Our staycation continued with a day at Old Sturbridge Village with Niccole, Brian, and Violet. OSV is a living history museum about two hours away from Salem, which represents a settlement of about 2,000 people from the 1790s-1830s.
We went during the first week of school and on Homeschool Day at OSV, so it wasn't very crowded at all.
Many of the kids there that day were dressed in period garb. Violet decided to pair her bonnet with the perfect item--a red sequined skirt.
Playing with a hoop
The general store
If the buildings weren't original to the settlement in this part of Sturbridge, then they were moved there. All of the buildings were original to the time period, though.
Learning about Quaker services
The cobblershop
Having a daddy with us was a special treat
Checking out the school
Looking in the livestock pound
Tending the garden
At 200 acres, OSV had a lot to see.
Looking at the kiln
Trying her hand at combing wool
The village has a combination of buildings with interpreters who demonstrate life in the early nineteenth century and buildings set up as museums.
Learning how to wash clothes with the Tom Cruise "plunge and scrub" method (Far and Away)
The print shop
In the kids' area, milking a cow
Exhausted at the end of our visit
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