Back in June of 2016 my family and I took an extended vacation down to our beach condo in North Wildwood New Jersey. We hadn’t been down for many months, so we decided to spend 3 weeks this time around.
Some days we are lazy and laze around on the beach or sit by the pool. On other days we like to play tourist and run around the area check out cool things to see & do.
On one particular day we visited Historic Cold Spring Village Museum in Cape May. It’s like a “living museum” to show you what life was back in the colonial days, along the seashore.
At their Welcome Center you can go in (air conditioned) and watch mini films about the area, read & see cool historical items and all kinds of other fun activities.
As you walk all around the property…you can decide if you want to do your own self-guided tour or you can pay a fee and go on a guided tour. Since we’ve been here before, we opted for our own self-guided tour and really took our leisurely time through it.
On the day we visited, they had some chickens running about and some horses which my grand daughter really enjoyed seeing both. Just like me, she loves nature & wildlife! She really wanted to ride a horse, but to no avail did that happen. Sorry Gia!
Hubby and I love walking around and looking at all of the old colonial-style buildings from eons ago! They are so charming to look at and you can just imagine what life was back then. Some things were simple & easy living and other things were much harder to do. Wow, we sure do take things for granted in this modern age for sure!
It took us about 2 hours to go through the entire place at our own pace which was really nice. Plus, on the day we visited, it wasn’t crowded at all. Nice! On some days when you visit, you’ll see people walking around in their costumes and doing things like working at the blacksmith shop, the newspaper shop, the tavern, bakery, general store, etc. Really cool.
Sorry this is such a graphic intensive post but I wanted to share a lot of photos from our visit, so that you could get a good feel for the place. It’s fantastic and we plan on going back again once our grandson is a little bit older. It’s a great educational experience for the entire family to enjoy.
If you’re heading to the South Jersey Shore (Ocean City, Avalon, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Wildwood or Cape May in New Jersey, this is a definite must-see and must-do on your travel bucket list!
I love museums and historic places like this. I didn’t fully appreciate these when I was a kid and touring these types of places on our family vacations. Time to revisit them and make new memories I think.
Looks like a fun place to spend some time and see some pieces of early days. Next time Gia needs to ride a horse.
Beautiful–I love all your photos. You were lucky to get there on a slow day so you could enjoy the place without a lot of other people around. It’s been years since I’ve been to a museum like this one. I’ve always found them fascinating and a great way to understand what life was like back then.
I think it would be a fun place to visit. I love historic buildings and museums that describe our ancestors and their customs.
I would love to stroll through this Historical Living Museum.. So much fun to learn about our Ancestors many years ago! Before your post I never knew anything about Historical Living Museums. I haven’t been much out of my state of Illinois. Been to Florida and Hawaii mostly on Vacations.See I am almost 70 and I am stilling Learning! Lol! Thankyou for this Lovely Post!
I would love to visit this place someday. I love the look of all the buildings and I love to travel and explore.
I love places like this. It looks like a great place to wander around! I’ll put this place on my list.
If you love LIVING HISTORY MUSEUMS like this…stay tuned…we recently visited the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia which is a living history museum too and I’ll be publishing my thoughts on it along with some photos next month. That is a very cool place to visit too.
What a neat place to visit! I love learning about history in our country.