The popular Pioneer Village at Hope Heritage Days will be open two days this festival, Saturday and Sunday.

The Pioneer Village is put on by the Yellow Trail Museum and features hands-on activities for the young, and the young at heart, says Barb Johnson, director of the museum:

Those activities include everything from blacksmiths to knitters, cooking over an open fire to learning to play the autoharp.

Johnson said that the events are all hands-on and are meant to help stimulate an interest in and appreciation for history.

The Pioneer Village will be going on both Saturday and Sunday on the north side of the Hope Town Square in the empty lot. The village will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The Yellow Trail Museum will be holding an open house tonight from 6 to 8 p.m.  tonight at the museum on the northwest side of the Town Square to welcome the Indiana Bicentennial Barn Quilty and a new exhibit about Hope-area veterans.

The booths on and around the Hope Town Square are open from 5 to 10 p.m. tonight, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Those booths include arts and crafts, as well as flea markets and food booths benefiting local not-for-profit groups.

You can get more information on events at hopeheritagedays.org.