Old Sturbridge Village Trip

The family decided, seeing as my father had the first week of July off, we would go do something together. After a little consideration, and a last minuted decision, we packed our bags for a two day trip to Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge Massachusetts. The village was the brain child of three antique collectors, who wound up working their way up from old tools and clothes, to whole buildings. The place became a historic site in the 1930's, and over the years, the information and placement of objects has become more accurate to what might have actually been found in the buildings, each with a good reason why.

The thing that I took the most photographs of (which may disappoint some people) were the household tools and living quarters. I was less concerned about taking pictures of the great arms of timothy or wheat waving in the breeze, or the museum guides, though, in hindsight, it may have been nice to take plenty more pictures than I did. I did, however thoroughly enjoy hearing about the history of each of the different houses, how they actually moved them from one place to the next, and admired the craftsmanship and care that went into the construction of so many of the tools.
If you haven't gone to Old Sturbridge Village, and are interested in history in any way, shape, or form, I would recommend this place to you. It was worth it for me to go down and spend a night at a hotel to visit the place, and the attendants of the museum are very helpful and amusing in their own ways. Check it out some time.