Fall Homeschool Day – 2019

A Schoolhouse Lesson

Join us for Fall Homeschool Day at the Frontier Culture Museum.  Visit our wonderful exhibits with historical interpreters, and enjoy great hands-on learning and interactive education.

Date:  Friday, September 13, 2019
Time:  9 AM – 5 PM

Advance Tickets:  $5 Adults; $3 Students; Under 6 are Free
Annual Pass holders get in free!Advance Tickets:  $5 Adults; $3 Child; 5 & Under Free
Purchase Tickets in Advance:  Online Tickets

During Homeschool Day, visitors will see activities such as cooking, gardening, woodworking, flax and wool spinning, rare-breed animals, schoolhouse lessons and more.

Here’s a quick overview of some of the activities scheduled for the day (activities and times subject to change):

• West Africa:
  • Shelling cow peas
  • Raffia-Work Cordage
• English Farm:
  • Outdoor Laundry
  • Herbs
• Irish Forge:
  • Blacksmith onsite all day making items out of iron
    

    Making Iron Tools at the Irish Forge

• Irish Farm:
  • Flax Processing
  • Live Music
• German Farm:
  • Noodle-Making
  • Games: Stilts, Kegelspiel
• Eastern Woodland Indian Site
  • Games
  • Pottery: 1:00, 3:30
  • Nature Walks: 10:30, 2:30
• 1740s American Farm:
  • Woodworking
  • Militia Drills: 11:00, 1:00, 3:00
  • Musket Demonstrations: 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00
• 1820s American Farm
  • Outdoor Bake Oven Baking
  • Carding Wool
  • Live Music
• 1850s American Farm:
  • Historic Outdoor Games: Graces, Hoop & Stick
  • Parlor Games & Theatricals: 10:00, 11:00, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
  • Historic Medicine
• Schoolhouse
  • School Lessons: 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30
  • Trapball Games: 10:30, 11:30, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00
    

    Hands-On Learning on the Irish Farm