The Bedford Town Calendar

Job Lane Farm Museum Family Field Day

Town of Bedford, MA 10 Mudge Way, Bedford

Step back in time for a delightful afternoon of family fun at Bedford’s colonial Job Lane Farm Museum!   Take a tour of the house and barn, watch a demonstration by the Bedford Minuteman Company.  Get up close to farm animals at Farmer’s Helpers petting zoo, play with stilts, rolling hoops, and other old-time toys and games.  Help make hand-cranked ice cream (and enjoy some Bedford Farms ice cream afterward).  Go on a scavenger hunt.  Hear a talk about herbs in our herb garden.  Help operate a cider press.  Dip a candle.  Enjoy a live guitar singer.  Bring your own picnic

$5 – $15

Dean Rantz, Blacksmith at Job Lane Farm Museum

Job Lane Farm Museum 295 North Road, Bedford

Dean Rantz will be at the Family Field Day, August 14, 12 noon to 3 pm, at the Job Lane Farm Museum, in Bedford. He attended Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, and is very gifted. He can create mostly anything a customer asks for. He makes colonial reproductions including some for fireplaces.  He has made trivets, chandeliers, a music stand with candle holders, rails for homes, museums and churches, and small items such as nails, J hooks, shutter dogs, and eye hooks. This event has something for everyone in the family.  

$5 – $15
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