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Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA

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Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village is a museum in Sturbridge, MA, part of the Western Massachusetts guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd · Sturbridge, MA

Why you should go…

Old Sturbridge Village is a living history museum on more than 200 acres that re-creates rural New England life from the 1790s through the 1830s. You walk among 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills and a working farm with livestock. Costumed interpreters demonstrate trades, textile making and cooking as you move from the Center Village green to the Countryside and the Mill Neighborhood. The museum has welcomed visitors since 1946.

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