Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres. The Old Village includes 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills, and a working farm. The museum is popular among tourists and for educational field trips.

More than 40 historic buildings form the open-air museum at Old Sturbridge Village - gracious homes of the well-to-do, rustic farmhouses, a parsonage, village store, tavern, and workshops where tinsmiths, blacksmiths, printers, potters, and coopers demonstrate their crafts. Along with touring Old Sturbridge Village, where you'll find costumed interpreters cooking in fireplaces, tending their gardens, spinning, sewing, and doing needlework, you can watch logs become boards in a water-driven sawmill and take part in activities. A working farm grows period vegetables and herbs, and the farmyard is alive with animals that have been back-bred for authenticity. The large herb garden is especially interesting as it grows many of the plants that were used in everyday life at the time, for flavoring, medicines, cosmetics, and dying wool.

Location: 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd, Sturbridge, MA 01566, United States
Website: https://www.osv.org/
Distance from Delaware: 342 miles
Travel time: 5 hours
Tel: 1 800-733-1830
Hour: 9:30 AM - 17:30 PM
Fee: $14 per person
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