Join us for Spring Homeschool Day at the Frontier Culture Museum. Visit our wonderful exhibits with historical interpreters, and enjoy great hands-on learning and interactive education.
Tickets available at the Welcome Center upon arrival!
Date: Friday, March 30, 2018
Time: 9 AM – 5 PM
At-the-Door Tickets: $7 Adults; $5 Child; 5 & Under Free
Annual Pass holders get in free!
During Spring Homeschool Day, visitors will see activities such as cooking, gardening, woodworking, flax and wool spinning, rare-breed animals, schoolhouse lessons and much more.
Scheduled Activities for Friday, March 30:
A Traditional African Balafon
- West Africa:
- Balophone – Musical Storytelling: 10:00-12:00, 2:00-4:00
- Goats (the really cute ones)
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Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
English Farm:
- Egg dying with leafy greens: All Day
- Hunting the Easter Hare (An English Easter tradition): All Day
- Irish Forge:
- Blacksmith making items out of iron: All Day
- Irish Farm:
- Irish Music & Dance: 10:00-12:00, 1:00-3:00
- German Farm:
- Folk Tales 10:00-11:00, 2:00-3:00
- Timber Framing: 10:00, 11:00, 1:00, 3:00
- Pavilion:
- Storytelling: Buy or bring a lunch to eat on the Pavilion 12:00-1:00
- Ganatastwi (Eastern Woodland Indian Site):
- Games 10:00-12:00, 1:30-3:30
Hide Work on Ganatastwi
- Hide Work: All Day
- Games 10:00-12:00, 1:30-3:30
- 1740s American Farm:
- Log Cabin Timber Framing Set: All Day
- 1820s American Farm
- Penmanship: All Day
- Hoops & Sticks: All Day
- Egg dying with Onion Skins: All Day
- Scratch Carving previously dyed eggs: All Day
- 1850s American Farm:
- Making Cornhusk Dolls: All Day
- Colonial Games: Egg walk, Three-legged race: All Day
- Schoolhouse:
- Lessons: 10:30-12:00, 1:30-4:00
*Activities Occur All Day Unless Otherwise Noted
For more information please contact the Visitor Center at (540) 332-7850
Kids Can Make Corn Husk Dolls on the 1850’s American Farm
The event will take place during our normal operating hours of 9:00am-5:00pm. This is a rain-or-shine event so please dress for the weather.
