All of our living history programs take place at the 1812 Homestead, and the standard Living History Tour makes use of as many of its facilities as possible. Depending on staff and season, stops include Hearth-Baking, Candle-Making, Blacksmithing, Woodshop, and a One-Room Schoolhouse Lesson.

 In late February and March, visiting groups students get to take part in and learn about the annual Maple-Sugaring following time-honored Adirondack tradition.

Visitors can relive the perils of the journey of escaped slaves in our historical simulation of the Underground Railroad, where students play escaping slaves, chaperones play their conductors, and the Center’s staff takes on the roles of all the friends and foes the slaves would meet along the way. A follow-up discussion emphasizes historical empathy and modern-day slavery.

Students step back into time to meet people on both sides of a conflict, either the French-Indian or Revolutionary War, in TimeQuest, attempting to put together a objective view of the conflict. Afterwards, the debriefing underlines the many different views on a historical event that may be ignored in classroom history.