00 Gristmill Demonstration
11:00 Towne House Tour
11:30 Talk with a Gardener
(at the Parsonage Garden)
11:30 Tour the Carding Mill
11:30 The Peddler Returns to Town
(in the Parsonage Barn)
12:00 Help the Farmers With Seasonal Work
(at the Freeman Farm)
12:30 Musket Firing Demonstration
(by the Bullard Tavern)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 A Guided Walk around the Center Village
(meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00 Tour the Carding Mill
1:00 Schoolyard Games
(meet by the District School)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 French & English (Tug o’ War)
(on the common)
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 Sawmill Demonstration
2:00 19th-century Shadow Puppets
(in the Parsonage Barn)
2:00 19th-century Baseball
(meets by the Center Meetinghouse)
2:30-4:50 Horse-Drawn Ride around the
Countryside (Picks up in front of the Asa
Knight Store & the Blacksmith Shop)
2:30 Tour of the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
3:00 Meet 19th-century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
3:00 Gristmill Demonstration
3:00 Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:30 Tour the Carding Mill
4:00 Sawmill Demonstration
4:15 Toy Fire Balloon Flight
(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– Sew a Penny Rug ($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Musket Cartridge ($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.
11:00-2:00 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!
