Discovery Days

Step into history this summer during Discovery Days at The Red Mill Museum Village when our historic site comes alive with interactive, hands-on experiences for all ages. Enjoy:

•Guided Tours of our 10-acre site and 18th- and 19th-century buildings
•Costumed Interpreters sharing the stories and skills of early American life
•Traditional Trades & Crafts Demonstrations including:
•Blacksmithing
•Beeswax Candle Making
•Weekly Spinning Bee
•Sewing Circle
•ArtifactLAB collection volunteers
•The Tinker Trike-a mobile makerspace packed with old-fashioned tools and materials for creative play

With a rotating schedule of engaging, family-friendly activities, every visit offers something new to discover. Free with admission. Follow our social media pages for the most up-to-date schedule and details.

Part of our new Discovery Days at the Red Mill Museum Village!

Step into the tradition of craftsmanship and community at our weekly Spinning Bee! Inspired by the homespun movement, when colonial women spun, wove and wore homespun fabric to protest British taxation on imported textiles. These public spinning gatherings became a powerful symbol of resistance, offering women a public role in the growing independence movement.

At our Weekly Spinning Bee, members of the Red Mill Education Team invite you to learn the historic skills of spinning wool and flax using drop spindles as well as antique and modern spinning wheels. Bring your own wheel or spindle and fiber to spin along-or try your hand using our equipment. Locally sourced wool roving from Windswept Acres Farm in Pittstown is available for purchase in the museum shop.

Spin a yarn, share stories, and discover the power of hands-on history.

During Friday Discovery Days, pop into the ArtifactLAB found on the second floor of the Red Mill. Here you will find museum staff and volunteers working cleaning and cataloging historic tools from our permanent collection. The public is invited in to observe and ask questions to learn more about artifact preservation when the curator is here cleaning and cataloging tools.

The ArtifactLAB is open to all even when no staff member present and has a variety of hands-on and digital interactives.

The historic Mulligan Quarry has a long history of ROCK . . . this summer, we'll continue that tradition with rock music instead of limestone! The Clinton Music Studios Majors Band will be warming up the crowd at 6 each night with the headliners starting at 7.

Bring your chairs, blankets and dancing shoes. Picnic baskets are welcome, however we ask that you purchase your drinks here at this fundraising event. All proceeds benefit the Red Mill Museum Village; tickets are only a $5 suggested donation at the door.

The summer concert season will continue on Saturday August 16th with the Liquid Garden Band, known for their energetic performance and great mix of music that gets the crowd going!

Liquid Garden brings an infectious level of fun to every performance, ensuring everyone of all ages has a blast at their show!

The historic Mulligan Quarry has a long history of ROCK . . . this summer, we'll continue that tradition with rock music instead of limestone! The Clinton Music Studios Majors Band will be warming up the crowd at 6 each night with the headliners starting at 7.

Bring your chairs, blankets and dancing shoes. Picnic baskets are welcome, however we ask that you purchase your drinks here at this fundraising event. All proceeds benefit the Red Mill Museum Village; tickets are only a $5 suggested donation at the door.

On August 30th, we'll have High In the Mid 80s (or simply HITME) playing here! They are seven pro musicians, playing the best New Wave and Pop music from the early to mid 1980s. Formed in 2010, we have exceeded expectations, packed rooms and developed a faithful fan base of great people who just want to have fun and hear the music of their youth . . . played true to the original recordings.