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TODAY AT OSV
Throughout the Day:
- Ongoing Demonstrations – in the Tin Shop, Pottery Shop & Blacksmith Shop
- Preparing for Spring: Repairing Garden Tools in the Blacksmith Shop
- On the Farm: Meet and talk with visiting teams of oxen throughout the village performing all of the Spring work Necessary on a 19th century New England Farm, or meet with them at the Horse sheds in between work.
From Time to Time:
- Preparing for Spring: Repairing Garden Baskets (at the Small House)
- Visit the Freeman’s Root Cellar (at the Freeman Farm)
- Cooper Shop: Repairing Dairy Equipment
- Churning Butter (at the Freeman Farmhouse)
9:30-12:00 A Printer at Work
(in the Printing Office)
9:30-1:00 Free Craft: Make Your Own Seed Shaker Packet
(at the Visitor Center)
9:30-12:00 A Cabinetmaker at Work
(in the Cabinetmaking Shop across from A Child’s World)
9:30-1:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
10:00 Milking Demonstration
(at the Freeman Barn)
10:00 Forwarding Spring: A Discussion on Hot Frames
(at the Parsonage Garden)
10:00-12:00 Help Prepare the Freeman’s Garden: Digging Beds for Planting
(at the Freeman Garden)
10:00-12:00 Ask a Gardener: 19th Century Horticulture
(at the Bixby Garden)
10:00-1:00 Horse-Drawn Ride around the Countryside
(pick up near the Asa Knight Store)
10:30 Tales of a Yankee Peddler
(in the Bullard Tavern)
11:00 Visit with Laura Ingalls Wilder
(in the Parsonage Barn)
11:00 The OSV Singers Practice for the Spring Concert
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
11:30 Tunes and Tales From Tavern and Hearthside
(in the Bullard Tavern)
12:30 Musket Firing Demonstration
(outside the Bullard Tavern)
1:00-4:00 A Printer at Work
(in the Printing Office)
12:30 The OSV Singers Present the Spring Concert
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
12:30 Meet Laura Ingalls Wilder
(in the Parsonage Barn)
1:00-4:00 A Cabinetmaker at Work
(in the Cabinetmaking Shop across from A Child’s World)
1:00 A Guided Tour of the Towne House
(in the Towne House)
1:30 The OSV Singers Present the Spring Concert
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
2:00 Try your hand at Ploughing
(in the Freeman Farm Fields)
2:00-4:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 What’s Blooming in Mrs. Towne’s Garden:Spring Ephemerals
(at the Towne House Garden)
2:00 Tales of the Supernatural
(in the Friends Meetinghouse)
2:00-4:00 Help Shell Beans and Peas
(at the Bixby House)
2:00-3:45 Make a Chick and Egg Thaumatrope
(in the Fitch House)
2:00-4:00 Planting a Bed in the Freeman’s Garden
(at the Freeman Farm Garden)
2:00-4:00 Tree and Shrub Care
(at the Bixby Garden)
2:30 Meet Laura Ingalls Wilder
(in the Parsonage Barn)
2:30-3:50 Horse-Drawn Ride around the Countryside
(pick up near the Asa Knight Store)
3:00 Tunes and Tales From Tavern and Hearthside
(in the Bullard Tavern)
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW
River Walk is open (entrance near the Sawmill)
Woodland Walk is open (entrance near the Graveyard)
Pasture Walk is open (entrance behind the Freeman Farm)
DINING & SHOPPING
9:00-3:30 Village Café
Proudly serving Red Barn® coffee, village made fudge, and from scratch cookies, muffins and breads.
9:30-4:00 Grant Store & Bake Shop
(on the Common) Famous for our chocolate chip cookies, maple coffee and Village-made wares.
11:00-3:00 Bullard Tavern
(on the Ground Floor) We have a wide array of lunch options available.
11:30-3:00 Village Scoop Shop
Ice cream, cookies, and beverages.
10:00-4:30 Museum Gift Shop & Book Store
Wide array of unique gifts, fabrics, books and Village-made wares available! Don’t have time? Shop online! Visit our online store at www.osv.org!