Audrey Jones Childs will demonstrate 18th-century watercolor painting using period-appropriate watercolor paints and brushes. Watch Audrey paint and learn how the brushes and paints were made. Visit Audrey’s website: https://www.audreyjoneschildsartworld.com/ The Gift Shop is open, and the Colonial period herb gardens and roses are beautiful at this time of year.
The museum, located at 295 North Road, holds house tours every 2nd and 4th Sunday, 2 - 4 pm. May through October. The tours take about 35 minutes, and the barn tour follows the house tours. The Memory Lane Gift Shop is in the newly built timber-frame barn. We are currently looking for tour guides, and greeters. We train you and provide colonial clothing. For information, send a message to [email protected]
The Job Lane Farm Museum is located at 295 North Road in Bedford, and is owned by the Town of Bedford. The demonstration on Sunday, July 10, is for Children, and their parents. We have Kate Reynolds returning with great fun activities for children to take them back in time. Kate enjoys having the 18th century toys/games available and loves to share and talk about them with the children. We will also have house tours and the Memory Lane Gift Shop is open!. Come for a fun afternoon. Check out our Events on our website.
UPDATE, July 20, 2022: Due to oppressive heat, the museum will be closed on Sunday, July 24. Linda Pye Green will reschedule her Chocolate Demonstration as soon as possible. Check for updates on our website at: https://joblanefarmmuseum.org Job Lane farm Museum Chocolate Demonstrator, Linda Greene will feature a colonial period chocolate and talk about how chocolate first came to our area. Linda is an 18th Century Chocolate Interpreter and was a versatile educator and interpreter at the Captain Jackson’s Historic Chocolate Shop on the Olde North Church campus. Check our website for more information at https://joblanefarmmuseum.org The house and barn
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
