
Family-Friendly Tour of the Old Manse
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Uncover the magic of the Old Manse with a fun-filled tour for families, featuring hands-on history and a thrilling scavenger hunt!

Uncover the magic of the Old Manse with a fun-filled tour for families, featuring hands-on history and a thrilling scavenger hunt!
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Hands‑on history and a scavenger hunt guide visitors through the Old Manse’s magic, all ages.
Hands‑on history and a scavenger hunt guide visitors through the Old Manse’s magic, all ages.
Hands‑on history and a scavenger hunt guide visitors through the Old Manse’s magic, all ages.
Hands‑on history and a scavenger hunt guide visitors through the Old Manse’s magic, all ages.
Yoga, movement, and song bring storybooks to life in the Children’s Activity Room, Main Library, with stuffed animals to share, for all ages.
Fowler staff read stories, lead crafts, and run hands‑on activities in the Meeting Room at Fowler Library, free for ages 3–12.
Draft Magic: The Gathering: Reality Fracture at the Main Library, opening a fresh box, building 40‑card decks, competing for prizes while snacking, ages 13–19.
Learn to fold origami pumpkins and jack‑o‑lanterns with Rishi Balaji in the Fowler Library meeting room, supplies provided, for all ages.
Candlelit tour of the Old Manse reveals lingering history in each room.
Harvest Feast on the Farm adult cooking class at Powisset Farm, Dover, MA, for ages 18 and up.
Barnyard Buddies at Powisset Farm — meet the farm’s four‑legged friends.
Spooky history night at The Wayside features Victorian-era Halloween superstitions, fortune telling, and readings of Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories.
Volunteers demonstrate colonial apple pressing at Hartwell Tavern, showing the cider‑making process, co‑sponsored by the Friends of Minute Man National Park.
Lyn Dillies performs eye‑defying illusions and audience participation at the COA, 1276 Main St, Concord.
Explore real Massachusetts animal bones and pet giant bugs with entomology expert Professor Bugman at the Tarbell Room, Lincoln Public Library, ages 4 and up.
Fruitlands Fairy Forest returns at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MA.