The seasons of the year are marked at our museums with celebrations that echo the spirit and traditions of rural New York State.
Spring
Summer
Grand Old 4th of July at The Farmers' Museum | July 4 2009 | 10 am - 5 pm
The Farmers' Museum, festooned with patriotic banners and bunting, hosts a typical 1845 celebration of our nation's birthday that includes patriotic music, games, dances, and orations. Be one of the first to visit the newly renovated Doctor's Office in the Historic Village.
Click here to download our 4th of July schedule of events (pdf) or view below.
Admission: $11 adults, $9.50 visitors age 65 and over, $5 children age 7-12, free for children 6 and under
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Schedule of Events
Throughout The Day:
Blacksmithing
Field Blacksmith Shop (#9)
Job Printing
Middlefield Printing Office (#11)
Broom Making
Westcott Shop (#27)
Patriotic Crafts
Filer’s Corner Schoolhouse (#29)
Militia Drills
Bump Tavern Green
The Empire State Carousel
Rides: 10 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Carousel Tour: 12:00 p.m.
Band Organ Concert: 12:30 p.m.
Rides: 1:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
(50¢ per ride – purchase tokens
at Todd’s General Store)
Children’s Barnyard
Open 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
and 2:15 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Morey Barn (#8)
Highlight Events:
10:15 a.m.
Meet and Feed the Chicks
Morey Barn (#8)
10:30 a.m.
Medicines from the Garden
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)
Harnessing the Horse
Westmoreland Drive Shed (#18)
11:00 a.m.
Carding Wool
Morey Barn (#8)
Try your hand on the Liberty Press
Middlefield Printing Office (#11)
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Horse and Wagon Rides
Blacksmith Shop (#9)
11:30 a.m.
Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Cornwallville Church (#22)
12:00 p.m.
Let’s Feed the Baby Animals!
Morey Barn (#8)
1:00 p.m.
Oration
Declaration of Independence
Salute
at Bump Tavern (#23)
1:30 p.m.
Making Medicines
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)
2:00 p.m.
Try your hand on the Liberty Press
Middlefield Printing Office (#11)
Flax Fiber to Yarn
Williams Carriage House (#24)
Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Cornwallville Church (#22)
2:30 p.m.
Medicines from the Garden
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)
Rope Making
Williams Carriage House (#24)
3:00 p.m.
More House Tour
More House (#25)
Frolic time for the Babies
Morey Barn (#8)
Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Bump Tavern (#23)
Meet the Oxen
Around the Village
3:30 p.m.
Milk Daisy Mae the Cow
Sweet-Marble Barn (#19)
3:45 p.m.
Meet and Feed the Chicks
Morey Barn (#8)
4:00 p.m.
Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Bump Tavern (#23)
4:15 p.m.
Let’s Feed the Baby Animals!
Morey Barn (#8)
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Visit with an Interpreter in the
Cornwallville Church
Cornwallville Church (#22)
62nd Annual Farmers' Museum Junior Livestock Show | July 12 2009, July 13 2009, July 14 2009 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The annual Farmers' Museum Junior Livestock Show is a true celebration of youth in agriculture. The show is the second largest youth competition in the state and the only one of its kind sponsored by a museum in the United States. This three-day event—a rural tradition in central New York—brings together the area’s best livestock and youth exhibitors from a nine-county region. More than 300 youth handlers and 750 animals are expected to participate. The event tests the skills of participants ages eight to eighteen who present animals (dairy cows, beef, swine, goats, and sheep of various breeds) that they own, care for, and have prepared for competition. The event is held at The Farmers' Museum's showgrounds, located on Route 33, River Rd., just outside the village of Cooperstown. The event is free and open to the general public.
Fall
Harvest Festival | September 12 2009, September 13 2009 | 10 am - 5 pm
This popular annual event, a celebration of the season’s bounty, brings together a wide range of performers, artisans, exhibitors, and vendors in an old-time agricultural fair. Traditional music, canine agility demonstrations, horse drawn wagon rides, harvest foods, crafts, historic games and races, are just some of the many activities scheduled for the weekend.
Admission: $11 adults, $9.50 visitors age 65 and over, $5 children age 7-12, free for children 6 and under
Evening at the Tavern | October 10 2009, November 14 2009 | 5:00pm-8:00pm
Enjoy a dining experience featuring a four-course candlelit meal, period music and games, and old-fashioned hospitality in the museum's historic Bump Tavern. The menu is designed and based on foods that were served in rural 19th-century New York taverns.
Fee: $60 non-members/$55 members
Advance reservations are required. For registration and additional information please call 607-547-1452.
Things that Go Bump in the Night | October 17 2009, October 23 2009, October 24 2009 | 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 & 8:00 pm
Experience The Farmers’ Museum on a guided lantern lit tour. Visit the historic buildings where ghostly happenings have been reported and hear tales of hauntings from Louis Jones book “Things That Go Bump in the Night”.
Fee: $7 per person. Reservations are required, please call (607) 547-1450.
Winter
The Homecoming: A Lantern Tour of The Farmers’ Museum | December 5 2009 | Tour Times: 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, & 7:30 PM
Come and enjoy a festive holiday tour by lantern light. A costumed guide will lead you through the village, with stops at several buildings to watch dramatic vignettes highlighting a holiday story of family, duty and homecoming in the upstate New York of the 19th century. Reservations are required. (607) 547-1450.
Candlelight Evening | December 20 2009 | 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Visit The Farmers’ Museum for one of the region's best-loved holiday traditions— Candlelight Evening. This festive event captures the holiday spirit in a celebration of friendship, family, and community, with caroling, horse-drawn wagon rides, winter games, and wassail.
Admission: $11 adults, $9.50 visitors age 65 & over, $5 children age 7-12, free for children 6 & under and members of the New York State Historical Association.
