TODAY AT OSV * Daily Events are Subject to Change
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 Tour of the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
10:00 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
10:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00 Tour of the Gristmill
11:00 Towne House Tour
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 Songs & Stories of Travel & Treachery
(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)
12:30 19th Century School Lesson
(in the District School)
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 Carding Mill Demonstration
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 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
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 Tales of a Yankee Peddler
(in the Parsonage Barn)
3:00 Tour of the Gristmill
3:00 Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:30 Milking Demonstration
(at the Freeman Barn)
4:00 Sawmill Demonstration
4:15 Toy Fire Balloon Flight (on the common)
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 Sconce ($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Dip a Pair of Candles ($5)
2:00-4:30—Make a Tin Sconce ($5)
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 "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.. Please come see what we have to offer!
