Gretna Green Blacksmith Shop

This blacksmith shop was built in 1997 in typical pre-1900 construction style. It is a working blacksmith shop but is also maintained as a museum to memorialize, preserve, maintain and demonstrate the craft and art of the blacksmith as a significant craftsman in the forging of the tools of civilization and commerce of Gretna (and the nation).
Workshops are held to teach the art and craft of the blacksmith and to train demonstrators.
Demonstrations are conducted by blacksmiths to portray the blacksmith at work, particularly for school children on field trips, but also for visitors or tourists.
Weddings are conducted in the blacksmith shop and reaffirmed over the anvil in the tradition of Gretna's namesake, Gretna Green, Scotland.