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Event Series Oxen Weekend

Oxen Weekend

Coggeshall Farm Museum 1 Colt Drive, Bristol, RI

Times: Coggeshall Farm Museum is open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Cost: Included with standard daytime admission ($10 for adults, $5 for youth ages 4-17) or with Coggeshall Farm Museum membership or Old Sturbridge Village membership Come to Coggeshall Farm Museum and experience what life was like on an 18th-century farm, complete with a pair of visiting oxen! Jim and Bev Gould will be spending the weekend at the farm with their Old Ayrshire oxen, Ned and Buster. Together, they will demonstrate some of the tasks that oxen and their teamsters would have tended to on the farm in the 1790s. Watch the pair hard at work and have all of your oxen questions answered! Guests can also meet our sheep, pigs, and chickens, play simple games, explore our nature trail, and more.

Free – $10

Sheep & Wool Festival

Coggeshall Farm Museum 1 Colt Drive, Bristol, RI

Coggeshall Farm will be a host to all things wool-related as we bring back an old favorite with a new name. Learn about and see demonstrations of sheep shearing, wool processing, dyeing, weaving, and spinning. Shop with vendors and artisans from RI and New England. Visit with the farm’s sheep and see visiting animals that provide us with the fiber for our craft. Rain or Shine! Pre-registration is HIGHLY recommended and tickets may sell out!

Free – $12

Reenactment Weekend

Coggeshall Farm Museum 1 Colt Drive, Bristol, RI

Times: Coggeshall Farm Museum is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cost: Included with standard daytime admission ($10 for adults, $5 for youth ages 4-17) or with Coggeshall Farm Museum membership or Old Sturbridge Village membership Coggeshall Farm Museum and Capt. Tew’s Company (2nd Rhode Island Regiment) happily present “The Bristol expedition,” August 17-18, 2024 at Coggeshall Farm in Bristol, RI. This will be a weekend-long living history program focused on Rhode Island in 1778 during the British Occupation of the Colony/State. The event will be interpreting the life of Troops and Followers on campaign during the American Revolution. The weekend will include multiple tactical demonstrations, lectures, a fashion show, artillery demonstrations, and domestic life during the American Revolution era.

Free – $10

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