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Fall at Old Sturbridge Village

Fall is the time to celebrate the harvest and the foliage. See the season's crop of squashes and pumpkins curing in the yard and learn how early New Englanders "put up" food to sustain themselves through the winter. The ox-powered cider mill operates on weekends through the month of October.

Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer

* Please Note: Events marked with a $ require an additional fee.
 

September


Family Fun Weekend
September 4, 2010 - September 6, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

Bring the whole family and celebrate the days of late summer with games and excitement for everyone! 

 
Drummers' Call: Fife & Drum Day
September 11, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

Learn about the role these musicians played in a day in the life of an early New England soldier.

 
Take a Closer Look
September 11, 2010
10:00 am
 

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.

 
Evening at the Kiln $
September 11, 2010 - 7:00 PM
$35 per person; $30 for OSV Members
 
This special evening event invites you to experience a traditional kiln firing at the Hervey Brooks Pottery Shop after dark.
 
Collectors' Forum $
September 11, 2010 - 10:00 AM
$80 per person
$60 OSV Members
 
This year's topic, Ceramics in New England, features OSV's excellent collection of ceramics used in New England during the period 1790 to 1840, primarily imported from England.
 
Home School Day - Travel: People and Goods in Motion
September 14, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

This Home School Day offers you and your children the opportunity to gain exposure to early 19th-century travel and transportation. During the Village period, America became enamored with travel. Join us on Home School Day to explore the revolutionary changes in travel and transportation!

 
Agricultural Exhibition
September 18, 2010 - September 19, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

Experience an old-fashioned agricultural exhibition complete with displays in the Center Meetinghouse of heirloom vegetables and agricultural accomplishments.

 
Garden Thyme
September 18, 2010
Third Saturday, 10 a.m.
 

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.

 
OSV Gala: See the Village in a Whole New Light $
Saturday, September 18
$150 per person
 
This year's gala fundraising event promises to be an enlightening evening.
 
Squantum Feast:
The original New England-style Seafood Festival
September 25, 2010 - September 26, 2010
Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 4pm
at the entrance to Old Sturbridge Village
Tickets redeemable for food and beverages sold at the door; $1 each or 25 for $20
 

Relive the seafood fests of early New England at the entrance to Old Sturbridge Village.

 

October


Apple Days
October 2, 2010 - October 3, 2010
 

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

 
Friends' Day
October 2, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

Old Sturbridge Village's day of recognition of and appreciation for you, our Village friends and members.

 
Take a Closer Look
October 9, 2010
10:00 am
 

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
October 16, 2010
Third Saturday, 10 a.m.
 

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.

 
Harvest Days
October 16, 2010 - October 17, 2010
9:30 am-5:00 pm
 

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

 
Broadway delivers to the Oliver Wight Tavern:
Cabaret Lulu
 $
October 21, 2010
$42.50 per person for lunch and program (includes tax & gratuity)
 

Spend an afternoon on Broadway by way of Old Sturbridge Village. Enjoy lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern followed by a direct-from-Broadway cabaret show in the Brewer Theater.
Reservations required.

 
Things That Go Bump in the Night $
October 30, 2010 - 5:00 PM
$12 per person, children under 3: free
Advance registration is required
 
Old Sturbridge Village is the perfect setting for a family Halloween event. Spooky storytelling, magic, creepy games, and trick-or-treating around the Center Village.  The Trail of Terror (for brave souls age 11 and up) is also back this year.  Tickets on sale now for Members; public sale begins October 1.
 
Trail of Terror $
October 30, 2010 - 6:30 PM
8 per person (ages 11 & up); event admission additional and required
 
For brave souls age 11 and up...Prepare to be spooked as you venture away from the family-friendly Center Village and into the darkness of the countryside, where unnamed fears may be awakened on the Trail of Terror.
 

November


Dog Days for Members
November 6, 2010 - November 7, 2010
9:30 am-4:00 pm
 

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

 
Scout Day at Old Sturbridge Village
November 6, 2010
9:30 am-4:00 pm
 

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Lives on...in 1830!  This fall event is for Boy and Girl Scouts, and their families, who want to learn about America's proud past.  Enjoy the late fall foliage while visiting our early 19th-century rural community.

 
Dinner in a Country Village $
Selected Saturday evenings from November through March, 5 to 9 p.m.
$85 per person; $75 for OSV Members
Pre-registration is required
 
Enjoy a unique opportunity to prepare and eat a meal the way early New Englanders did. The Parsonage is the setting for this Saturday-night program, where costumed interpreters oversee the preparations, but the guests do the chopping, mixing, and stirring.   
 
Home School Day - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
November 10, 2010
9:30 am-4:00 pm
 

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Lives on...in 1830! During this Home School day, children and their families will have the opportunity to learn more about this tale and its time through storytelling, demonstrations and hands-on activities.

 
Old Sturbridge Village Celebrates the Nation's Veterans
November 11, 2010
 

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

 
An Evening of Illumination  $
November 13, 2010
6:00 pm-9:00 pm
 

Old Sturbridge Village opens in the evening and invites visitors to see what the Village would have looked like using only Village period lighting devices.

 
Take a Closer Look
November 13, 2010
10:00 am
 

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.

 
Broadway delivers to the Oliver Wight Tavern:
Cabaret Lulu
 $
November 18, 2010
$42.50 per person for lunch and program (includes tax & gratuity)
 

Spend an afternoon on Broadway by way of Old Sturbridge Village. Enjoy lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern followed by a direct-from-Broadway cabaret show in the Brewer Theater.
Reservations required.

 
Garden Thyme
November 20, 2010
Third Saturday, 10 a.m.
 

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.

 
Thanksgiving Buffet  $
Enjoy a 19th-century meal in the Oliver Wight Tavern
November 25, 2010
Seatings from 11am to 4pm
 

Enjoy a 19th-century Thanksgiving meal at the Oliver Wight Tavern at Old Sturbridge Village.
Reservations required.

 
Thanksgiving Day Celebration
November 25, 2010
 

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.

 
Thanksgiving Dinner in Bullard Tavern  $
November 25, 2010
Seatings at 11am, 1:45pm and 4:15pm
 

Enjoy a 19th-century Thanksgiving meal at the Bullard Tavern at Old Sturbridge Village.
Reservations required.

 
Shooting Match
November 26, 2010
 

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

 
A New England Wedding
November 27, 2010
 

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.

 

December


Christmas by Candlelight  $
December 3, 2010 - December 5, 2010, December 10, 2010 - December 12, 2010, December 17, 2010 - December 19, 2010
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, 4 to 9 pm
 

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

 
Big Little Holiday Party $
Friday, December 3, 2010
$46 per person (inclusive of tax and gratuity)
 
Eat, Drink & Be Merry...the Old Sturbridge Village way!  Bring your small group to our big party!
 
Broadway delivers to the Oliver Wight Tavern:
Cabaret Lulu
 $
December 15, 2010
$42.50 per person for lunch and program (includes tax & gratuity)
 

Spend an afternoon on Broadway by way of Old Sturbridge Village. Enjoy lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern followed by a direct-from-Broadway cabaret show in the Brewer Theater.
Reservations required.

 
Garden Thyme
December 18, 2010
Third Saturday, 10 a.m.
 

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.

 
December School Vacation Week
December 26, 2010 - January 2, 2011
 

Celebrate New England with the entire family during December School Vacation Week. Winter in New England brings fresh snow and days of brilliant sunshine, and Old Sturbridge Village brings cozy fires.

 
Families Cook $
December 29, 2010 - 5:00 PM
$85 per person; $75 for OSV Members
 
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.
 

Ongoing Events


EXHIBIT: The Labour of My Youthful Hands
June 19, 2010 - June 19, 2011
 

A new needlework exhibit in the Firearms & Textiles building focusing on young ladies' needlework and ornamental arts from the OSV collection. 

 
EXHIBIT: Convenient and Fashionable:
Furniture of Inland Massachusetts, 1790-1830
October 24, 2009 - September 12, 2010
 

This exhibit on display through early September features rarely-seen pieces of early Massachusetts furniture from the OSV collection and on loan from private collectors.

 
EXHIBIT: Farm, Families and Change
May 23, 2009 - December 31, 2015
 

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?"

 
Sunday Brunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern  $
May 16, 2010 - December 31, 2010
10:00 am-2:00 pm
$19.95 per person, $17.95 for seniors (age 65 & up),
No charge for children 10 & under
 

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

 
Teacher Workshop  $
Democracy in the New Nation
October 2, 2010 - October 16, 2010
October 2 & 16, 2010
8:30 am-3:00 pm
 

Designed for teachers who are looking for new ways to engage students in learning about civic rights and responsibilities.

 
The Stagecoach is Here!  $
June 21, 2010 - October 31, 2010
$3 per person, in addition to Village admission
 

Catch a ride on OSV's stagecoach, operating daily through foliage season, then on weekends in November. Get a feel for early New England travel aboard the reproduction Concord coach, then stop into the Bullard Tavern to learn about the ins and outs of getting from here to there in early New England.

 
The Stagecoach is Here!  $
November 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010
$3 per person, in addition to Village admission
 

Catch a ride on OSV's stagecoach, operating daily through foliage season, then on weekends in November. Get a feel for early New England travel aboard the reproduction Concord coach, then stop into the Bullard Tavern to learn about the ins and outs of getting from here to there in early New England.