Log Cabin Village

I love this place. The grounds are very well kept and the museum is so engaging with learners of all ages.
I suggest starting with the weaving and spinning cabin, then proceed clockwise to the candle making, blacksmith, etc. and save the hands on play cabin for last, because the kids love playing "chores" for hours!

Log Cabin Village is a very affordable, educational, and fun field trip!!

The restroom is very clean and well stocked with soap and paper towels for after playtime.

We joined our homeschool Co-Op group on a field trip, and my children loved every minute. The combination of hands-on activities and entertainment made for an enriching educational experience.

My class had a great time learning about Log Cabin life. From blacksmithing to candle dipping to school days, it was an interesting tour! The guides were all engaging and knowledgeable.

When you buy your ticket, you can choose the candle add-on to participate in candle dipping. If you've not done it before, you should! Also, there's a gift shop full of soaps, wooden toys, local coffee, etc, inside the cabin where you buy your tickets.

Fun experience !

What a great wonderful place to take the family!
the staff is very knowledgeable in the area they teach about how people lived back in the day. Very educational for kids and some hands on activities

I was looking into learning a little bit about the frontier life here in the Fort Worth area. Having been to many different historical sites I was looking forward to seeing our learning something new. Upon arrival I noticed the vast amount of parking available so I must have gotten lucky to avoid the crowds. To enter the site you go through a repurposed two story log cabin which is also the sites store. The admission is very reasonable. Once outside there are paved paths to all the various buildings and out buildings. There are also several well informed interpreters in costumes throughout the site. The site is very interesting and worth the visit.

Van Zandt Cottage does not have it's own check-in as it is under the auspices of the Log Cabin Village. After living here for almost twelve years, I finally decided today was the day to check it out. Been telling myself to do so for a rather long time. Comparitively, there's not a whole lot to this historical site; however, I thoroughly enjoyed the wide-open spaces of the cottage. There are fresh sidewalks to Trinity Park as well as to the Will Rogers Colesium in the opposite direction. Today was a great day for time spent in the great outdoors. With a gentle breeze blowing, the temperatures also cooperated to make for a very pleasant time outside. Please check out this hidden gem in Fort Worth.

It's middle of the summer here in Texas.. expecting 100+ temps and also we're in delta pandemic. Take all those things into consideration. Also it's hump day!! You go in the main cabin where the gift shop is to pay your admission. Today we paid 5 dollars because they're nice?

The main building is the largest and it is boarded up. I wanted nothing more than to go up there! I want to meet a ghost.
OMG OMG OMG I just got an idea... if they could do interactive night ghost tours OMG a I would sooo pay for that!

Also if they could open like a bar.. but family oriented of course. Like a soda bar.

It is super hot and I appreciate the staff being in their costumes for the era. We first encountered the candle dipping activity. You get one dip. I also think you can buy pre dipped candles in the gift shop and they let you dip to completion.

The cabins are set up to where you observe from the outside. You can't go in them.... Or like if they could build an interactive cabin for people to go in and touch and tinker.

They have a couple of misting stations so you won't die. The school is the church is the house. If you've read online on other sites about spirits that is the one with the perfume. I got nothing. No perfume.
No lady wondering about.

My favorite people to interact were the lady at the gift shop, the lady who is the crochet queen/candle dipper and STEVE! Steve went all into the history and gave us so much information we ended up driving to the Parker cemetery in Hurst. Not with Steve of course. But Uh.. it was locked. It's fine. Just so amazed with all the history and I'm not even a history buff.

I read online this is a two hour tour but i though it was very short. 5 dollars worth? Okay yes. My kids are 5&7 and they loved it that's all that matters.

I loved this outdoor museum. When I arrived on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020. It was empty. Someone with a beautiful costume checked my temperature due to COVID-19. I was okay.

I walked into the village. I met " History interpreters". They had too much time on their hands. They were talkative. I learned about people's life 200 years ago. I paid only $5. It was so reasonable.

I asked about a bathroom, 200 years ago. An interpreter said, " Boys needed to throw away poop''. I had to go to the restroom, I was wondering if I could throw away my poo? However, the restroom was very clean and new.LOL.


Fortworth is known for StockYards. However, If you are in a cow town, Fortworth, TX , please visit "Log Cabin Village".

I decided to take my kids here for Halloween weekend. It was a Saturday afternoon and it wasn't so busy which was great because we get to take our time looking and learning about the history of each cabin. Our favorite was the Blacksmith. This place was something different and my kids enjoyed it because it was like a field trip. It was also cool to see the staff in period dress. I thought it was beautiful. There's also a small gift shop at the main cabin where the entrance is. A lot of cool little stuff you can buy. Although this place was cool to visit, it's only worth going once for me.

Cool and hidden in plain sight! Almost all the cabins had a period dressed tour guide. A couple of the houses you can do hands on work, we dipped candles and got up close to wood working. The blacksmith was a real treat, tho it was too hot to fire up the forge!!!

Love this history re-enactment place - directly across from the FW zoo!