Tom Musco, framer of the beams in the barn at the Job Lane Farm Museum, is scheduled to return to Bedford for a children’s mini barn raising on Saturday, July 31.
The longtime timber framer from Royalston will again direct the assembly of a mini-barn using only pegs and mallets.
The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Job Lane House. There’s a limit of 10 participants, ages 6 to 12; the fee is $25. Call 782-275-5643 for other details
Other Summer Programming at the Job Lane House
The Friends plan monthly hands-on programs for kids, ranging from colonial-era crafts to making kites. Also, every year third graders and their teachers walk over from Job Lane School around the corner for a special house tour and recap on the daily lives of children in the colonial era. Home-schooled children have also enjoyed this program.
In 2015 and 2016, the Friends organized a children’s summer archeological dig during which many colonial artifacts were found and recorded. The group also has sponsored a Colonial Kids Week, offering colonial crafts and skills, such as how to make candles and soap and how to construct and use stilts.
About Tom Musco
Tom Musco is the founder of Studio TGM Timber Frames and Royalston Oak. He has crafted almost 200 timber frame structures, including the Job Lane Farm Museum’s barn since 1977 and is a founding member of the Timber Framers Guild.
Mike Rosenberg can be reached at [email protected], or 781-983-1763
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Stilts, not pogo sticks.