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School Tours

SEE how broomcorn was fashioned into brooms. HEAR the click of the weaver's loom as she makes cloth out of yarn.  SMELL the coal burning at the Village Smithy.  WRITE on a slate at the one-room school.

Bring the Canal Era to life for your students!  

As a living history community, Roscoe Village is dedicated to teaching the cultural, natural and historical influences of the Canal Era. Programs are designed for groupings of 15-20 students. Name tags and two weeks advance registration is requested. Call the Education Department at 800-877-1830 or 740-622-4231 to schedule one of the following for your students.

Historic Roscoe Village - Canal Town Journey

 Connection to Ohio Social Studies

Academic Content Standards

Group Rates for Schools

Students $4.50 per person

Number of Students            # of Complimentary Adult Tickets

           1 - 15                                                1

         16 - 30                                                2

         31 - 45                                                3

         46 - 60                                                4

         61 - 75                                                5

         76 - 90                                                6

 Additional adults $8.60 per person

Exception:  Aides for Special Needs students are admitted free of charge.

NOTE:  The above complimentary tickets include teachers and parent chaperones.

(Excludes Home School Days)

Educational Programs

Canal Town Journey--All grade levels. (2 hours)

Journey through a restored 1800s Ohio & Erie canal town. Learn about the canal in our Exhibit Hall, complete with realistic dioramas and a working lock model.  Experience the world of the Canal Era craftsmen, learn about medicines of the time at the doctor's office, take a lesson in our one-room school, see the trappings of 1800s daily life in our doctor’s house, and more.  Our Canal Town Journey Tour supports the State of Ohio Social Studies Standards. 

Simple Machines Grades 3-5 (2 hours)

Discover how the practical needs of the canal era homemaker and craftsman led to the use of simple machines and the development of inventions.  Your students may try their hand at a few simple experiments as they visit the living history areas.

Reinforce your experience with

 Hands-On Canal Era Crafts!