For Immediate Release:
May 24, 2022
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Media Contact:
Sarah Martin
C: 315-225-0256
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Wool Days Returns to Old Sturbridge Village for Memorial Day Weekend
Popular program featuring OSV’s heritage-breed sheep takes place May 28-30
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Sturbridge, M.A. – Old Sturbridge Village will host its annual Wool Days program on Memorial Day weekend 2022, taking place Saturday, May 28 through Monday, May 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Included with standard daytime admission or active membership, Wool Days highlights the Village’s heritage-breed adult sheep and new spring lambs, as well as the many uses for the wool collected during the sheep-shearing event.
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The wool process was an extensive one in the 19th century, often featuring many steps including scouring and carding wool, dyeing, spinning, knitting the hand-spun yarn, and transforming the wool into household fabrics and clothing. See how OSV costumed historians recreate the process, first giving the sheep their annual “haircut” and then working the wool into its finished form.
During the event, guests can also enjoy daily demonstrations, including, hearth cooking, printing, coopering, blacksmithing, shoemaking, and cabinetmaking in the building newly opened last fall (some activities are weather-dependent). Sheep plushies, yarn, learn-to-knit kits, and other event-specific items will be available for purchase during Wool Days in the Miner Grant store.
Standard daytime admission rates for the event are $28 for adults, $26 for seniors (55+), $14 for youth (4-17) and college students. The Village is free to children ages 3 and under. More information on Wool Days can be found at: https://www.osv.org/event/wool-days/.
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About Old Sturbridge Village
Old Sturbridge Village, first opened to the public in 1946, is one of the country's oldest and largest living history museums, celebrating life in early New England from 1790-1840. It is the largest living history museum in the Northeast, celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2021. Each year, more than 250,000 visitors interact with costumed historians, experience up-close demonstrations of early American trades, and meet heritage breed farm animals. Situated on 200 scenic acres, the Village is a collection of more than 40 historic buildings - including homes, meetinghouses, trade shops, working farms, restaurants, shops and three water-powered mills.
Located just off the Massachusetts Turnpike and Routes I-84 and 20 in Sturbridge, Mass., Old Sturbridge Village is open year-round, but days and hours vary seasonally. Daily admission is: $28 for adults, $26 for seniors, $14 for College Students, $14 for children ages 4-17, with children 3 and under admitted free. Admission includes free parking. Village Members receive free standard daytime admission. For details, visit https://www.osv.org/plan-your-visit/.
Old Sturbridge Village is also the managing partner of Coggeshall Farm Museum in Bristol, R.I. Members at OSV receive reciprocal membership at Coggeshall Farm Museum.
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