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08/16/2025 2:00 pm
(3-Adult) Bring your child to the mill and celebrate summer with this white rabbit themed tea party. You'll enjoy tea, savory and sweet treats, crafts and 19th century games. Free film screening following tea service. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.
08/17/2025 12:00 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.
08/25/2025 10:00 am
(1-4 yrs.) Get moving with your toddler as we explore the park using our senses. Each month, we will make, taste, dance, walk, sing and tell stories. Different topics and activities every session.
09/13/2025 10:00 am
(6-10 yrs.) Bubbles are a great way to explore science and history. Come to Colvin Run Mill for a morning of experiments and play as we investigate shape, surface tension and other bubble science. We'll use soapy, bubbly water to make giant bubbles and clean up like the Miller's family did in the 1800s.
09/20/2025 11:00 am
(16-Adult) In this program, learn the basics of using plants from the garden to make oils, tinctures and vinegars. Learn how different infusions extract different properties from the plants and how plants have been used in traditional medicines for healing and strengthening the immune system. Participants will go home with one tincture, one vinegar and one oil.
10/04/2025 7:00 pm
(17-Adult) Watch an outdoor screening of "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) at the 19th century gristmill. Bring your own blanket or low lawn chair. Refreshments and concessions will be available for purchase. The Miller's House Exhibit will be open for self-guided tours at 6 p.m. and will close at the start of the film. The film will start at sunset - 7 p.m.
10/19/2025 12:00 pm
(5–Adult) Watch live demos of 1800s-era crafts and trades. Meet modern artisans keeping tradition alive, including basket-weaving, broom-making, wood carving, spinning, dyeing, cider-making and distilling. See the historic water-powered mill in motion. Explore the miller’s house and general store.
10/25/2025 11:00 am
(All Ages) Bring up to eight people and learn how to use an old-fashioned cider press by making your own cider. Your group needs to bring approximately 100 apples of their choosing and tightly sealable containers for transporting approximately 2 gallons of cider. Participants will carry and press their own apples and cider. Dress accordingly. All participants will be…
11/02/2025 12:00 pm
(All Ages Welcome) Discover how local farms and mills supported the U.S. Navy. Meet War of 1812 reenactors from Ship’s Company. Explore navigation tools, uniforms and sea rations. See the historic mill in action. Visit the general store and miller’s house.