Explore a heritage art. We will have felting materials, embroidery materials and potholder materials on hand for our busy hands. Beginning and advanced felters, embroiderers and potholder weavers welcome!! Bring a project from home to share or finish. Use our materials for a new project. Gain inspiration by making art together. $12

Press some leaves while the colors are still out! Fall is upon us and the leaves will soon show their glorious true colors as photosynthesis wanes. We will take a look at the science of color change, take a look and identify some of our collected leaves and embark on making a leaf print t-shirt in our attempt to preserve the season. Participants should bring a blank, light colored cotton t-shirt to print on. Wear old clothes as acrylic paints stain clothing. We will have smocks as well. $12

Children under age 8 will need one-on-one parent support for this activity. Additional $6 if you would like to purchase a T-shirt. Please let us know the size at registration.

Join Volunteer Joan Alexander on this not-so-spooky cemetery exploration. Old gravestones have gifts to offer – sculpture, stones, symbolic artwork, history, poetry and stories. Often these old gravestones are covered with lichen, moss, dirt and algae along with environmental pollutants that hide the inscriptions and artwork, as well as deteriorate the stone itself. Careful cleaning using water and simple tools reveals hidden art and prevents further deterioration. The work provides the opportunity to connect with lives lived long before and offers a rewarding sense of community service.

After the program participants are invited to the Grammar school. Bring your own lunch, we will offer hot spiced cider. It is widely believed that the origins of Halloween come from Celtic Harvest Festivals. We will have materials to make a seasonal harvest doll on hand. Participants are welcome to come in costume. $12

Meets at the cemetery.
Lunch and craft at the Grammar School following.

Move into baking season with our museum community. We will make pumpkin, apple and zucchini quick breads to try, share fall and seasonal recipes that have been used in kitchens for generations and enjoy a scrumptious feast with tea together. Each participant will go home with one small quick bread. 

$3 materials fee per student, $5 per family.

Our natural dye team comes back together for another celebration of pigments and color, harnessed from wild plants both local and beyond we will mix up dye pots, learn about the history of natural dying and go home with samples of our efforts, recipes for trying further dying at home for your fiber arts projects. $12

Hinman Settler Road was on the stagecoach route from Boston, Massachusetts to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the early part of the 19th century. Things were made very locally as travel was tough. During the first half of the 19th century, the stagecoach was the primary overland method for exchange of information, goods and personal travel. On occasion a peddler came through. Hear the tale of the Ox Cart Man and see our diorama of what goods a peddler may have brought to the community. Then make a diorama of your own based on short historic stories provided. Participants coming to the workshop should bring a shoebox from home to build their scenes in. We will provide all of your crafting materials. $12

Babka originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine in the early 1800s. Some say it may have come from Jews in Spain, while others think it’s more likely related to the French pain au chocolat. Babka is a sweet, braided bread and is often filled with chocolate, cinnamon, fruit, or cheese. We will celebrate our immigrant communities and learn the origins of babka delights with baker Gillian D’Acierno as she shares her passion of both babka and the origin of recipe’s.

$5 materials fee per student or $8 per family.

For families with children ages 5 to 12+ (younger siblings welcome). Mark your calendars for our popular historic holiday maker space program! Come and make holiday gifts at our numerous art and craft stations! Baking, sewing, potato printing, herbal projects and more! Parents, volunteer to run a station! Children go home with 3 or more holiday gifts for your friends, pets and loved ones. $12