Events at
Greenfield Village
Upcoming Special Events and Exhibits at Greenfield Village
Member Appreciation Days
September 20-21, 2018
We set aside a few days to show our appreciation for the support we receive from our members in September. With free admission to the Ford Rouge Factory Tour, free admission to a Giant Screen experience movie and food and drink discounts to enjoy, we hope you’ll join us.
Member Appreciation Days
September 20-21, 2018
Fall Flavor Weekends
September 29-30 and October 6-7, 2018 | 9:30am-5pm
From field to fork, we share the stories of America’s rich food culture in the abundant season of autumn, a time of hard work and celebration.
Fall Flavor Weekends
September 29-30 and October 6-7, 2018 | 9:30am-5pm
Farmers Market
September 29 and October 6, 2018 (Saturdays) | 10am - 3pm
Take home your own private bounty when you visit Greenfield Village's annual open-air Farmers Market. You'll meet some of our favorite farmers and food suppliers. Enjoy local herbs, artisanal ointments, organic spices, heirloom seeds, handmade pastas, and much more.
Farmers Market
September 29 and October 6, 2018 (Saturdays) | 10am - 3pm
PNC Tinkering for Tots
Second Monday of each Month (May - October) | 10am - noon
Imagine, create, iterate. Set little minds and hands in motion second Mondays, with playful learning and storytelling.
PNC Tinkering for Tots
Second Monday of each Month (May - October) | 10am - noon
Hallowe’en Fairy-Tale Feast
October 12-14, 18-21 and 25-28, 2018 | 5:30pm
Treat the littlest ghosts and ghouls to a horse-drawn hayride to A Taste of History Restaurant for a Hallowe'en-themed buffet. After dinner enjoy a costume parade down a shortened path through Hallowee'en in Greenfield Village.
Hallowe’en Fairy-Tale Feast
October 12-14, 18-21 and 25-28, 2018 | 5:30pm
Hallowe'en Eagle Tavern Harvest Supper
October 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27, 2018 | 5:30pm and 8:00pm dining options
Join us for an evening of 19th-century Hallowe'en fun inside our famed Eagle Tavern. Visitors from the past will fill your evening with music and harvest games. Stroll down a path illuminated with hundreds of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns and revel in the sights and sounds of Hallowe'en.
Hallowe'en Eagle Tavern Harvest Supper
October 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27, 2018 | 5:30pm and 8:00pm dining options
Things to Do Today at Greenfield Village
Cutting Tin
Observe the Smiths at work. Lean about "poor mans silver" in an 1876-style shop.
Farm Work
Time is a resource to use wisely. From laundry to baking, each day of the week had its own chore in 1885. See how farmers make the most of each season with their daily work.
Glass Blowing
Skilled artisan glassblowers demonstrate free-blown and mold-blown techniques used to create decorative and practical glassware.
Historic Cooking
Get inspired in your own kitchen when you step inside our historic kitchens spanning diverse regions, people and times.
Learn About Making Flour
Mill through the 1870s daily grind of corn and wheat and learn about the processing of American's most expensive crops.
Postmark
Send a vintage postcard at the Village Post Office with our own postmark and mail today's greeting in the sweet, slow way of the past.
Potter's Wheel
Look in on redware and stoneware pottery crafted by some of the true American artisans of Greenfield Village.
Printing Press
See all the news that's fit to demonstrate about the printing press!
Recording Sound
An in-depth demonstration of the invention that made Thomas Edison famous…the phonograph. This is the technology that captured sound.
Spinning Silk
The story of the first silk mill in America is spun, along with the details of silk productions, from cocoon to cloth.
Weaving
Demonstration of the artisan craft of weaving on a loom, textile technology still widely used.
Wool Carding
Wool picking and carding are demonstrated using 1850s technology for turning fiber into thread.
Lathe a Light
For the makers in the crowd, don your goggles and shape your own brass candlestick using a 1917 lathe. Ages 6 and older.
Engineering Firsts
A replica of the very first engine that Henry Ford created in his kitchen sink in 1893, hums and thrums before your eyes. (weather permitting).
