8+ Events & Activities at the Fruitlands in Harvard, MA

During the winter it can be tough to find fun outdoor activities to do with the family. Have you checked out the Fruitlands in Harvard, MA? You'll find something for everyone - even a date night activity!

Be sure to check these out and make some plans to enjoy the outdoors this winter season:

ONGOING - Private Fire Pits at Fruitlands Museum Fruitlands - Get outdoors with family and friends and warm up with private Fire Pit bookings at Fruitlands Museum.

January 17 - Winter Fun Day – Monday Holidays this winter, get that family outdoors at Fruitlands Museum with a Winter Fun Day!

January 21 - Young Explorers Owl Prowl - Calling young explorers! We are taking to the trails of Fruitlands to see who-who-who might be out in the dark winter woods.

January 22 - Sunset Fire Pits at Fruitlands Museum - Join us on outdoors on select Saturday evenings at Fruitlands Museum for “Sunset Fire Pits.”

February 12 - Valentine Fire Pit Date Night - Celebrate Valentine's Day with a special Fire Pit Date Night at Fruitlands Museum.

February 16 - Night and Moonlight: A Transcendental Night Hike

February 18 - Full Moon Owl Prowl - We are taking to the trails of Fruitlands Museum to see who-who-who might be out and about in the dark winter woods.

February 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27 - Enchanted Forest - The Frost King has come to spend the winter at the Fruitlands Fairy Forest and he has brought all sorts of new enchantment with him.

February 21 - Winter Fun Day – Frozen Fruitlands Get your family outdoors at Fruitlands Museum with a Winter Fun Day!

February 21 - Winter Tracking on the Trails - Families, join local naturalist, Laurie Nehring, on the trails of Fruitlands learning how the track the animals of our forest.

February 26 - Winter Fest - Harvard Fruitlands Museum and the Harvard Lion's Club are teaming up to throw out the winter blues with a festival of family-friendly activities.

And SO MUCH MORE coming for March and April. Check out their "Things To Do" calendar and search for Fruitlands.

Learn more and plan your visit by visiting their website.

Advance passes are encouraged for Fruitlands Museum, with onsite sales if capacity allows; please click here to reserve them.

Winter Season Hours (November 2021-March 2022)
Saturday and Sunday | 11am-4pm
Closed Weekdays

Frozen Fruitlands | Winter Admission
Trustees Members Free
Nonmember $15/car
Pricing is per car, and one pass provides admission to the Grounds, Trails, Art Gallery, and Wayside Gallery for all guests arriving in the same vehicle.

Please note that the Fruitlands Farmhouse, Shaker Gallery, Native American Gallery, and Fruitlands Café are currently closed for the winter season.

"Fruitlands Museum has a diverse collection of art and material culture on 210 acres of land, stunning views, and miles of walking trails.

In 1843, Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane turned a swath of Harvard farmland into a Transcendentalist experiment in subsistence farming and Emersonian self-reliance, named Fruitlands, which ultimately disbanded after only seven months. In 1914, Clara Endicott Sears opened the grounds to the public, establishing a museum in the property’s 1820s farmhouse. Now, the 210-acre landscape encompasses five collections first established by Sears: the original Fruitlands Farmhouse; the Shaker Museum, the first such museum in the country; the Native American Museum, celebrating the history of indigenous peoples; the Art Museum, with a variety of rotating exhibits, contemporary art, and showcasing a combined collection of more than 300 Hudson River School landscape paintings and 19th-century vernacular portraits; and the Wayside Visitor Center, a classroom, education, and exhibition space."

"Fruitlands Museum is located in eastern Massachusetts about 45 minutes west of Boston off of Route 2. The Museum has a spectacular view to the west of Mount Wachusett and, on a clear day, to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. The view west overlooks the Oxbow Wildlife Refuge and the Nashua River Valley."

Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard, Massachusetts 01451
Phone: 978.456.3924