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Old Sturbridge Village, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST
The Village is open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20th, with special activities like a scavenger hunt, storytime, and a community story quilt!
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Community Story Quilt – Learn about story quilts and create your own quilt square to add to our community quilt (in the Visitor Center, Building #2).
10:30 a.m. Story Time: Listen to the story Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woefle
(in the District School, Building #31).
10:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. A Dentist Comes to Town: A role character presentation – Learn about 1830s dentists and the tools of their trade (at the Bullard Tavern, Building #3).
11:00 a.m. Practice Makes Better: Come see how a musician learns new music (in the Bullard Tavern,
Building #3).
11:30 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. Dramatic Moments: Feuds, Riots, Scandal, & Trombones!: Meet Actor John Gibbs Gilbert. Find out what it was like to be onstage and off for the titans of the theatre in the early 19th century
(in the Center Meetinghouse, Building #6).
1:30 p.m. Parlor Music: Listen to a selection of formal songs set for the parlor (at the Fitch House, Building #20).
2:30 p.m. Musical Highlights, the Rocking Melodeon:
The portable keyboard may be older than you realize. Come learn about the rocking melodeon and hear it in action (at the Bullard Tavern, Building #3).
3:30 p.m. Musical Highlights, the “Hurdy Gurdy”:
Listen to this strange and unusual instrument (in the Bullard Tavern, Building #3).
Households
Small House (Building #4) Costumed interpreters are here to help you understand the past as it relates to the present. Make this your first stop to say “good day” and orient yourself to our 1830s Village.
Community
Asa Knight Store (Building #10) Country stores brought in goods from all over the world, through seaports like Boston and Providence. They also bought locally produced goods such as butter, cheese, and handwork for sale in those urban commercial centers.
Trades
Shoe Shop (Building #9) Find a shoemaker “bottoming” men’s and boy’s work shoes for wholesale to the Southern and Western states. Some of the shoes for the South were meant for enslaved workers.
Tin Shop (Building #14) Experience our tinners producing authentic reproductions of the tinware used in households of the 1830s.
Exhibitions
For the Purpose of Illumination: This new exhibit draws upon OSV’s large collection of lighting devices and prompts us to examine the impact that artificial lighting had in the early 19th century and continues to have on our lives today (in the Countryside Gallery, Building #38).
Dining & Shopping
Bullard Café (Building #3) (on the Ground Floor)
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Hungry? Stop by for lunch or a snack.
Miner Grant Store & Bake Shop (Building #18)
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Stop in to buy our famous chocolate chip cookies, Joe Frogger cookies, and treats. Shop for Village-made wares, historical children’s toys and gifts, too!
Ox & Yoke Café (Building #1)
10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Featuring scrumptious sweet and savory baked goods prepared on-site, along with freshly ground coffee, beer and wine, cold and hot drinks, and more.
Ox & Yoke Mercantile (Building #1)
10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Take home a traditional rural New England treasure or unique gift. Village-made crafts and kits, home décor, books, and more await!
