TODAY AT OSV
Throughout the Day: View Antique Fire
Handtubs and Firetrucks (on and around the
Common)
Fire Explorer Scouts Muster and Compete
(on the Common)
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)
10:00-12:00 18th Century Ice Cream
Demonstration (in 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 Tour the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
10:00 Sawmill Demonstration
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
10:00 Grand Procession of Historic Fire
Apparatus (on the Common)
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00 Gristmill Demonstration
11:00 Bucket Brigade Competition
(on the Common)
11:30 Talk with a Gardener (at the Bixby Garden)
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 “Best Chili in History” Contest: Area
Restaurants Compete for Your Vote until
the Chili Runs Out
(in front of the Bullard Tavern)
12:00 Help the Farmers With Seasonal Work
(at the Freeman Farm)
12:30 Musket Firing Demonstration
(by the Bullard Tavern)
12:30 19th Century School Lesson
(in the District School)
1:00-3:00 19th Century Ice Cream Demonstration
(in the Bullard)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 Golden Olden Tales
(in the Dennison Building)
1:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00 Carding Mill Demonstration
1:00 Schoolyard Games
(meet by the District School)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 Handtub Pumping and Competition
(on the Common)
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 Try Your Hand at Fishing
(meets near the Changing Landscape Exhibit)
2:30 Tour the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
3:00 Meet 19th Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
3:00 Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:00 Gristmill Demonstration
3:30 Milking Demonstration
(at the Freeman Barn)
3:30 Presentation of Awards from Days
Competition (on the steps of the Center
Meetinghouse)
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– Make a Theorem Painting ($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Dip a Pair of Candles ($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!
