The largest military re-enactment in New England -- more than 800 soldiers portraying British, Hessian, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French and Colonial troops. Mock battles, cannon demonstrations, fife and drums and more.

The “Free Fun Fridays” program invites Massachusetts residents and tourists to visit for free a designated museum or attraction over ten Fridays this summer.  Please note that you do not need to register or obtain a ticket.  Just show up and enjoy!   OSV's Free Fun Friday is made possible by the Highland Foundation.

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.

The focus of this annual weekend celebrating textiles will be early 19th-century New England needlework.  Tours, gallery talks, hands-on activities, and demonstrations will be featured.

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 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.

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

Fifers and drummers are called to muster.  See corps from around the region and learn about the role these musicians played in a day in the life of an early New England soldier. 

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.

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!

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.  TRAIL OF TERROR (for brave souls age 11 & 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. 
Reservations are recommended.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 of the holiday's traditions.

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.

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.

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.

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

Old Sturbridge Village is open on this winter holiday.  December school vacation week activities continue through January 2.

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 civiil 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, including Abigail Kelley.

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.

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

A visit to Old Sturbridge Village during February school vacation week is sure to be a highlight. Special activities for Presidents' Day Weekend (get your history here!) and all week, plus plan on skating (bring yours), sledding (please use ours), and sleigh rides -- weather permitting.

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

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.

Join us for a day of activities and amusements for Boy Scouts (Girl Scout Day is on April 9).

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

Join us for a day of activities and amusements for Girl Scouts.

Moms get in free on Mother's Day at Old Sturbridge Village, and special activities are planned. A special Mother's Day Brunch is served in the Oliver Wight Tavern (reservations required).

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.

Share in the excitement of a re-created early New England Muster Day, where the sounds of muskets and fifes & drums fill the air.

This Fourth of July, step back to a time when America was new, and veterans of the fight for freedom still lived. Cap off a 19th-century celebration of the holiday with a breathtaking 21st-century display of fireworks at dusk (separate admission).

Enjoy expanded hands-on and interactive activities throughout the Village, along with family-friendly performances and  entertainment.  Meet the new arrivals at the farm (every day) and on Monday (Patriots Day), take part in martial activities.

A history lesson your kids will never forget.  Learn about Discovery Camps and our new Exploration Camps for children from age 6 to 17.
Advance registration is required.

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

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.

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?"

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

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.

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.