Docents from the Museum Association present an educational program for over 1,000 school children each year. They come on field trips with their teachers and receive:
- A tour of the museum
- A short illustrated history of Sunnyvale
- A film of early life in "The Valley of Heart’s Delight"
- A demonstration of a day in the life of a family around the turn of the 19th century
- A hands-on experience with artifacts of the period, including kitchen tools, washtubs and washboards, and old fashioned toys.
The concept of living without indoor plumbing or electricity (no computer games or CD’s) gives the children a great comparison to their lives growing up in today’s world. Using our extensive collection of artifacts, the children particularly enjoy the hands-on portion of the program, where they can use food grinders, roll out biscuit dough, churn butter, and make "riced" potatoes.
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