Make Your Very Own Glassware While Honing Your Glassblowing Skills At Hale Farm & Village Near Cleveland
By Nikki Rhoades|Published October 20, 2020
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Nikki Rhoades
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Nikki is a lifelong Ohioan with a love for literature. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Akron and has enjoyed publishing her written work since 2007. She has a love of travel and does so frequently, though she believes that home is where the heart is — she continues to work in and around Cleveland as a digital content specialist to this day, working on everything from commercial scripts and social media posts to grassroots marketing initiatives.
Is your time machine fired up and ready to go? Turns out, you don’t need it. There’s a historic village hidden in Ohio’s only national park that will give you an authentic taste of life in the young Western Reserve. While attending any event here is unforgettable, there’s nothing quite like glassblowing at Hale Farm & Village. You’ll adore both the historic atmosphere and hands-on crafting opportunities at this living history museum. Get those creative juices flowing now, because you’ll want to use them at this upcoming event near Cleveland.
Hale Farm & Village, a property of the Western Reserve Historical Society, is a historic homestead and farm that offers lots to see and do.
Located amidst the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Bath, Hale Farm & Village is a neat place for visitors of all ages. For more than six decades, the property has grown its historic collections to offer visitors a taste of the past.
Here, oodles of historic buildings have been moved from other sites to preserve their history and to connect visitors with the distant past.
You see, Hale Farm & Village is, indeed, a farm and a living history museum where reenactors show visitors exactly what life in the Western Reserve once looked like.
Generations of Hale family history (the original family that lived on the site) has been preserved here, and the buildings and artifacts brought in only add to the historic milieu.
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During your visit, you may see up to 34 historic structures across this beautiful property...
Attending an event at this fascinating local destination is always fun, but the glassblowing workshop is particularly unforgettable. Why, you ask? Because you get to take home a fragile work of art that you transformed from molten lava to a gorgeous, shimmering trinket.
Whether you're brand-new to glassblowing or an old pro, taking a class at Hale Farm & Village offers the perfect amount of instruction.
When you create a glass paperweight or glass flower, you infuse a little piece of your personality into your design. Pick it up one week later and, voila! You can take pride in your creation.
Glassblowing at Hale Farm & Village is an unforgettable pastime. Have you ever participated in this cool, old-school art? Share your thoughts and creations in the comments.
Love the look of handcrafted glass? Visit Cleveland’s magnificent Tiffany glass chapel for views that will make your jaw drop.
Have you been to any of these hidden gems in Cle? Share your fun adventures too.
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