(6-Adult) In this interactive walking tour, learn the names and stories of many African-American families who lived here in slavery and in freedom. Learn about slave tenancy and hear local stories of resistance and survival.

(Adults) Come sip iced tea as you learn how 18th and 19th century women stayed cool through the summertime. Beat the heat and decorate your own fan.

(6-Adult) Gather friends and family together to create art inspired by history. Art reflects the season or month.

(6-Adult) It's your turn to tell the story in this refreshingly different historic house tour. Great for kids and the young at heart, this tour is interactive and fun. Ponder the clues, explore and investigate, play games, take a selfie with your favorite Huntley character.

(4-Adult) Start your summer with historic fun and games at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park. Join us for a tournament of hoop and stick, the game of graces and other childhood games of yesteryear. Take historic scavenger hunt challenges as you race to buy cows for the historic Walney Farm, and try to escape the farm. End your day relaxing with ice cream.

(5-Adult) Churn butter, crank ice cream, milk a fake cow, play 18th century games, and experience the products of an historic dairy. Walk-ins welcome, but preregistration recommended. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tour cost separate.

(4-Adult) Taste hand-churned butter and sample cheeses while learning about the dairy industry's importance at Walney. Tour the historic dairy and try your hand at milking a pretend cow. Current restoration projects will be highlighted. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

(2-Adult) Churn your own delicious butter and taste fresh cheese you can make at home. Discover how Huntley, once summer home for the wealthy, became a dairy farm. House tour included.

(8-Adult) Create your family shield and coat of arms while learning the historic art of heraldry. Use themes from your family's past and future, local nature, and favorite hobbies to create a graphic craft to display in your house.

(12-Adult) Want to improve your handwriting or write your own invitations? Each session, practice writing various script styles while learning about the history of calligraphy and enjoying simple refreshments.

(7-14 yrs.) Learn about early versions of baseball. Sew your own baseball to take home. Play a game using the "Knickerbocker" rules.

(7-Adult) Join an historian and learn how the Machens of Walney made dessert over an open fire. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

(1-5 yrs.) Bring your child for a story and craft to discover how things were in the olden days. Through their senses, children can experience how different things smelled, looked or worked. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

(2-Adult) Make and enjoy hand-cranked ice cream as Huntley's Harris family may have done. Discover how the histories of ice cream and Huntley follow a similar path from elite luxury to family fare. Ice well and Historic Huntley House tour included.

(5-15 yrs.) Travel back in time and get ready for school as children did 200 years ago. Learn about how things have changed since the 1800s, and experience class the old-fashioned way as you write with a quill pen.

(6-Adult) What tools do you use each day? People living in this region 500+ years ago made tools with natural materials. Listen to the compelling history of human tool making and then get some hands on experience with tools that are surprising similar to the ones we still use today. Finally try your hand using a pump drill and shooting a bow and arrow.

The voices and stories of the enslaved men and women who labored in Virginia’s 18th century kitchens are often hidden in their recipes and oral history. Their legacy is found in the lasting presence of African-American foodways in American cuisine.

(4-Adult) Meets at Cabell's Mill. Enjoy a morning around the campfire and make corn pancakes with honey while discovering the little known history of the place we call now Cabell's Mill. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

(6-Adult) Sully in the 18th century had more than 1000 peach trees. Learn about the history of peaches and their uses. Cook in the historic kitchen using peaches and hand-crank peach ice cream. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.