Visit Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts and you will travel back in time to a country town where life was much less stressful and completely different than today. The era you will be faced with is from the late 1700s continuing through the early 1800s and you will be able to see what daily life was really like. You will learn a great deal about life during this time in New England and what locals lived like and how they surprised. You will be overwhelmed at the nature, the lifestyle, and the fact that things have changed so very much the last couple hundred years. In fact, the entire family will feel as if they are walking into a completely new world.
Old Sturbridge is an outdoor history museum that is truly unique with more than 40 original buildings to tour. The buildings were originally located throughout New England, but in order to create Old Sturbridge Village these buildings were researched and restored and then transported to the outdoor museum. There are homes, country stores, a school, meetinghouses, a law office, bank, carding mill, shoe shop, a pottery shop, a cooper shop, gristmill, and much more!
When you arrive at Old Sturbridge you will be greeted by staff in period costume. These individuals are referred to as history interpreters and they will lead you through the daily life of people from the early 19th century. You will hear a blacksmith hammering and see farmers plowing the fields the old-fashioned way. You will likely even smell fresh bread being baked in a fireplace! Old Sturbridge Village is made up of more than 200 acres, which makes it a very special place to visit ripe with new experiences for new and old family members alike.
The purpose behind Old Sturbridge Village is to provide Americans with a real life display of what life was like during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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