Exhibits Open 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Apple Days are Sponsored by: Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
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)
10:00-12:00 Taste Heirloom Varieties of Apples
(in the Cottage)
10:00-12:00 Try Your Hand at Cider Making
(outside the Cottage)
10:00-12:00 Make a Sachet of Mulling Spices
(in the Fitch House)
10:00-12:00 Putting By the Harvest
(Freeman Root Cellar)
10:00-1:00 Horse-Drawn Ride around the
Countryside (Picks up in front of the Asa
Knight Store & the Blacksmith Shop)
10:00-2:00 Preserving Apples
(in the Small House)
10:00-4:00 Cooking with Apples
(at the Freeman Farm)
10:00-4:00 Making Cider Molasses
(outside the Fenno House)
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)
10:30 Tour a Seedling Apple Orchard
(meet at the Freeman Farm)
11:00-3:00 Apple Cake For Sale
(on the Common)
11:00 Gristmill Demonstration
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00-1:00 Ox Powered Apple Grinding
(at the Cider Mill)
11:30 Talk with a Beekeeper (by the Cider Mill)
11:30 Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30 A Little Traveling Music
(in the Bullard Tavern)
12:00 Picking Apples (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 Taste Heirloom Varieties of Apples
(in the Cottage)
1:00-3:00 Try Your Hand at Cider Making
(outside the Cottage)
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 Barn)
1:00 Schoolyard Games
(meet by the District School)
1:30 The Amazing Story of the Hawkeye
Apple ( at the Towne Orchard)
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 Ox Powered Apple Grinding
(at the Cider Mill)
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 Gristmill 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 Comparative Apple Orchard Walk
(at the Towne Orchard)
3:00-4:30 Sample Mulled Cider
(at the Bullard Tavern)
3:00 Rededication of the Sawmill
with a Demonstration to Follow
3:00 Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:00 Meet 19th Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Parsonage Barn)
3:30 Milking Demonstration
(at the Freeman Barn)
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– Sew an Apple Penny Rug ($5)
10:00-4:30– Make an Apple Pomander Ball ($5)
10:30-11:30—Make an Iron Hook ($10)
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.
