ArchiCamp, an award-winning program, encourages children to use their imaginations and powers of observation while teaching them about history, architecture, and renovation.

The program comes to Delphi on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24, sponsored by Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center, and the Delphi Preservation Society.

Participants in the two-day ArchiCamp spend both days, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., discovering the fascinating history of Delphi and its landmark architecture. The camp, based at the Canal Interpretive Center, is for children ages 8-12.

Campers will travel back in time to the nineteenth century to a working farm where they'll work as a team to raise a model timber frame barn. At the farm, kids will try their hand at historic building trades like sawing logs, splitting shingles, and cutting wooden pegs. After a hard day's work they'll travel in a horse-drawn wagon for lunch and climb aboard a canal boat for a tour of the Wabash & Erie Canal.

This is the third year for the Delphi ArchiCamp. Historic Landmarks Foundation, developer of ArchiCamp, won a prestigious award from the American Association of State and Local History for the program. ArchiCamps have been offered in cities throughout the state.

Cost of the camp is $30 and includes refreshments, educational materials, and souvenirs. Campers should bring a sack lunch both days. To ensure personal attention, enrollment for the camp is limited to 20 children. Reservations are required by June 19; contact Suzanne Stanis at Historic Landmarks Foundation, 800- 450-4534 or stanis@historiclandmarks. org.