Children & Families
Programs for children build on the core curriculum, while families have many opportunities to learn, grow and play together. Summer camps, after-school programs, vacation camps, family days and family game nights all provide children with learning experiences in a fun and supportive environment. Our family programs allow the children to take charge and share their knowledge with their parents and siblings as the entire family learns more about our shared history. As always, our activities are based on hands-on, experiencial learning. As we develop these programs, we always welcome your feedback and suggestions! Please email your thoughts, suggestions or ideas to Education Director Anne Poubeau at education@oldyork.org or call us at (207) 363-4974 x 12.
February
15 Yarn in the Barn!
Bring your knitting or needlepoint and join us the third Friday of each month to relax in front of the fire and let the rustic atmosphere of the Remic Barn ease you into the weekend. Please bring your own materials. Beginners are certainly welcome! Anne, Zoe and our other knitters will be glad to get you started. Friday, February 15th from 4:30 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
15 Family Game Night
Bring your brothers, bring your sisters, bring your mom and dad! Join the folks at Old York for a roaring good old time! Friday, February 15th from 6:30 p.m. ~ 8:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
21 Winter Fun at the Remick Barn ~ SOLD OUT!
Come explore the new Remick Barn! Be the first to bake cookies on the barn's new hearth, hand dip candles in the traditional fashion and make a tin latnern to light up the night! Thursday, February 21st from 9:00 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $20 members; $25 non-members (If you sign up for Friday as well, the fee is $37 members; $45 non-members). Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974.
22 Winter Fun at the Remick Barn ~ SOLD OUT!
Come explore the new Remick Barn! Make candy on the hearth, learn to do laundry the colonial way in the set kettles and experience life on the farm through theatre games! Friday, February 22nd from 9:00 a.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $20 members; $25 non-members (If you sign up for Thursday as well, the fee is $37 members; $45 non-members). Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974.
26 Create a Quilt
New for 2008! Join us for a four-week after school workshop to learn the art of hand quilting. Choose from beautiful scraps of cloth to deisgn a unique small quilt to hang on your wall at home. Enjoy good conversation, stories, jokes and traditional music while laughing and learning to quilt. Four Tuesdays, starting February 26th from 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $28 members; $33 non-members. Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974.
28 Colonial Cooking for Kids
New for 2008! Join us for a four-week after school workshop to try your hand at cooking on the open hearth! Experiment with different colonial recipes including puddings, cakes, breads and more. Play colonial games and enjoy eating your creations! Four Thursdays, starting February 28th from 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 7-11. $28 members; $33 non-members. Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974.
March
21 Yarn in the Barn!
Bring your knitting or needlepoint and join us the third Friday of each month to relax in front of the fire and let the rustic atmosphere of the Remic Barn ease you into the weekend. Please bring your own materials. Beginners are certainly welcome! Anne, Zoe and our other knitters will be glad to get you started. Friday, March 21st from 4:30 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
21 Family Game Night
Bring your brothers, bring your sisters, bring your mom and dad! Join the folks at Old York for a roaring good old time! Friday, March 21st from 6:30 p.m. ~ 8:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
April
18 Yarn in the Barn!
Bring your knitting or needlepoint and join us the third Friday of each month to relax in front of the fire and let the rustic atmosphere of the Remic Barn ease you into the weekend. Please bring your own materials. Beginners are certainly welcome! Anne, Zoe and our other knitters will be glad to get you started. Friday, April 18th from 4:30 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
18 Family Game Night
Bring your brothers, bring your sisters, bring your mom and dad! Join the folks at Old York for a roaring good old time! Friday, April 18th from 6:30 p.m. ~ 8:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
24 April Vacation Camp
Bring a colonial costume and assume the identity of an 18th century person living and working in York as you participate in a living history trade game! Thursday, April 24th from 1:00 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $20 members; $25 non-members (If you sign up for Friday as well, the fee is $37 members; $45 non-members). Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
25 April Vacation Camp
Everybody loves American pies! Bake perfect pies in the dutch ovens and while they bake, crank ice cream to go on top. Make a tin embossed pie plate to take home! Friday, April 25th from 1:00 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $20 members; $25 non-members (If you sign up for Thursday as well, the fee is $37 members; $45 non-members). Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
29 Puppet People of the Past
New for 2008! Join us for a four-week after school workshop and let loose your creative story telling skills as we write an original script about historic characters in York. Design an elaborate hand puppet and help build a set. Parents are invited the last day to watch our puppet performance! Four Tuesdays, starting April 29th from 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $28 members; $33 non-members. Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
May
1 Dynamite Dyes
New for 2008! Join us for a four-week after school workshop. Nuts, berries, flowers and onions! Follow old folk recipes to transform white wool into brilliant colors. Once the wool is dyed, learn to spin it into yarn and felt it by hand. Four Thursdays, starting May 1st from 3:30 p.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 7-12. $28 members; $33 non-members. Reservations required. Call (207) 363-4974 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
16 Yarn in the Barn!
Bring your knitting or needlepoint and join us the third Friday of each month to relax in front of the fire and let the rustic atmosphere of the Remic Barn ease you into the weekend. Please bring your own materials. Beginners are certainly welcome! Anne, Zoe and our other knitters will be glad to get you started. Friday, May 16th from 4:30 p.m. ~ 6:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
16 Family Game Night
Bring your brothers, bring your sisters, bring your mom and dad! Join the folks at Old York for a roaring good old time! Friday, May 16th from 6:30 p.m. ~ 8:30 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Free; snacks available for purchase.
July
1 Revolutionary Recipes
Help a colonial mistress cook long forgotten recipes over the hearth in the Remick Barn. Learn the secrets of cooking over an open fire and eat the goodies you prepare. Tuesday, July 1st from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
3 Baking Bread in a Bee Hive Oven
Join a colonial mistress as she fires up the bee hive oven to prepare some old fashioned goodies. Try your skills at 18th century games before nibbling on the treats you've cooked. Thursday, July 3rd from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
8 Fantastic Folk Art
Come find out what folk art is through a scavenger hunt of our new folk art exhibit full of vibrant quilts, carved whale bone and one of a kind art. Paint a wooden picture frame in the folk art style. Tuesday, July 8th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
10 Folk Art Follies
Tour the new folk art exhibit upstairs in the Remick Barn. Discover hand hooked rugs, wooden toys and unique art. Create your own folk art weathervane to take home. Thursday, July 10th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
15 Crazy for Costumes
Find out exactly what colonial men and women wore by dressing up in parts of an 18th century costume. Make a mob cap or tricorn hat to start your very own costume. Tuesday, July 15th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
17 Wonders of Weaving
Transform wool into yarn and yarn into cloth using a drop spindle and two different types of looms. Start weaving a bag you can take home to finish. Thursday, July 17th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
22 Build a Bug
Uncover hidden critters in an around the historic Perkins garden. Create your own larger than life bug out of recycled materials. Tuesday, July 22nd from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Perkins House. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
24 Vegetable Festival
Use oversize zucchini, bits of beets and bitter greens from the historic Perkins garden to build an edible monster. Enter your monter in the Vegetable Festival contest in hopes of winning a prize. Thursday, July 24th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Perkins House. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
28 Folk Life Camp: Art, Food, Stories and Music of the Common Person
Cook 19th century foods, make your own herbal remedies and participate in a group folk art project. Complete the week with a costumed Old York field day including potato sack and dizzy bat races, and a picnic on the Perkins lawn. Monday, July 18th through Friday, August 1st from 9:00 a.m. ~ 2:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $120 members; $140 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
August
5 Theater by the Sea
Listen to the dramatic rendition of a story about life by the sea performed by a costumed actor. Make a fish print painting to decorate your house. Tuesday, August 5th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the John Hancock Warehouse. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
7 Steedman Woods History Hunt
Head into the forest to search for clues about the history of Steedman Woods. Learn about current conservation efforts and ethically collect materials to make nature mobiles. Thursday, July 7th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. meeting at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
12 Amazing Escapes
Come listen to the stories of some of the cunning prisoners who escaped from the Old Gaol. Have your picture taken in the pillory and make a frame for it. Tuesday, August 12th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. meeting at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
14 Secrets of Gaol Code
Learn to translate 18th century prison language in order to follow the coded clues and uncover the mystery of the hidden shoes in the Old Gaol. Write a coded note to be translated by visitors to the museum. Thursday, August 14th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. meeting at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
19 Learn to Launder
Soap bubbles, squeezing and squishing gallore makes once dirty linens pure white once more! Experience how 19th century women washed clothes by hand using our set kettles and a wasah board. Tuesday, August 19th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
21 Calligraphic Creativity
From quill pen to calligraphy pen try writing with a variety of old fashioned instruments and learn a bit of calligraphy. Use the historic art of paper marbelizing to make stationary. Thursday, August 21st from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
26 Field Day Fun
Learn to walk on stilts, play hoop and stick, race in a potato sack, compete in a ball and spoon relay and spin tops on the blue stone terrace. Tuesday, August 26th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Remick Barn. Ages 5-7. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.
28 Historic House Secrets
Tour the Emerson-Wilcox House to hear its little known stories and view its off limit rooms. Make a Louise Wilcox inspired Victorian craft to take home. Thursday, August 28th from 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. at the Emerson-Wilcox House. Ages 8-12. $10 members; $13 non-members. Reservations and advance payment required. Call (207) 363-4974 x14 or email zoe@oldyork.org.