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General News: Summer Colonial Workshops at Sands Ring
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| Children learn about life in colonial America at the Sands Ring Homestead Museum. |
May 13, 2009
By Sally A. Stanley, President, Friends of Sands Ring Homestead Museum
This summer, the Sands Ring Homestead Museum in Cornwall will be offering two hands-on workshops for children ages 9 - 12. These workshops, held in this living history museum, will focus on everyday colonial life. Children will be encouraged to ask questions and to examine various artifacts. They will participate in colonial activities just as children did over 200 years ago.
During the first workshop, In the Keeping Room, children will learn about and participate in open hearth cooking, brew herbal tea, make dried apple snacks, churn butter, learn about the uses of herbs, make pot pourri, create a cornhusk family, play colonial hoop games, and tour the museum. This workshop will be offered twice this summer, July 6-9, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and August 10-13, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
In the second workshop, From Fleece to Fabric, children will explore the textile process. They will learn about the process of turning fleece into fabric, spin wool, dye yarn with natural dyes, weave on various types of looms, learn cross-stitch, play colonial hoop games, and tour the museum. This workshop will be offered once this summer from July 13-16, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The cost for each workshop is $110 for non-members and $100 for members of Friends of Sands Ring Homestead Museum. For more information and registration forms, visit www.sandsring.org. The museum staff can also be reached by email [email protected] or by phone at 534-4829. As space is limited, it is strongly advised to contact the museum prior to sending in registration forms.
Built in 1760 by Nathaniel Sands, Sands Ring Homestead Museum is one of the oldest Dutch colonial frame houses in the Hudson Valley. For over 30 years, students have participated in its living history programs. The museum is charted by the NY State Department of Education and it is a non-profit organization organized exclusively for educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3). Its’ mission is to foster an understanding of the colonial period by sharing stories of the Sands and Ring Families showing how one family lived and prospered in the Hudson Valley and to provide hands-on workshops in an historical 1760 homestead using original artifacts and reproductions to illustrate life in colonial America.
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