For Immediate Release:
May 25, 2023
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Media Contact:
Christine Freitas
Phone: (508) 347-0328
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** MEDIA ALERT**
Wool Days Return to Old Sturbridge Village this Memorial Day Weekend
The popular program featuring OSV’s heritage-breed sheep
takes place May 27-29
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Sturbridge, M.A. – Old Sturbridge Village will host its annual Wool Days program on Memorial Day weekend 2023, from Saturday, May 27 through Monday, May 29 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 and the many uses for the wool collected during the sheep-shearing event.
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.
Programming will include shearing demonstrations on the Common, and the houses will show knitting, dyeing, and sewing demonstrations. Guests can also contribute to knitting scarves for soldiers during their visit.
During the event, guests can also enjoy daily demonstrations, including hearth cooking, printing, coopering, blacksmithing, shoe-making, and cabinetmaking (some activities are weather-dependent). Sheep plushies, yarn, learn-to-knit kits, and other event-specific items will be available during Wool Days in the Minor Grant store.
What: Wool Days
Where: Old Sturbridge Village
When: May 27-29, 2023, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Christine Freitas at pr@osv.org or 508-347-0328
Standard daytime admission rates for the event are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors (55+), $15 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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For b-roll, images, and interview requests, please contact Christine Freitas at pr@osv.org.
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. 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: $30 for adults, $28 for seniors, $15 for College Students, $15 for children ages 4-17, children 3 and under admitted free. 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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