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)
10:00-4:00 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 Sawmill 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
11:00 Fife & Drum Fashion Show
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
12:00 Fifing & Drumming From the American
Revolution to Present: An Oral History with
Peter Emerick (in the Center Meetinghouse)
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 Grand Procession & Parade of Participating
Fife & Drum Units (forms near 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 Musical Presentation by Each of the
Participating Fife & Drum Units Followed by
Jollification (on theCommon)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 French & English (Tug o’ War)
(on the common)
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 A Cook’s Tour of the Bixby Garden
2:00 Sawmill Demonstration
2:00 Tunes & Tales of American’s Independence
(in the Dennison Building)
2:00 19th Century Baseball
(meets by the Center Meetinghouse)
2:30 Tour of the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
3:00 19th Century Country Music
(in the Dennison Building)
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)
Please Note: The Clock Gallery is closed to prepare for the Nathan Lombard Exhibit.
HANDS ON CRAFTS CENTER
Instruction by Village craftspeople; make an item to take home. Today’s offerings include:
10:00-12:00– Make a Musket Cartridge ($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Tin Ornament ($5)
2:00-4:30—Dip a Pair of Candles ($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, "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. Please come see what we have to offer!
