The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town in authentic living history fashion.

Sturbridge is located in the center of the state where Routes I-90 and I-84 meet. It is a town of contrasts; home to Old Sturbridge Village, the largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast where you can step back into the 1830s. Sturbridge is also the site of a growing high tech industry, serving as the home base for the some of the pioneers in the fiber optic field.