1900 Farm Dinners

NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2026

Tickets on sale July 28 for members, August 4 for general public

Imagine yourself in 1900, visiting your grandparents’ farmhouse for a hearty home-cooked meal. That’s the experience of a Historic Dinner at the 1900 Farm. Start your visit by cozying up to the wood-burning stove in the parlor and learning how this family would have lived and worked. Then we’ll call you into the homey kitchen for a delicious meal prepared using historic recipes. Before dessert, you can make a lantern-lit visit to the historic 1889 barn, or stay inside and keep warm while you play a game of checkers or try the pump organ. Meals are served family-style, so everyone at the table eats from the same menu. Main course (chicken or pork) depends on date.

Ages 12 and up

Details:
• $125 per person ($110 for members).
• Evening seatings meet at 6:15 end at 9 p.m.; afternoon seatings meet at 1:15 end 4 p.m.
• You may bring your own wine. Limit 1 standard-size bottle per 2 adult guests. No beer or liquor.
• Table seats maximum of 12.
• Dates that do not meet a minimum of 10 guests may be rescheduled.

PLEASE NOTE: You’ll meet your host at the Murray Conference Center (downloadable map). You will enter our grounds through Gate 4, accessed from Douglas on the west side of the interstate (not from our main entrance). We recommend that you dress in layers. The farmhouse itself is cozy from two wood-burning stoves, but after dinner you’ll have the opportunity for a lantern-lit tour of the barn. Weather and mobility permitting, we may offer a horse-drawn wagon ride from the conference center to the farmhouse; otherwise guests will carpool.

Chicken menu

• Roast chicken
• Sage dressing
• Potatoes and gravy
• Baked corn pudding
• Green peas in the French way
• Knittle bread
• Preserves and pickles
• Cinnamon-filled chocolate cake
• Fruit pie
• Apple cider
• Coffee

Pork menu   

• Pork roast with sage rub
• Escalloped potatoes
• Apples and onions
• Baked corn pudding
• Green peas in the French way
• Knittle bread
• Preserves and pickles
• Cinnamon-filled chocolate cake
• Fruit pie
• Apple cider      
• Coffee

Our facilities are not food allergen or gluten-free. Please be aware that our food may contain or come into contact with common allergens, such as dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, or shellfish. Our meals are prepared and served family-style and we are unable to accommodate all food allergy concerns.

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