Discover Hornby School Museum
Events
BASKET MAKING WORKSHOP Sign up by sending an email to contact@hornbyschool.org Dates June 8, July 13, Aug 10, Sept 7 2025
Time 1:15 pm -3:30p
Location: At the schoolhouse
WRITING IN SPENCERIAN SCRIPT WORKSHOP Sign up by sending an email to contact@hprnbyschool.org
Dates Jun 15 July 20 2025
Time 1:15 - 3:30 pm
Location at the schoolhouse
program highlights
Groups spend the day
Groups of all ages--School classes, home schoolers, day care, summer schools, scouts, and senior centers--make an outing at the Hornby School Museum.
Costumes provided
Volunteers have sewn costumes that include prairie bonnets, and prairie dresses for girls sizes 4 through 3X.
Bring your own authentic lunch
Bring your own authentic lunch
Hornby School Museum offers "how-to" guides to pack lunches exactly as they did in the 1880s. A sandwich, some pickles, and some cookies were as popular then as they are now.
Hands -on artifacts from 1880s
Bring your own authentic lunch
Ring the bell in the belfry, pump water from the well, play authentic Victorian childhood games. Whether you visit for an hour, a day, or attend a special event, the experience is yours.
Vintage book collection
Activities and fundraisiing
Read the 19th century stories, study the spelling words, test your skill at "mental math". Our books will show you how.
Activities and fundraisiing
Activities and fundraisiing
Student visitors created these quilt squares. Adult volunteers sewed them into a quilt which was raffled at the North East Community Fair.