WHAT'S HAPPENING

OPEN HOUSE: THE DARK DAYS OF WINTER

Living History and cannon firing demonstrations throughout the day.

HANDS-ON ARTISAN CRAFT
MAKE & TAKE WORKSHOPS

Learn a new craft and take home a beautiful coil basket or a wooden bird house.
Space is limited get your tickets today!

COIL BASKET WORKSHOP
11 AM – 12:30 PM
Tickets: $15
Ages: 12 and up

Craft your own beautiful and useful coil basket.

BIRD HOUSE WORKSHOP
1 PM – 2 PM
Tickets: $5
Ages: 8 and up

Welcome your backyard feathered friends this winter with this warm and cozy bird house.

ARTISAN LIVING HISTORY

At least once a month the entire campus of Historic Camden comes alive with hands-on artisan workshops, living history demonstrations, and more. This is a great opportunity for visitors to see our historic homes inside and out, and engage with our very talented trades people at the brickyard, pottworks, forge, farm and weavery as they demonstrate their trades using 18th century tools and technology.

FORGE

Resident blacksmiths Jack and Rick will demonstrate their trade and will talk about the new blacksmith shop being built with a water powered trip hammer.

POTTERY SHOP

Meet our resident potters Meta and Marti and learn all about John Bartlam, Camden’s first resident potter 1775-1781 and the maker of the first porcelain in America.

WOODWORKS GUILD

Join master woodworker Philip Hultgren and the Woodworks Guild in as they demonstrate 18th century methods of timber framed construction.

WEAVERY

Skilled artisans illustrate the steps involved in the weaving process, from spinning thread to creating fabric through hand-weaving on colonial looms.