Programs and Tours
Historic Oak View County Park offers programming for history lovers of all ages!
Historic Oak View offers Christmas at Oak View Farm programs in early December.
For Elementary School Students (Grades 2-4):
Historic Oak View offers educational programming Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-noon. Your students will receive three great programs in one trip!
All of Oak View's programs are written to comply with the Social Studies requirements in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study!
You can choose any three programs from this list to customize your program:
- From Field To Fiber: During this interactive program, presented in the early-20th-century Cotton Gin House, students will learn about the history of cotton in North Carolina. They will even get to try their hand at picking cotton! (Weather permitting)
- Artifact Discovery: This hands-on and sensory program, presented in the early-20th-century livestock barn, allows students to be historical detectives as they investigate artifacts. Learn about work on the farm, and meet the park's resident goats: Napoleon, Boyd and Quint.
- Change Over Time: Through an interactive presentation in Oak View's Farm History Center, your students will learn about 400 years of agricultural history in North Carolina and visit a real sharecropper's cabin.
- In the Farm’s Kitchen: Available for the first time in Fall 2008, this brand-new program will allow students to explore the daily work done in the farm’s kitchen through hands-on and sensory activities. Students will try their hands at butter making, cleaning laundry with a scrub board and lye soap, and herb identification!
- Exhibit Tour: Each spring, Historic Oak View County Park has an exhibit in the Main Farmhouse. The topics vary year-to-year, but they are all related to history or agricultural history and generally cover the years between 1850 and 1950.
Also available for early elementary-age students:
History Hike: This program offers a docent-led tour of the old farmstead, including all of the buildings, and the pecan grove, gazebo and water tower. This option is especially popular for groups with fewer students, or with younger students (K-1st grade), and is the only program available on the weekends.
For Middle School and High School Students:
Historic Oak View Property Tour: Learn about the past of a Wake County farm on the Oak View property tour. Students will visit the 1855 farmhouse and detached kitchen, the livestock barn, carriage house and turn-of-the-century cotton gin to learn about the changing face of farm life in Raleigh from the mid-19th century until today. Watch the past come alive as you hear stories from the many Raleigh families that lived at Oak View and made their living off its land.
For Adult Groups:
Historic Oak View Property Tour: Learn about the past of a Wake County farm on the Oak View property tour. Your group will visit the 1855 farmhouse and detached kitchen, the livestock barn, carriage house, and turn-of-the-century cotton gin to learn about the changing face of farm life in Raleigh from the mid-19th century until today. Come during an exhibit and receive an exhibit tour as well! |