 Old
Sturbridge Village, a nonprofit educational institution that
first opened in 1946, is a history museum and learning resource
that invites all visitors to find meaning, pleasure, relevance,
and inspiration in the exploration of New England's past. The
centerpiece of the museum is a re-created rural New England town
of the 1830s set on more than 200 acres of historical landscape,
encompassing a Center Village, Mills Area, and Countryside.
Old Sturbridge Village is proud to hold one of the nation's
most extensive collections of early New England quilts, with
over 250 pieces dating from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. The
Village's portrayal of the past is grounded in award-winning
historical research that includes archaeology, analysis of early
19th-century objects and buildings, and painstaking study of
letters, diaries, account books and other documents.
To learn more, visit Old
Sturbridge Village. In particular, be sure to see the Online
Quilt Exhibit, found under the Special Features
section. |
