Today the Apprentice House is open to the public with timed tours being conducted by costumed interpreters.

House museums often provide what are known as "costumed interpreters," tour guides dressed in period clothing that matches their environment.

It is open between May and October as a "living history" project, with costumed interpreters on weekends during the Summer.

The costumed interpreters have not always worn Colonial dress.

In the summer you can see costumed interpreters using the tools to make shingles, and a variety of other tasks common to the 1820s.

There are daily cannon and musket firing demonstrations performed by costumed interpreters.

Those interested in being a costumed interpreter are required to take six days of class training.

Many of the buildings in the village and farmstead are staffed by costumed interpreters who help guide visitors through the site.

At the stone house where Washington had his headquarters, they may have the costumed interpreter and her store of historical knowledge all to themselves.

Log farm buildings are staffed during the summer months by costumed interpreters.