Experience the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared, and reflect on how Charity and Lucy or Amy would labor to put three meals a day on the table. View a cooking demonstration focusing on higher quality cuts of pork, or purchased foodstuffs, using historic recipes. Contact us at BarringtonPlantation@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.

Have you ever wanted to write with a quill pen? Then this program is for you! Come try your hand at quill pen writing and sign a copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence! Learn about the different types of ink, quills, and paper that people in the 19th century would have used to write letters, documents, and in diaries. For more information call 936-878-2214, or email Tynan.Shadle@thc.texas.gov.

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal after a hard day of work was a daily routine and typically included their ration of cured pork and cornmeal supplemented with seasonal vegetables from their garden. Come join us as we demonstrate cooking a traditional meal in the style of enslaved foodways using period ingredients and methods! Contact us at BarringtonPlantation@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.

Summer marks the busiest time for field crop work – as well as the highest temperatures! Join us in the fields for hands-on opportunities working with the crops, then cool off at the house and try a sample of “switchel” — a historic thirst-quenching drink similar in purpose to sports drinks today. Contact us at BarringtonPlantation@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.

Summer marks the busiest time for field crop work – as well as the highest temperatures! Join us in the fields for hands-on opportunities working with the crops, then cool off at the house and try a sample of “switchel” — a historic thirst-quenching drink similar in purpose to sports drinks today. Contact us at BarringtonPlantation@thc.texas.gov or 936-878-2214 x248 for more information.