During the summer, brickmakers mold and dry thousands of bricks. In the autumn, the bricks bake in a giant wood-fired oven. Keep an eye out, too, for bricklayers using these bricks in all sorts of projects around town.
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DIY-ers & Makers Itinerary
See the time before power tools and meet our world-class artisans in the Historic Trades. Must see for DIY and makers of all ages!
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Printer
Watch and learn as printers set type and use reproduction printing presses to manufacture printed pieces.
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Gunsmith
Aim, ready, fire! Watch as rifles, pistols, and fowling pieces are made.
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Leather Breeches Maker & Shoemaker
Discover the practice and history of one of the 18th century's most common garments, leather breeches.
Historic Trades
Discover craftsmanship in more than 20 trades, where modern-day practitioners use 18th-century tools and techniques to apprentice in — and eventually master — blacksmithing, woodworking or gunsmithing, just to name a few.
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