Join us for a day of activities and amusements for Boy Scouts (Girl Scout Day is on March 27).

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

On weekend days in March, see maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th-century rural New England and learn why the final product historically was sugar, not syrup.

Enjoy Sunday brunch in the Oliver Wight Tavern at OSV's main entrance.
Reservations are recommended.

A full-day workshop for the home gardener, no experience necessary.

Join us for a day of activities and amusements for Girl Scouts (Boy Scout Day is on March 20).

Attention OSV Members:  as a thank-you for your support we are offering a series of special Dog Days at OSV just for Members.

Easter Brunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern is sure to create special family memories.
Reservations are recommended.

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

NEW!  These single-day non-costumed programs will lead your child down the path of adventure.  Exploration Day Camps for ages 6 to 14 are educational and fun.  Register for as few as one or as many as five days during your April school vacation week.  (Note:  This new program is offered in addition to our popular two-day Discovery Camps.)
Advance registration is required.

Enjoy expanded hands-on and interactive activities throughout the Village, along with family-friendly performances and  entertainment.  Meet the new arrivals at the farm (every day) and on Monday (Patriots Day), take part in martial activities.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

Celebrate Patriots Day marching and drilling with the Sturbridge Militia, watching musket-firing demonstrations, enjoying martial music, and touring the "Firearms of Freedom" exhibit.

Home School Days are a great opportunity for you and your children to gain exposure to the life and work of an early 19th-century rural New England community.

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Moms get in free on Mother's Day at Old Sturbridge Village on Sunday, May 9, and special activities are planned. A special Mother's Day Brunch is served in the Oliver Wight Tavern (reservations required).

Mother's Day Brunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern is sure to create special family memories.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

See how wool is processed from shearing and scouring to carding and spinning, then turned into knitted or woven items. Try your hand in the Fenno textile exhibit.

Share in the excitement of a re-created early New England Muster Day, where the sounds of muskets and fifes & drums fill the air.

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

What did 1830s New Englanders do for entertainment? Without reality television and movies, what kind of cultural atmosphere did they maintain and enjoy? Our own artists, musicians, and dancers provide some of the entertaining answers!

This Fourth of July, step back to a time when America was new, and veterans of the fight for freedom still lived. Cap off a 19th-century celebration of the holiday with a breathtaking 21st-century display of fireworks at dusk (separate admission).

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

An exciting summer event featuring historical 19th-century hand-pump fire wagons and a summer favorite: ice cream.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

The Village is transformed into a military camp focusing this year on the period 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. Great fun for the entire family!

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

A special weekend focusing on textiles.  Recent years' events have focused on bed quilts, quilted clothing, and needlework.  The theme for 2010 is under development.  Please hold these dates and check back for details.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

Bring the whole family and celebrate a late summer day with games and excitement for everyone! 

Fifers and drummers are called to muster.  See corps from around the region and learn about the role these musicians played in a day in the life of an early New England soldier. 

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Experience an old-fashioned agricultural exhibition complete with demonstrations of early New England farm equipment and displays of Village-grown heirloom vegetables and other accomplishments. Plan now to join the exhibition of Visitor-grown heirloom vegetables!

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

Join us for a weekend dedicated to apple harvest, preservation and cooking.

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

As the days grow cooler and shorter, come celebrate the harvest with us.

Attention OSV Members:  as a thank-you for your support we are offering a series of special Dog Days at OSV just for Members.

Join us for a day of activities and amusements for Scouts (both boys and girls).

Old Sturbridge Village is proud to honor veterans and active duty personnel of the nation's armed forces.

Take a Closer Look is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, this program invites a closer look with a Village specialist.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

To mark one of just a handful of holidays on the early New England calendar, Old Sturbridge Village re-creates various activities from an early New England Thanksgiving Day, including cooking at the hearth, demonstrations of 19th-century table manners, a Thanksgiving sermon, and after-dinner entertainment.

Come watch the Village marksmen display their musket-firing skills in friendly competition.

Thanksgiving was a favorite time for many early 19th-century marriages, as family gathered for the holiday. Visit with the bride as she prepares for the wedding and enjoy a dramatic presentation about the couple's courtship and marriage, including their re-created wedding ceremony.

Experience the magic of a candlelit Village at Christmas time and explore the history of the holiday's traditions.

Garden Thyme is a monthly program open to all OSV Members. Held the third Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., this program looks at a variety of topics for the experienced and novice gardener.

This unique evening event offers families an opportunity to prepare -- and sit down to eat together -- a complete dinner by the hearth with the help of historically costumed staff.
Reservations required.

Old Sturbridge Village is open on this winter holiday.  December school vacation week activities continue through January 2.

A history lesson your kids will never forget.  Learn about Discovery Camps and our new Exploration Camps for children from age 6 to 17.
Advance registration is required.

This exhibit opening October 24 features rarely-seen pieces of early Massachusetts furniture from the OSV collection and on loan from private collectors.

The museum's newest permanent exhibit, Farm, Families and Change, includes new displays in three of the Village's restored barns.  The exhibit addresses questions that resonate today:  "Where does our food come from?" and "Why does the New England landscape look the way it does?"

Many garments in the Old Sturbridge Village collection show evidence of patching, darning or alterations. It was often easier and more economical to make an old garment last than create a new piece of clothing. Though they may be well-worn and well-loved, these textiles tell a story through their patches, darns and alterations.

Enjoy Sunday brunch in the Oliver Wight Tavern at OSV's main entrance.
Reservations are recommended.

Enjoy Sunday brunch in the Oliver Wight Tavern at OSV's main entrance.
Reservations are recommended.