Homeschool Day: Traditional Trades

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Colonial Dress Up and Play or Victorian Dress Up and Games Session 1: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Colonial Dress Up and Play or Victorian Dress Up and Games Session 2: 12 PM - 1 PM

Work It Out Workshop or 18th-century Hearth Cooking Session 1: 9:30 - 10 AM
Work It Out Workshop or 18th-century Hearth Cooking Session 2: 12-1:30 PM

Historic House Tour: 10 AM - 11 AM

Self Guided Tour: 10 AM-4 PM

Venture back to the early days of the USA and discover how people made everyday items by hand. Register for the interactive guided tour Work It Out, learn about imports and exports, life as a sailor, put together a simple post & beam model, and discover how an apothecary made medicines. Older students can join a staff member on a guided tour discussing historic preservation and how buildings were made. Younger students with an adult can take the self-guided tour, where they can meet a cooper making wooden containers, try weaving, and explore an 18th-century tavern and shop.

• Dress Up and Play (ages 5 - 7) - $15.00 per student (10% off each additional student).

• Work It Out (ages 8-12) - $15.00 per student (10% off each additional student).

• 18th-century Hearth Cooking (ages 8 - 12) - $15.00 per student (10% off each additional student).

• Historic House Tour (ages 13+) - $15.00 per person.

One adult per family is admitted free. Extra adults will be charged $10.00 at the door.