Visit the Ross Farm Museum, March 5th & 6th, to see how our ancestors would have prepared food for the family and savor the aroma of food cooking on the open hearth. Sample some of these dishes. For additional information: Joan Lenihan 1-902-689-2210 1-877-689-2210 Visit: https://rossfarm.novascotia.ca/
Making hats by braiding natural fibers is considered an art by some, but at one time, it was simply a fact of life. This weekend staff will demonstrate hat-making using strips of wood known as "sheens" stripped from freshly gathered yellow-birch logs.
The New Ross Refugee Welcome Group will be hosting a soup, biscuit or roll, homemade cookie, tea/coffee lunch in the Hearth Room at Ross Farm Museum. Eat in or take out. $8.00/person, 11:30am - 1:00pm on three Friday's in February (Feb. 12, 19, and 26th)
This weekend our interpreters will be demonstrating the traditional art of snowshoe making. We have snowshoes available for you to experience snowshoeing first hand.
We don't tap a lot of trees at Ross Farm Museum, but we still have fun with maple syrup. Sample maple syrup and pancakes in Rosebank Cottage, learn about the process of tapping trees, collecting sap and boiling sap down over an outdoor fire. Enjoy a sweet day at the museum.
In the early 1800s the only source of light would have been by candle. Many families would have had to make their own candles or go with no light at all. Come join the staff in making dipped candles just like the settlers would have done years ago.
Visit Ross Farm Museum on February 6th and 7th to chat with their interpreters as they demonstrate the beautiful art of both needle and shuttle tatting.
Join our interpreters this weekend and see how to make a wooden toboggan.
Rug hooking is both an art and a craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a base such as burlap. The loops are pulled through the baking material by a small hook. Join the staff this weekend at Rosebank Cottage as they demonstrate this art.
Winter is fun at Ross Farm Museum, join us for a sleigh ride, enjoy a delicious cup of hot chocolate made over an open fire. Visit the farm workshop and sample some homemade ice cream. Bring your toboggan; we have a fabulous coasting hill. We also have snow shoes available for you to borrow, or...Read more >
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New Ross Regional Development Society
PO Box 23, 7 Forties Rd.,
New Ross, NS B0J 2M0
Email: newrossregdevsociety@gmail.com
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