Spring Break: A Week of Wonder!

Spring Break is FAMILY FUN!

Spring Break at Sotterley ~

A Week of Family Fun Activities!

Monday, March 30 – Friday, April 3, 2015

Daily activities from 10 AM - 4 PM

Join us for a week of family fun during Spring Break at Sotterley! During the week we offer special programming to include: Guided Trail Walks, Colonial Games on the Portico, Family Archaeology, Learning at the Schoolhouse, Working for the Big House, Living in the Big House, Life at the Slave Cabin, Discovering Sotterley Farm, and Sotterley, A Tidewater Legacy. 

As always, the public is welcome to enjoy these Self-Guided Activities:

~ Go for a walk on Sotterley’s nature trails! 

~ Birdwatching!

~ Visit Sotterley’s Colonial Revival Gardens!

~ Go on the Sotterley Scavenger Hunt!

~ Have a picnic on the grounds!

~ Visit Sotterley’s Play Area located behind the Visitor Center!

~ Visit the Museum Shop for admissions, gifts, books, toys, snacks, and other items for purchase.

Admission Prices:
$3 per person daily

$10 per person Come & Go during the entire week!

Sotterley Members get in FREE (per Membership level)!

(Additional cost: $5 per person for 1703 Plantation House tour)

Spring Break FUN Happenings!

Will you be in town

during Spring Break this year?

 

Check out what we have going on ~

fun and learning for all ages

throughout the entire week!

 

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SPRING Break at Sotterley!

 NEW EVENT for 2013!!!

Spring Break at Sotterley!

 

Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29

from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Daily Activities

 

Living in the Big House

11 AM, 1,2,3 PM  (Tour 30 minutes) 

Visit Sotterley’s 1703 Plantation House in this family friendly, interactive tour. Learn about the people and families who lived and worked in this house and their daily activities.  Check in at the Visitor’s Center. (House is not wheelchair or stroller accessible.  Limited to 20 persons per tour. )

 

 

Discovering Sotterley Farm

10 AM - 3 PM  (30-45 minutes)

Become Charles Knott, Sotterley’s farm manager from 1910-1960. Learn about the early 20^th century farm and Sotterley’s outbuildings and history through this interactive audio grounds tour. Available at the Visitor Center. 

 

Sotterley, A Tidewater Legacy

10 AM -3 PM (15 minutes)

See this film about Sotterley’s 300 year history beginning   every half hour in the Visitor Center.

 

Self-Guided Activities

Go for a walk on Sotterley’s nature trails!

(Map available at the Visitor Center)

 

Visit the Discovery Room at the Creamery!

 

Visit Sotterley’s Colonial Revival Gardens!

 

Go on the Sotterley Scavenger Hunt!

(Details at the Visitor Center)

 

Have a picnic on the grounds!

 

Visit Sotterley’s Play Area located in front of the Barn!

 

Visit the Museum Shop for admissions, gifts, books, toys, snacks, and other items for purchase.

 

 

 

 

Monday

Guided Trail Walk -- 11 AM: Meet your guide for a nature walk about Sotterley’s plant and animal life. Begins behind the Slave Cabin (45 Minutes).  A family activity.

Colonial Games on the Portico - 1-3 PM:  Play games and have fun as children did centuries ago on the river side of the 1703 Plantation House.  A come and go family activity.

 

Tuesday

Family Archaeology - 11-1 PM:  Families join in together to learn about  the science of Archeology. Set up a grid, find and analyze artifacts. A come and go family activity. Follow the trail signs behind the Barn.

Learning at the Schoolhouse - 1-3 PM: Come and join the class in this 19^th century schoolroom and  learn like  children did at Sotterley long ago in the North Gatehouse. A come and go  family activity.

Wednesday

Working for the Big House - 11-1 PM: Learn how workers, both enslaved and free, did food preparation, laundry, and other domestic  chores at the Spinning Cottage.  A family come and go activity.

Life at the Slave Cabin - 1-3 PM: Visit the Slave Cabin to learn about the people who lived here in the 19^th century.  A family come and go activity.

 

Thursday

Colonial Games on the Portico - 11-1 PM: Play games and have fun as children did centuries ago on the river side of the 1703 Plantation House. A come and go family activity.

Learning at the Schoolhouse - 1-3 PM: Come and join the class in this 19^th century schoolroom and  learn like children did at Sotterley long ago. A come and go family activity.

 

Friday

Family Archaeology - 11-1 PM: Families join in together to learn about  the science of Archeology. Set up a grid, find and analyze artifacts. A come and go family activity. Follow the trail signs behind the Barn.

Life at the Slave Cabin - 1-3 PM:  Visit the Slave Cabin to learn about the people who lived here in the 19^th century. A family come and go activity.

Guided Trail Walk - 2 PM: Meet your guide for a nature walk about Sotterley’s plant and animal life. Begins behind the Slave Cabin (45 Minutes).  A family activity.

 

Family Admission Prices  -  A FAMILY is up to two adults per household and their children under age 21.

$15-Includes all activities for ONE day of Spring Break at Sotterley for one family EXCEPT Living in the Big House tour.

$20-Includes all activities for ONE day of Spring Break at Sotterley for one family including Living in the Big House tour.  House tours are limited.

$65-Family Membership  -  Purchase a family membership for Spring Break! Includes all activities for FIVE days of Spring Break at Sotterley for one family including ONE Living in the Big House tour.  House tours are limited.  Also enjoy Family Membership privileges that includes admission and tours during the regular season May 1-Oct. 31 for two adults and any children under 21.

 

Spring & Summer FUN for Kids!

 

 

SPRING BREAK at Sotterley!

March 25 ~ 29, 2013

10:30 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.

Family Friendly House Tours, Audio Grounds tours,

Special Children and Family interactive presentations. 

Stay tuned for all the details!

 

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"CAMP SKIPPING STONE"   
SUMMER MINI CAMPS AT SOTTERLEY PLANTATION

How Kids Used to Play   

 

July 15 – 17, 2013 Grades 3 – 5
July 22 – 24, 2013 Grades 6 – 8

      July 29 – 31, 2013 Grades 3 – 5      

Children learn and play the old-fashioned way, with self-direction, imagination, creativity, and time flexibility. Activities are based on children's choices and interests, development of new skills, and site conditions, using a small group and very hands-on format. Groups are limited to 25 students. Tuition: $95. Tuition for children of Sotterley Members: $85.
Registration forms will be available online soon: www.sotterley.org.