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August 2, 2013
Textile Weekend Highlights 19th-Century Fashion Accessories Aug. 17-18
(STURBRIDGE, MA) - Aug. 2, 2013: Old Sturbridge Village is offering free admission for kids in the month of August, including during the Village's annual Textile Weekend celebration Aug. 17-18. For this year's Textile Weekend, Village historians are highlighting 19th-century fashion accessories and visitors can tour the new...
July 23, 2013
Fallon Community Health Plan is event sponsor
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – July 23, 2013: - Award-winning composer John Williams will receive the annual "Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award" from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Old Sturbridge Village following a dinner in his honor at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 15 at the living history museum. The event is sponsored by Fallon Community Health Plan....
July 12, 2013
Price break sponsored by Southbridge Credit Union
(STURBRIDGE, MA) - July 12, 2013: On Friday, July 26, Old Sturbridge Village is offering the second of three "$5 Fridays" and will roll back its admission prices to just $5 for all visitors. The special price discount is made possible by Southbridge Credit Union, which will also sponsor another $5 Friday at OSV on August 23. The special one-...
July 8, 2013
Firefighters get 50% off admission at Fire & Ice Celebration
Antique fire engines, bucket brigades, chili contest, vintage ice cream making
Firefighters get half-price admission to Old Sturbridge Village on Saturday, July 20 for the museum's annual vintage fireman's muster, "Fire & Ice Day." Antique fire trucks, including early hand-pumpers and a rare 1921 Stuz fire truck, will...
June 21, 2013
Daytime fun and evening fireworks;
Eighty-five people to become new U.S. citizens at OSV ceremony
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – June 18, 2013: - Old Sturbridge Village continues its popular July 4th tradition of historical Independence Day activities followed by a separate evening fireworks program of music, magic, and family games – capped off by a spectacular 30-minute fireworks display over the...
June 12, 2013
Price break first of three sponsored by Southbridge Credit Union
(STURBRIDGE, MA) - June 9, 2013: On Friday, June 28, Old Sturbridge Village is offering the first of three "$5 Fridays" and will roll back its admission prices to just $5 for all visitors. The special price discount is made possible by Southbridge Credit Union, which will also sponsor two other $5 Fridays at OSV on July 26...
June 9, 2013
Dads get free admission on Father's Day June 16
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – June 3, 2013: More than 50 singers, dancers, musicians and artists will gather at Old Sturbridge Village to bring 19th-century cultural arts to life as part of the museum's annual Music & Art weekend June 15-16. On Father's Day, June 16 dads get free OSV admission and will receive a free Village-made pottery flask (while...
May 13, 2013
More than 50 vintage cars on display June 1
Horse-drawn carriages arrive June 2
Free second-day admission
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – May 13, 2013: Old Sturbridge Village will go from chrome to carriages as it highlights an array of antique vehicles, starting with the museum's third annual Antique Car Rally on Saturday, June 1, followed by the second annual OSV Horse-Drawn Carriage Rally on...
May 8, 2013
OSV sheep get fleeced
Sheep shearing, sheep herding, wool dyeing
Free admission for U.S. military and families
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – May 8, 2013: The sheep at Old Sturbridge Village will be a little cooler after getting their annual “haircuts” during "Wool Days" on Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27. OSV farmers will demonstrate sheep shearing 1830s-style throughout the weekend, and Border Collies...
April 29, 2013
Heirloom tomato plants given to museum visitors while supplies last
(STURBRIDGE, MA) – April 29, 2013: Free heirloom tomato plants will be given to Old Sturbridge Village visitors on Saturday, May 18 to celebrate the start of the gardening season. The free tomato plants, grown by OSV horticulturists, include popular varieties from the 1830s: Brandywine, Yellow Pear, and Large Red. (The tomato...
