Skills Workshops

We welcome information about skills workshops open to ALHFAM members, living history professionals, and/or the general public for listing on the Skills Workshops page.  Workshops can be on any subject relating to historic trades and skills, professional museum skills, living history interpretation skills, as well as similar hands-on learning opportunities. The workshops may be part of a larger local, regional, national or international conference. 

The subject matter must be of interest to ALHFAM members and the organization or individual hosting the workshop must be an individual, institutional or business member of ALHFAM.  Workshops that do not meet these criteria will not be posted, and ALHFAM reserves the right to decline to post information. 

To have your workshop listed, please send the following information to webmaster@alhfam.org:

  • Workshop Subject/Title
  • Brief Workshop Description
  • Date(s) / Time(s)
  • Price 
  • Location (including full address)
  • Website address for registration information (registration itself can be available either online or via regular mail)
  • Contact information, including phone number

Skills Training opportunities that are not date specific are listed below the calendar. 

Upcoming events

    • 24 Oct 2026
    • Fort Osage National Historic Landmark

    Candle Making at Fort Osage

    Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
    107 Osage St., Sibley MO 64088

    Cost: $25

    Step back in time and discover the art of candle making as it was practiced on the early American frontier. Join us at Fort Osage National Historical Landmark for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how settlers and soldiers crafted their own sources of light using simple, time-honored techniques.

    Learn more:

    https://www.makeyourdayhere.com/Events-Attractions/Historic-Sites/Fort-Osage

    • 14 Nov 2026
    • Missouri Town Living History Museum

    Historic Baking at Missouri Town

    Missouri Town Living History Museum
    8010 E. Park Rd., Lee's Summit MO 64064

    Cost: $25

    Join us for our hearth baking workshop and learn how baking was done in the mid-19th century. You will be using simple historic recipes. Not only will you enjoy the delicious smell of baking, but you will also have the opportunity to taste what you baked. Period clothing is encouraged, but not necessary. All clothing should be made of natural fibers, as there will be open fires. Pre-registration is required. Class size is limited.

    Learn more:
    https://www.makeyourdayhere.com/Events-Attractions/Historic-Sites/Missouri-Town-Living-History-Museum

    • 12 Jan 2027
    • 13 Jan 2027
    • Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site in Washington, Texas

    ALFHAM HiTS PIG Workshop, January 12-13, 2027

    Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site in Washington, Texas is proud to host an ALHFAM Historic Trades and Skills Professional Interest Group (HiTS PIG) workshop on timber framing. By the end of this two-day workshop, participants will have helped assemble a new dovecote and chicken house at Barrington Living History Farm. The course will be taught by carpenter Paul Unger and will focus on teaching timber framing skills like mortise and tenon joinery, draw boring and raising structures. The course is limited to 10 participants, and it is free for ALHFAM members. If you wish to participate and are not an ALHFAM member, you will need to become an ALHFAM member, in addition to the workshop fee. Some meals will be provided courtesy of the ALHFAM HiTS PIG. More information about the workshop, including housing information and how to register, is coming soon.

    This is also a pre-conference workshop for the Texas Living History Association’s (TLHA) annual conference January 14-17, 2027, at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Course participants are also encouraged to register to attend the TLHA conference.



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