At check-in, you will get a map of the village. The buildings that are staffed for the day with a craftsperson (up to 14 period skills) are highlighted. Even if unstaffed, all of the buildings are open for exploration, with displays, written information, and even audiovisual highlights on the free App for Apple, Android or MP3 players. As different craftspeople are present on different days, call ahead if you are committed to seeing a particular demonstration.

There is a gaol (jail), a church and a general store from which you can buy candies for a quarter, a bakery selling $1 cookies (try the huge snickerdoodles, just as good as we remembered from 8 years ago). And on weekends, you can enjoy a ploughman's lunch at the Tavern.
Living history in this open air museum stems back even further to the 11th century, considering that the village was built on the archeological site of an old Monongahela village. There is a museum with arrowheads and other artifacts used by the Late Woodland peoples of Pennsylvania. There is also an unique hexagonal schoolhouse, one of two schoolhouses on the site, and a paddock for horses.
🐾 Bring a picnic lunch. There are both shaded and unshaded picnic tables scattered among the buildings.
🐾 Lunch in the tavern, which is open on weekends, is good. Or try Horn O Plenty, a nearby farm to table restaurant in a 1700s farmhouse.
🐾 Nearby in Bedford County, you can visit Gravity Hill, where water flows (and cars roll) uphill! Or take a Covered Bridge Tour.
DID YOU VISIT OLD BEDFORD VILLAGE?
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