CURRENT HOURS: CLOSED FOR GENERAL SEASON; OPEN MAY 1, 2019
1900 Farm Dinners are available October-March
A horse-drawn wagon carries you to the farmhouse, where the smell of freshly baked rolls and hot cider welcomes you. Enjoy a hearty home-cooked meal by the warmth of the stove served family style by our historical interpreters.
Make room for dessert with a lantern-lit trip outside to our historic barn, built in 1889. Or stay inside and read the 1895 Montgomery Ward catalog and play a game of checkers. After dessert, bundle up for the wagon ride back to your car.
Tickets open August 1, 2018 at 10am for members and August 8, 2018 at 10am for the general public.
Historic Dinner programs are much more than a meal. You’ll be transported back in time to experience an intimate dinner gathered around the wood stove and learn about life in the past from your cook and dinner hosts. In order to plan for this special experience, Living History Farms relies on advanced tickets for each program. Since this experience is so different from a simple restaurant reservation, we are unable to provide a full refund for last minute cancellations. Please review our program policies before you purchase tickets to read about our cancellation policy, payment, program details, and more.
1900 Farm Historic Dinner Program Policies
Tickets for 1900 Farm dinner programs are $60 per person or $55 per person for members, regardless of age.*
*During premium dates, November 16-December 31, 2018, tickets for 1900 Farm dinner programs are $70 per person or $65 per person for members, regardless of age.
Our meals are prepared in the style of the historic period and served family style. We generally cannot alter recipes without impacting other guests at the table. Most of our recipes contain butter, margarine, eggs, chicken or beef stock, flour, and other gluten containing ingredients. If you have questions about a food allergy, please contact us at least two weeks prior to your program at (515)278-5286 ext. 158 or send an email to dinners@lhf.org.
If you wish to purchase tickets for a full table of 11-12 people, please purchase all 10 tickets available on that date and then give us a call at (515)278-5286 ext. 158 or send an email to dinners@lhf.org for instructions on purchasing additional tickets.
The first party to purchase tickets for a dinner program picks the menu for the entire table. Take a look at the traditional bill of fare options offered this season.
Want to give the Historic Dinner experience as a gift? Living History Farms’ gift certificates are available!
Interested in a different Historic Dinner program? Back to Historic Dinners overview