Spend some time at OSV learning a historical craft. These adult workshops vary from blacksmithing to textiles, coopering, foodways, and more. Come and try your hand at a craft and take home your finished masterpiece!

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Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing: Forge a Trivet - Sept. 29
Basic Blacksmithing - Sept. 28

Decorative Arts

Traditional Woodblocking - Sept. 28
Floorcloth Painting - Sept. 28

Gardening

Preserving the Harvest - Sept. 28

Foodways

19th-Century Baking Techniques - Sept. 29
Historical Ice Cream - Sept. 28

Pottery

Introduction to Pottery - Sept. 29

Textiles

Introduction to Spinning - Sept. 28
Yarn Sewing - Sept. 29
Beginning Knitting - Sept. 29
Making a Hussif, Housewife, or Workpocket - Sept. 28
Standing Wool Rugs - Sept. 29

Woodworking

Coopering - Sept. 28 - 29 (two-day workshop)
Hand Hewing - Sept. 29

Other

Basketmaking - Sept. 29
Stone Wall Building - Sept. 28 - 29 (two-day workshop)

Planning Ahead

Add an overnight stay at the Old Sturbridge Inn and Reeder Family Lodges.

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