Free and open to the public.

Meet a true knight in shining armor. Try on armor and feel the weight of the metal plates that protected a knight in battle. Study the various parts that make up a knight’s armor and see the tools used to craft plates of steel into wearable art. Watch period fencing demonstrations and learn about the complexity of a knight’s martial training. This Family Day features arms and armor on special loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Don’t forget your cameras! Presentations and fencing demonstrations by Arms and Armor and the Oakeshott Institute at 1 and 3 p.m.

No doubt Chris and Craig willbe doing the demos with a few of the other guys helping to answer questions and handle some of the objects.