The Farmers' Museum collections number more than 23,000 items ranging from butter molds to the Cardiff Giant. The collection of hand planes and other wood working tools is especially significant. The Historic Village is an excellent example of a mid-19th-century farming community in Central New York State complete with an authentic Blacksmith Shop, Pharmacy, Printing Shop, Lawyers Office, Farm, Tavern, General Store and much more.
The buildings that comprise the 19th-century Village are authentic structures re-located from towns in central New York and preserved here at the museum. These interpreted buildings provide an intimate view of commercial and domestic life in the region's rural hamlets and also represent the range of architectural styles seen in the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries.
