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Discovery Days at The Red Mill Museum Village
Fridays & Saturdays through August 23 | Weather Permitting
Step into history this summer during Discovery Days at The Red Mill
Museum Village when our historic site comes alive with interactive,
hands-on experiences for all ages! Enjoy:
• Guided Tours of our 10-acre site and 18th- and 19th-century buildings
• Costumed Interpreters sharing the stories and skills of early American life
• The Tinker Trike—a mobile cart packed with old-fashioned tools and materials
for creative play
• Traditional Trades & Crafts Demonstrations including:
• Blacksmithing • Beeswax Candle Making • Sewing Circle • Spinning
Bee: a weekly event inspired by the homespun movement, when colonial women
spun, wove and wore homespun fabric to protest British taxation on imported
textiles. These public spinning gatherings became a powerful symbol of resistance,
offering women a public role
in the growing independence
movement.
At our Weekly Spinning
Bee, members of the Red Mill
Education Team invite you
to learn the historic skills of
spinning wool and flax using
drop spindles as well as antique
and modern spinning wheels.
Bring your own wheel or spindle and fiber to spin along—or try your hand using our equipment. (Locally sourced
wool roving from Windswept Acres Farm in Pittstown will be available for purchase in the Museum Shop.)
With a rotating schedule of engaging, family-friendly activities, every visit offers something
new to discover! Discovery Days are included with museum admission, which is free for members. Follow our
social media for the most updated schedule and details. For more information, please contact Curator
of Education and Public Programming Robbie-Lynn Mwangi at: educator@theredmill.org.
"I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket." ~ Kellie Elmore
