BATH — Historic Bath Site is taking part Saturday in Smithsonian magazine’s national Museum Day Live! festivities.

“This is the second year that we will be participating,” said site manager Leigh Swain. “People can go online to the Smithsonian magazine’s web site and get two tickets for free house tours. In addition, we will be having a number of supporting activities going on that day.”

Those special activities will include cornhusk doll making, colonial toys and games, rope making and cooking in the Bonner house kitchen.

“We’re also planning an interactive exhibit that teaches about the real treasures of Bath, colonial importing and exporting,” Swain added. “That is an educational tool to teach people about the 300th anniversary of Bath as a port since we officially became a seaport town in 1716.”

Activities are set to kick off at 10 a.m. and run until 4 p.m.

There are a few other surprises in store for visitors to Bath on Saturday, Swain promised, including a special visitor.

“A very interesting addition to our day is a visit by a man named Scott Huler, who has been retracing John Lawson’s trek over the past year,” she said. “He is supposed to canoe in to our state dock around 2 p.m. and officially end his journey. You can follow him on his blog, lawsontrek.com.”

At 3 p.m. Huler is scheduled to give a talk, followed by a question and answer session, in the visitor center.

Historic Bath Site staff will be joined for this weekend’s celebration by community volunteers who will assist with the live demonstrations, according to Swain. Free tours of the Palmer-Marsh and Bonner houses will be offered throughout the day.

“This is a good opportunity for people who have moved to our area and for those who have always lived here to come tour the homes free of charge,” Swain noted. “With all the activities going on, it will make a complete and fun day.”

To download free tickets, go to www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday. For more information about this and other events hosted by Historic Bath, visit ncculture.com or the site’s Facebook page.