TravelAwaits May.2.2021 It’s easy to become immersed in life at Old Sturbridge Village. As soon as you step on the property, you are transported back to a time when life was hard, work was constant, and your day centered around your family and village life. The historic living museum embodies immersive education through cultural immersion. With buildings from far across New England, Old Sturbridge Village has collected and preserved the history of life in the early 1800s. Buildings from Bolton, Massachusetts; Goshen, Connecticut; Waldoboro, Maine; Dummerston, Vermont; Candia, New Hampshire, and others join together with structures from the Sturbridge area. The buildings form a village that houses historian guides who work the farms, create in the trade shops, tend the homes, and bring history to life.