Built by Old Sturbridge Village, 1942
On the way to or from exploring Old Sturbridge Village’s large re-created historic agricultural landscape at the Freeman Farm, enter this quiet, climate-controlled space to contemplate the profound changes that have taken place to the New England landscape as a result of the changes in agricultural and land use practices over the last 400 years. A large-scale “stage set” of scenery and information guides you through the forces and effects that shape the landscape as it looked during the 1830s, and today.
The building which houses the exhibit is a copy of the Freeman Farm House and originally provided housing for the miller and his family. It served a number of purposes over the years before the current exhibit opened in 2009.
The current exhibit is part of the "Farms, Families, and Change" group of exhibits located throughout the Village, which was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Robert W. Booth fund of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, and the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation. Other parts of the exhibit are on view in the Fenno Barn, Fitch Barn, and Towne Barn.
