Alert:
04/05/2025 11:00 am
(14-Adult) Come learn about Metilda, an enslaved 14-year old girl who came to live at Colvin Run Mill. Discuss her life at the mill and the house. Examine what history tells us about the lives of enslaved children, their work, and their families.
04/05/2025 2:00 pm
(6-10 years) Discover how flight developed from birds and insects to balloons and kites, then to planes and rockets. Conduct hands-on experiments to see how lift, drag, weight and thrust make flying possible.
04/06/2025 3:00 pm
(4-Adult) Explore Colvin Run Mill to see how it operated in 1811. Hear and feel the Mill grinding grain. Learn about Oliver Evans and his first US patents that revolutionized food production. Try your hands at simple machines. Visit the 19th century Miller's House and stop by Colvin Run General Store to purchase our ground grain.
04/12/2025 10:00 am
(4-10 yrs.) Pollinators help our fruits, vegetables and flowers grow. Learn about our native pollinators and make a butterfly related craft.
04/19/2025 11:00 am
(2-9 years) Hunt for eggs filled with treats and treasures on the grounds of Colvin Run Mill Historic Site. Separate hunts by age group. Before the hunt, make egg-cellent crafts to take home. Bring your own basket; program will be held rain or shine.
Sessions available starting at 11 a.m.
05/17/2025 4:00 pm to 05/17/2025 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 17, Choose between 4-6 p.m., 5-7 p.m., or 6-8 p.m.
Adults, 21 years and older
Follow whiskey's journey from grain to glass!Explore the 19thcentury gristmill cracking the needed wheat for distilling. Learn about the distilling process and taste local spirits from Mt. Defiance Cidery & Distillery.
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