Pre-registration is required for all of the following programs.
For more information call (727) 582-2426
or email us at heritagevillage@pinellascounty.org
Click here for the registration form 
Also see Kid's Fun
| Pinellas Passport Group Walking Tour |
 Step back in time for a guided outdoor 60-minute walking tour of Heritage Village- 2-week advance reservations required.
- $20 per tour for up to 10 people; $2 per extra person.
Call (727) 582-2426 to register or for more information.
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| Speaking of History . . .and Coffee |
Get connected with Heritage Village! Discover more about
Village structures and exhibits through the lifeways of early
Pinellas residents at this informative lecture series!
Series to Resume in Fall 2008
Heart Felt, Metal Melt -
the Basics of
Blacksmithing
TBA - Future class dates to be determined.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Learn beginning blacksmithing techniques while making a special Valentine (heart hooks and heart shaped decorations). Actively participate in the “tricks” of the trade: blacksmithing safety, lighting and maintaining an efficient coal fire, working the bellows, heating and shaping the metal and designing an ornamental piece. You and your special Valentine will be amazed at what heat, iron and a few simple tools can produce! Ken Straight, Instructor.
- Program fee: (materials included)
$110 Pinellas County Historical Society member
$130 non-member
Blacksmithing - Making Tools
TBA - Future class dates to be determined.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Completion of Basic Blacksmithing or some experience
helpful but not required. Learn about the properties of steel
used for making tools and using the right coal fire
temperature. Students will forge and heat-treat a wood
chisel and a small hatchet or simple knife. Ken Straight,
Instructor.
- Program fee (materials included)
$160 Pinellas County Historical Society member
$190 non-member
Blacksmithing - A Second Level
TBA - Future class dates to be determined.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Learn to forge weld, punch holes and hot rivet. Must have
some blacksmith experience and/or completed a beginning
class. Participants will learn how to make some parts of a
fireplace set.
- Program fee (materials included)
$160 Pinellas County Historical Society member
$190 non-member
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| A Tisket, A Tasket, Weave Yourself a Basket |
Saturday, May 3
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
TBA - Future class dates to be determined.
Join instructors Diane Frederick and Angela Jones, sisters
and third generation basket weavers, and create a different
basket each month while learning basic and intermediate
skills.
- Fee per class: (materials included)
$30 Pinellas County Historical Society member
$40 non-member
- Save on the series (materials included)
$100 Pinellas County Historical Society member
$120 non-member
Heritage Village is located at 11909 125th St. N., Largo. For more information or to register for classes, please call (727) 582-2426 or email: heritagevillage@pinellascounty.org.
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