The Museum of Work & Culture’s Annual Baking Workshop
Saturday, September 7, 11am
The Museum of Work & Culture (42 S. Main St., Woonsocket, R.I.)
Museum of Work & Culture Offers Children’s Baking Workshop with Wright’s Dairy Farm for Grandparents’ Day
WOONSOCKET, R.I. – The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, will offer its annual Children’s Baking Workshop with Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery on Saturday, September 7 at 11am, themed around Grandparents’ Day.
This year’s event will feature a mille-feuille (Napoleon) making demonstration and Q&A with the pastry chef from Wright’s. Follow along with the chef to fill and assemble your pastry, then join museum educators in an interactive French language matching game, baking bingo, and a discovery map presentation highlighting baking traditions of Rhode Island’s immigrant communities.
Each participant will receive a chef’s hat, apron, recipe card, pre-printed activity materials, as well as all the ingredients necessary for participants to follow along with the mille-feuille assembly activity.
WRIGHTS DAIRY FARM AND BAKERY
THE FARM
THE BAKERY
Tickets are $25 for one child and one adult. Tickets are $18 for a second child. No more than 2 children per adult. Space is limited, and early registration is strongly encouraged. Tickets are available for purchase at rihs.simpletix.com.
About the Rhode Island Historical Society
The Rhode Island Historical Society, the state’s oldest and only state-wide historical organization, welcomes everyone to engage with Rhode Island’s complex and significant past through its collections, museums, and educational initiatives.
Founded in 1822, the RIHS is an advocate for history as a means to develop empathy and 21st-century skills, using its historical materials and knowledge to explore topics of timeless relevance and public interest.
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, it is dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible public programming and educational opportunities for all Rhode Islanders through its four sites: the John Brown House Museum, the Museum of Work & Culture, the Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center, and the Aldrich House.