Old Sturbridge Village
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Name (Latin)
Old Sturbridge Village
Other forms of name
OSV (Old Sturbridge Village)
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass
Coordinates
-72.0987 -72.0987 42.1089 42.1089 (gooearth )
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Sources of Information
- Its New England clocks at Old Sturbridge Village, 1955.
- NUCMC data from Smithsonian Inst. Archives for Watkins, C.M. Papers, 1935-1979(Wells Historical Museum, which became Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Mass.)
- Van Rabenswaay, C. Story of Old Sturbridge Village, 1965:p. 18, etc. (Nov. 1935, Mr. Albert B. Wells formed the Wells Historical Museum to establish a public museum, a kind of formal, and informal, museum, sensitive to need for exhibiting his material in a setting sympathic to unpretentious character of material; 1936 purchased farm of 167 acres; Village formally opened to the public June 8, 1946)
- Simmons, D. The Wells family and the early years of Old Sturbridge Village, c2000:t.p. verso (OSV)
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View of the Center Village Old Sturbridge Village
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Wikipedia description:
Old Sturbridge Village is a living museum located in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, which recreates life in rural New England during the 1790s through 1830s. It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres (80 ha). The Village includes 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills, and a working farm. Third-person costumed interpreters demonstrate and interpret 19th-century arts, crafts, and agricultural work. The museum is popular among tourists and for educational field trips.
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