Saturday in the City demonstrations are included in the cost of general admission (and FREE to members). Tickets may be purchased on the day of at either The Shop at Farthing’s Ordinary or the HSMC Visitor Center.
11:30 a.m.
Hide tanning demonstration
Witness and learn about the construction methods and materials (including brains) utilized by the Woodland Indians to create clothing from creatures.
12:30 p.m.
Impressive women
Meet at the Print House to see a movable type printing press in action and learn about three Maryland women who used this type of machine to change the course of history.
1:30 p.m.
Gunnery demonstration
Cannons and Communication: Learn how and why the crew of Maryland Dove uses the ship’s cannons and why they are called murtherers (Caution: this will be loud)
2:30 p.m.
Legends, Lore, and a Little Hocus Pocus
Magic, witchcraft, or just good science? Learn how 17th-century Europeans dealt with death and illness during the harvest season.