- Buildings: end of June - early September, 10 am - 4:30 pm
- Grounds open daily
- Self-directed village tours
- costumed interpreters in buildings
- children's programs
- special event weekends
- General Store gift shop
- restaurant
- brew pub
- partial ADA accessibility
- ADA restrooms in Visitor Cener
- Adults $12
- children 3-12 $10
- 10% discount for veterans with ID
- children under 3 and active military with ID free
Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Route 9, Cape May, NJ 08204
(609) 898-2300, ext. 10
Historic Cold Spring Village is New Jersey’s largest open-air museum, with 27 buildings recreating life in the 1800s, the “age of homespun.” Take a stroll along 30 acres of shaded lanes, enjoy the gardens, and visit the farm where heritage crops are grown; visit twenty-seven restored historic buildings which house a blacksmith shop, print shop, woodshop, and other trades. Historically-clothed interpreters educate and entertain visitors about the lifestyles, issues, trades, and crafts of yesteryear including those of mid-19th-century farmwomen. Children enjoy playing in the activity area where they participate in hands-on crafts and games. Visitors also enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides on weekdays.
WHAT TO SEE AND DO
- Stop in at the Finley Blacksmith Shop and see a blacksmith hard at work forging iron hardware
- Visit the school house, where a teacher engages visitors in how things used to be in the old school house
- Visit the village sheep then watch as a weaver spins yarn from their fleece in the Phillip Hand House
- Follow the Village "residents" demonstrating what life used to be like in early America
- Wander from house to house along the peaceful, tree-shaded walkways
- Enjoy a tasty libation at the Cold Spring Brewery
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