Events
July 19, 2014
Half-price admission is offered for all firefighters on this day.
Old-fashioned fire fighting
See an exciting demonstration of historical 19th-century hand-pump fire trucks, and lend a hand by helping to pump the water. Enjoy a fire truck parade around the Common, including historic motorized fire trucks.
We will also host Massachusetts' premier Fire Explorer Scout Muster, providing the...
August 02, 2014 to August 03, 2014
See the largest military re-enactment in New England with nearly 1,000 soldiers portraying British, Irish, Spanish, Scottish, French and Colonial troops. The Village is transformed into a military camp from the time of the War for Independence, as it was known in early New England. Come see what it was really like for those who fought to win America's freedoms.
Daytime events on both days include...
August 16, 2014 to August 17, 2014
Each year, Old Sturbridge Village explores a different aspect of 19th-century textiles. Past topics have included 19th-century clothing, quilting, needlework, and women's domestic textile production.
Planning Ahead
Purchase your tickets online in advance to expedite your entrance into the Village. (Remember, kids get free admission in August.)
Add an overnight stay at the Old Sturbridge Inn and...
August 30, 2014 to September 01, 2014
Bring the whole family and celebrate Labor Day Weekend with games and excitement for everyone!
You're invited to join the fun on these days: play baseball the way early New Englanders did, make a craft, join a game of French & English (tug of war), meet the oxen in training, try your hand at marbling paper, see a puppet show, watch a toy fire-balloon flight, visit the Freeman Farm, stop and...
November 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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November 15, 2014 - 5:00 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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