TODAY AT OSV * Daily Events are Subject to Change
Throughout the Day:
Exhibition of Household & Domestic
Manufacture (in the Center Meetinghouse)
Heritage Breed Animals on Display
(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)
10:00-11:50 Ride the Stagecoach
($3 fee, 3 & under free)
(stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
10:00-12:00 19th Century Ice Cream Making
Demonstration (Bullard Tavern Great Room)
10:00-12:00 Help to Thresh & Winnow Grain
(on the Common)
10:00-12:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(on the Common)
10:00-12:00 Horse Powered Cider Mill
Demonstration
10:00-1:00 Help Churn Butter (in the Fitch House)
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
10:30 Renewing the Soil – a Garden Talk
(meets outside the Freeman Farm Garden)
11:00-5:00 Display of Heirloom Vegetables&
Flowers (Parsonage Barn)
11:00 Try Your Hand at Plowing with Oxen
(in the field by the Cooper Shop)
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Farm)
11:00 Tour of the Gristmill
11:00 Towne House Tour
11:30 Choosing the Best: How did Judges
Select the Award Winners at an 1830s
Agricultural Fair?
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 See the Fate Lady
(in the Dennison Building)
12:00-1:30 Listen to the Judges Discuss Entries
& Award Premiums
(at the Parsonage Barn)
12:00-4:00 You Be the Judge: Cast Your Vote
for the Best Textiles & Produce
(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)
1:00-3:00 Visit the Root Cellar
(at the Freeman Farm)
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 Carding Mill Demonstration
1:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Farm)
1:00 Schoolyard Games
(meet by the District School)
1:00 Tour the Root Cellar (at the Freeman Farm)
1:30-3:30 19th Century Ice Cream Making
Demonstration (Bullard Tavern Great Room)
1:30-4:00 Help to Thresh & Winnow Grain
(on the Common)
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)
2:00-4:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(on the Common)
2:00-4:00 Horse Powered Cider Mill
Demonstration
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 Announcement of Garden Harvest Winners
(at the Parsonage Barn)
2:00 Try Your Hand at Plowing with Oxen
(in the field by the Cooper Shop)
2:00 Sawmill Demonstration
2:00 See the Fate Lady
(in the Dennison Building)
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 Choosing the Best: How did Judges
Select the Award Winners at an 1830s
Agricultural Fair?
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
3:00 Meet 19th Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
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 an Apple Tin Ornament($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Dip a Pair of Candles ($5)
2:00-4:30—Dye Wool Using Modern Dyes ($5)
Some restrictions on age, safety, and number of participants may apply. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Daily events are subject to change.
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
