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.

A showcase of pre-1946 cars on display on the Common and during a grand procession.

See dozens of antique horse-drawn carriages throuhgout the village.

Witness the sights and sounds of a re-created early 19th-century muster day, as Village militia members fire their muskets and drill and practice battle techniques on the Common. Youngsters of all ages are invited to learn to march, make a militia hat, and try on a knapsack and cartridge box.

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.

The Village comes alive with the lost sounds and sights of 19th-century popular music and art as more than 50 singers, dancers, and musicians, and artists perform and demonstrate.

Join us for Summer Adventures! Our Summer Adventures programs are offered to children ages 6-17 from late June to mid-August. Kids can make new friends, have fun, and most of all to engage in the history of early 19th-century New England. (Formerly called Discovery and Exploration Camps.)
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Advance registration is required.

Join us for Summer Adventures! Our Summer Adventures programs are offered to children ages 6-17 from late June to mid-August. Kids can make new friends, have fun, and most of all to engage in the history of early 19th-century New England. (Formerly called Discovery and Exploration Camps.)
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Advance registration is required.

This Fourth of July, step back to a time when America was new, and veterans of the fight for freedom still lived.

A 21st-century display of fireworks with music, games, and food on the Common prior to the display in the Countryside.

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.

What could be better on a mid-July day than a bucket brigade and a taste of ice cream? This event featuring 19th-century fire-fighting equipment and historical ice cream-making is a true summer delight.

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 largest military re-enactment in New England -- nearly 1,000 soldiers portraying British, Hessian, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French and Colonial troops. Mock battles, cannon demonstrations, fife and drums and more.

Join us for Summer Adventures! Our Summer Adventures programs are offered to children ages 6-17 from late June to mid-August. Kids can make new friends, have fun, and most of all to engage in the history of early 19th-century New England. (Formerly called Discovery and Exploration Camps.)
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Advance registration is required.

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.

Learn about 19th-century textile history.

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

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

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.

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!

SAVE THE DATE! Keep an eye out for more information about the annual OSV Gala featuring a lively dinner, as well as live and silent auctions.

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.

Enjoy a crisp autumn evening in the Village with live music, storytelling, bonfires, hayrides, barn dancing and the once-annual firing of the OSV kiln.

Spend some time at OSV learning a historical craft. These adult workshops vary from blacksmithing to textiles, coopering, foodways, and more. 

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

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

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.

Celebrate the harvest season and learn how food makes it way from the farm to the dining room table.

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.

Trick-or-treating in the Center Village and family entertainment for a unique pre-Halloween experience.

Complimentary admission to OSV will be extended to the employees of our business partners - including up to six immediate family members per employee.

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.

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 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.

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

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 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.

Spend some time at OSV learning a historical craft. These adult workshops vary from blacksmithing to textiles, coopering, foodways, and more. 

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 behind the traditions. 

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.

The Village is open on this Monday holiday for visitors to experience everyday life in an early New England town in winter, and to pay tribute to the 20th-century civil rights leader by presenting characterizations of 19th-century individuals with New England ties who played significant roles in the 19th-century movement to abolish slavery.

It's a day to embrace the joys of an old-fashioned winter -- indoors and out. Join us today at the Village's Mill Pond to learn about ice harvesting in early New England. Then stop by the Bullard Tavern for some magical moments by the fire. (Ice harvesting is ice conditions and weather permitting.)

See more than two dozen horse-drawn antique sleighs glide silently over the snow and compete for prizes.

See antique Valentines and learn about their history; learn about the processing of chocolate -- from bean to beverage.

A visit to Old Sturbridge Village during February school vacation week is sure to be a highlight. Special activities for Presidents' Day Weekend and all week, plus plan on ice skating, sledding, and sleigh rides (weather permitting).

Celebrate Presidents' Day weekend by learning how early New Englanders honored the nation's first great American hero.

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.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all weekend with Irish music, stories, food, and dancing.

Planning your first vegetable garden or hoping to improve the quality of your backyard vegetable garden?  Join us as this popular program returns for its fifth year.
Reservations required.

Explore the role of Native Americans in early New England through a weekend of stories, demonstrations, cooking, and more.

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?"

This exhibit will explore the changing world of childhood during the first half of the 19th century through their toys, their clothes, and their work.

Buy local during OSV's Heritage Farmers Markets on Sundays, Memorial Day Weekend - Columbus Day Weekend.

Throughout the spring, summer, and fall catch a ride on OSV's stagecoach and riverboat.

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