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Explore learning opportunities at Historic Zoar Village.
Your guide to school programs, camps, classes, and tours.
Students learn about life in the 1850s through tinsmithing, butter churning, making a toy, planting a seed, pulling bread out of the ovens, pumping in the bellows in the blacksmith shop, and more!
Activities are tailored to the amount of time for the tour and the interests of the teacher.
$5/student, $7/adult. Teachers, aides, and chaperones are free
Allow at least 1½ hours for tour – 2 hours is better.
Scholarships and grants are available to help cover admission costs. Learn more by emailing zoarinfo@historiczoarvillage.com or by calling 330-874-3011.
Experience the sights and sounds of the battlefield, camp and home front! Reenactors, first-person characters, and costumed interpreters explain what life was like during the Civil War. Registration required. Held in odd years.
Scholarships are available for any school or outreach program. All you need to do is submit an application. Scholarships may be used for transportation or admission fees.
Scholarships and grants are available by emailing zoarinfo@historiczoarvillage.com or by calling 330-874-3011.
Students will have the opportunity to meet some U.S. Presidents from various eras from 1817-1898 covering Zoar’s history. Other characters from Zoar’s history will also be found throughout the village. Presidential themed activities and games will be available along wth museum building tours and demonstrations. Reenactors from various eras will be on hand for demonstrations! This event is similar to Civil War School Day.
Cost is $7 per student, one adult is free per group, additional adults are $7 each. Children 4 and under are free. Open to public, private, and homeschool students. Groups of 10 or more, please email zoarinfo@historiczoarvillage.com
History comes alive for your homeschooled student with an array of hands on activities.
Hands-on activities in the historic buildings help your children experience life in the 1850s! Crafts focus on spring cleaning and planting.
$5/student, 1 adult free, $7/additional adults (18+).
Available only on September 8, 2017, 9am-3pm. Experience the sights and sounds of the battlefield, camp, and home front! Reenactors, first-person characters, and costumed interpreters explain what life was like during the Civil War.
Registration required by 5pm, Friday, September 1. $5/student, $7/parent.
Students will have the opportunity to meet some U.S. Presidents from various eras from 1817-1898 covering Zoar’s history. Other characters from Zoar’s history will also be found throughout the village. Presidential themed activities and games will be available along wth museum building tours and demonstrations. Reenactors from various eras will be on hand for demonstrations! This event is similar to Civil War School Day.
Cost is $7 per student, one adult is free per group, additional adults are $7 each. Children 4 and under are free. Open to public, private, and homeschool students. Groups of 10 or more, please email zoarinfo@historiczoarvillage.com
Make your visit to Zoar unforgettable with the Zoar Explorer Backpacks—an interactive adventure kit designed to help visitors explore, learn, and create while discovering the village’s rich history and culture. Perfect for families and young explorers, each backpack is filled with hands-on activities that bring Zoar to life.
Each Zoar Explorer Backpack includes:
Pricing:
Rent for $25 or purchase for $30
Zoar Explorer Backpacks are available at the Zoar Store and are a fun, educational way to engage with Zoar’s heritage through exploration, creativity, and play. Perfect for enhancing your visit and creating lasting memories.
To make reservations for a class, call (330)874-3011.
Learn the basics of blacksmithing as you forge a hook and nail from 8am-5pm. This class features plenty of time at the anvil while you discover the history of smithing.
Limited to 4 apprentices and reservations are required. $110/participant.
Must have completed the Beginning Blacksmithing Class to register.
Students spend all day at the forge working on a project to take home. Project may include leaf work, fullering, horseshoes, fire poker, rake, or a paper towel or bathroom tissue holder.
Limited to 3 apprentices and reservations are required. Class is from 8am-5pm and $135/participant.
Must have completed the Intermediate and Beginning Blacksmithing classes to register.
Students will spend the day learning forge welding and fire welding at the old forge. Working projects may include a welded fire poker, nail header, and chain.
Limited to 2 apprentices and reservations are required. Class is from 8am-5pm and $145/participant.
Group tours may be booked any time of the year. Groups of 10 or more may tour our historic museums with a costumed guide for $7/adult and $4/child. Add a tour of the Zoar Church for $50. Allow for an additional half hour for this presentation and organ performance. Call 330-874-3011 for availability.
Lunch Options:
Enjoy a boxed lunch in the Zoar Schoolhouse from local eatery Zoar Market, or choose a German menu catered by Benson’s Market and Catering.
You may also contact Canal Tavern of Zoar (330-874-4444) or Firehouse Grille and Pub (330-874-2170) for lunch in a historic Zoar building.
Nearby Bolivar offers American dining at the Towpath Tavern (330-874-6141) or a diner-style menu from Canal Street Diner (330-874-4814).
Tours leave each night at 6:30, 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, or 7:30. Costumed interpreters share spooky tales of the former inhabitants as you walk through the historic buildings and streets by lantern light. Encounter ghosts in the buildings and gardens of Zoar!
Cost for these tours is $15/adult (11+), $10/child and reservations are required.
Learn the Christmas legends and traditions of Zoar like the broomstick tree and the clay horn. See the buildings decorated for a 19th-century Christmas and enjoy Christmas carols played on the organ in the original Meeting House — now the Zoar United Church of Christ.
Cost is $8/adult and $4/child for groups of 6 or more. Tours are by appointment only, so call to make reservations and to add an authentic German lunch to your day!
This award-winning series takes place on the first Saturday of every month, at 1pm in the Zoar Schoolhouse. Topics focus on the people and events that made local, state and national history. Check our calendar for upcoming speaker events. Visit our blog for recordings of previous speaker series events.
Civil War in Zoar
September 16 & 17, 2023
Please note online ticketing has closed for Civil War in Zoar, but you can still purchase walk-on tickets.