Take a trip back in time with the re-enactors of Fort Nisqually Living History Museum during the spring planting season from 11am to 4pm on April 28.Discover what 1855 was like while exploring the fort’s buildings and visiting with re-enactors in 1850s attire who will be waiting to share their knowledge and skills with you.

Hands-on activities for the whole family including 1800s games, butter churning and laundry techniques. Enjoy a garden talk in the fort’s heritage garden or learn about ladies’ Bonnets in the Great Room. Come see Letitia Huggins’ 1862 sewing machine and find out how these early machines worked with demonstrations of a similar Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine.

Special demonstrations held during the “Sewing to Sowing” event include wire inlay, powder horn making, and the use of an 1850s Wheeler & Wilson treadle sewing machine.

While at the fort explore the new special exhibit “Jane’s World: A Lady Coming of Age in the Fur Trade”. This exhibit about the life of Jane Work Tolmie (1827 – 1880), wife of Fort Nisqually’s manager, profiles a young lady growing up in the Columbia district of the Hudson’s Bay Company and adapted to changing times in late 19th century Victoria B.C.

Admission is: adults $7.50 ; seniors, military, students $6; Ages 4-17 $5 and Ages 3 and under free. For additional information, please contact Fort Nisqually at (253) 591-5339, or visit http://www.fortnisqually.org.

Located in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum is a restoration of the Hudson’s Bay Company outpost on the Puget Sound where visitors can journey back in time to the mid-nineteenth century. The site includes a Visitor Center and Museum Store and is a facility of Metro Parks Tacoma