点评:This is a very interesting, high quality, living history museum of an 1830s Massachusetts village. I think the quality of your visit highly depends on how many costumed staff members are there demonstrating things. Because in addition to the historic buildings (many of which are original buildings that they moved to Old Sturbridge), the highlight is in seeing people performing the crafts and explaining the history. Although they are dressed in period costumes, they don’t stay in character of the times. They explain things to you in a modern perspective. We went on a Saturday in mid-September and there were many staff members giving demonstrations. But I imagine that an off season day in the middle of the week might have fewer people, which wouldn’t be as interesting.
We spent about five hours, but you could easily spend longer. Definitely check out their daily schedule online or with the printed version that they give you when you arrive. It lists out the special demonstrations and talks that are scheduled for the day.
翻译:这是一座非常有趣且品质优良的活态历史博物馆,重现了19世纪30年代马萨诸塞州的一个村庄风貌。我认为参观体验的好坏很大程度上取决于有多少身着古装的工作人员在现场进行演示。除了那些历史建筑(其中许多都是从别处迁移到老斯特布里奇的原建筑)之外,最吸引人的地方就是观看人们演示传统手工艺并讲解相关历史。虽然他们都身着那个时代的服装……它们并没有体现出那个时代的特色,而是以现代视角来向游客讲解。我们在九月中旬的一个周六去的,当时有很多工作人员在进行现场演示。不过我想,如果在非旺季的工作日去,游客数量可能会少很多,那样就没那么有趣了。
我们在那里待了大约五个小时,但实际上可以待更久。一定要提前在网上查看他们的每日活动安排,或者看看到达后他们提供的纸质版日程表。它列出了当天安排的各项特别演示和讲座。