Groups & Tours

Groups will watch a 15 minute video giving a short history of the nutcrackers, then will participate in a hands on demonstration of unusual nutcrackers.   After that they will tour the museum which shows over 5,000 nutcrackers from over 40 countries, oldest one dates back to Roman times.  They will find nutcrackers of wood, metal, porcelain, and ivory, and they will be amazed at the creativity man has used throughout the centuries to open the hard shells.

All are familiar with the wooden toy soldier nutcrackers displayed at Christmas time, but they are in for a treat when they see figurals in the shape of a frog, owl, kangaroo, Scotty dog, dragon, elephant, or a man in the moon!

In addition to nutcrackers, there is a collection of nutting stones, some of which date back 4,000 to 8,000 years, and there are also collections of nut bowls, nutpicks, and fruit knives with a nutpick blade.

We can handle groups of 25, but for larger groups we suggest dividing the group with the second one scheduled 45 to 60 minutes later.  Extra time will be needed if there are a lot of handicapped people who need to use the lift.