Events
February 08, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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February 15, 2014 to February 23, 2014
February School Vacation Week is filled with fun and engaging activities for kids - and their parents!
Be sure to read more about the special events planned for Washington's Birthday weekend celebration.
Visitors can enjoy candle-making demonstrations, sleigh rides, and sledding on 1830s-style reproduction sleds (all snow-related activities are weather permitting).
Planning Ahead
Purchase your...
February 15, 2014 to February 17, 2014
The birthday of the young nation's first great hero inspired great celebration among early 19th-century Americans. They gathered to offer toasts to George Washington and other important figures of the day. And they held balls, complete with Washington Cake and dancing.
Old Sturbridge Village will celebrate the Washington's Birthday weekend in the exact same spirit. Visitors can take part in...
February 15, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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February 15, 2014 - 6:00 PM
$54.95 per person. (OSV Members $49.95)
Inclusive of tax and gratuity
Save with a Hearthside Bounty Lodging package.
Join us as we experience an evening in a 19th-century tavern.
In addition to a supper prepared in part at the hearth, guests may enjoy beverages fashionable in early New England, hear music and stories from an earlier time, and explore period games and entertainment. Learn about table manners from the period, when it was not only polite, but advised to eat from the knife (fork tines were meant...
February 19, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
This unforgettable experience invites families with children ages 8 and up to prepare and eat a complete 19th-century dinner by the hearth.
Historically costumed staff will help interpret the receipts (recipes) and share tips, but you'll be learning the hearth cooking techniques and working alongside other families to prepare a delicious meal. Bring the grandparents and cousins, too!
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February 22, 2014 - 10:00 AM
Get an insider’s perspective on OSV’s exhibit Delightfully Designed – The Furniture and Life of Nathan Lombard. Tour the exhibit with a member of the curatorial staff. Explore Lombard’s furniture, view family artifacts, and hear family stories about the man behind this extraordinary furniture.
Tours at 10:00 am; please meet at the entrance to the exhibit in the Visitor Center.
February 22, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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March 01, 2014 to March 02, 2014
MEMBER EVENT
Old Sturbridge Village extends to OSV members the privilege of bringing their dog to Old Sturbridge Village during the first weekend of the month in January, February, March, April, and November. Not a member yet? Join now.
Members - have you attended a Dog Day in the past? Send us photos of your dog enjoying the Village!
Dog Days Policies
In order to be eligible to participate in Dog...
March 01, 2014 to March 02, 2014, March 08, 2014 to March 09, 2014, March 15, 2014 to March 16, 2014, March 22, 2014 to March 23, 2014
For many at Old Sturbridge Village, the first whiff of spring isn't the aroma of spring flowers - it's the smell of wood smoke and maple syrup, a sure sign that the sap is rising and spring is on the way.
On weekend days in March, see maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th-century rural New England in OSV's working sugar camp.
See the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "...
March 01, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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March 01, 2014 to March 02, 2014, March 08, 2014 to March 09, 2014, March 15, 2014 to March 16, 2014, March 22, 2014 to March 23, 2014
For many at Old Sturbridge Village, the first whiff of spring isn't the aroma of spring flowers - it's the smell of wood smoke and maple syrup, a sure sign that the sap is rising and spring is on the way.
On weekend days in March, see maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th-century rural New England in OSV's working sugar camp.
See the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "...
March 08, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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March 01, 2014 to March 02, 2014, March 08, 2014 to March 09, 2014, March 15, 2014 to March 16, 2014, March 22, 2014 to March 23, 2014
For many at Old Sturbridge Village, the first whiff of spring isn't the aroma of spring flowers - it's the smell of wood smoke and maple syrup, a sure sign that the sap is rising and spring is on the way.
On weekend days in March, see maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th-century rural New England in OSV's working sugar camp.
See the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "...
March 15, 2014 to March 16, 2014
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at OSV with Irish music, food, dancing, and stories.
Planning Ahead
Purchase your tickets online in advance to expedite your entrance into the Village.
Add an overnight stay at the Old Sturbridge Inn and Reeder Family Lodges.
Find more useful information for planning your visit.
March 15, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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March 22, 2014 - 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Registration will open in in January 2014.
A workshop for the home gardener, no experience necessary.
Planning your first vegetable garden or hoping to improve the quality of your backyard vegetable garden? Join us as this popular program returns for its sixth year with an emphasis on techniques to start and succeed with common vegetables.
Consider entering items from your harvest at our Agricultural Exhibition in September.
A lunch break...
March 01, 2014 to March 02, 2014, March 08, 2014 to March 09, 2014, March 15, 2014 to March 16, 2014, March 22, 2014 to March 23, 2014
For many at Old Sturbridge Village, the first whiff of spring isn't the aroma of spring flowers - it's the smell of wood smoke and maple syrup, a sure sign that the sap is rising and spring is on the way.
On weekend days in March, see maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th-century rural New England in OSV's working sugar camp.
See the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "...
March 22, 2014 - 10:00 AM
Get an insider’s perspective on OSV’s exhibit Delightfully Designed – The Furniture and Life of Nathan Lombard. Tour the exhibit with a member of the curatorial staff. Explore Lombard’s furniture, view family artifacts, and hear family stories about the man behind this extraordinary furniture.
Tours at 10:00 am; please meet at the entrance to the exhibit in the Visitor Center.
March 22, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
$85 per person ($75 for OSV Members)
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal as early New Englanders did. Participants gather in the Parsonage, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the roasting, baking, and mulling. Roast meat using a tin reflector oven, fire a brick bake oven, and mull spiced cider over the hearth before sitting down to enjoy the results, all by candlelight.
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