Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.

Choose one hands-on activity: Butter Churning, Herbal Sachet Making, Quill Pen Writing, or Wool Felting

Experience summer on the Wyckoff Farm! Explore our historic house, learn about daily life through artifacts and games, and get your hands dirty with farm activities. Learn how plants grow and where our food comes from.

*Add-on Crafts: for an additional fee of $1-3 per camper, you can include a hands on craft activity as part of your visit, which campers take home as a souvenir. *Crafts may add an additional 15-30 minutes to the base program time of 60 minutes depending on the activity.

Choice of: Butter Churning, Making medicinal herbal sachets, Weaving, Felting wool charms, & Colonial cooking.

Minimum program fee $75

Explore the 1.5 acres of garden and green space at the Wyckoff House Museum to understand the life systems of different flora and fauna native to NYC. Lesson highlights include: biodiversity and the ecosystems of an urban farm, organic vegetable gardening, soil and compost, and a visit to our beehives and the surrounding native plant area. Students will use observation skills and the five senses to learn about the bounty of life on our farm in this interactive lesson.

This program will run from September 26th-November 9th 2023 + May 1st-June 14th 2024 and takes place outdoors, rain or shine. This experience does not include a tour of the historic house.

Join our educators for a tour of the Wyckoff Farm & Composting System. We will dig in and learn about the process of decomposition, play the compost sorting game, and explore our worm bin. Through fun hands-on activities, students will learn how the composting process captures greenhouse gasses and reduces the effects of global warming on our local communities. Students will leave with the understanding of the importance of sustainable practices to take back to the classroom and home!

Learn how a family of 13 lived in a single-room house through storytelling, inquiry, artifact investigation, images, and hands-on activities. Explore the restored home of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and bring to life what the daily experience in colonial Nieuw Amersfoort was like for the Dutch, enslaved Africans, and Lenape people who called this place home.

Choose one hands-on activity: Butter Churning, Herbal Sachet Making, or Wool Felting.

Flexible timing is available.