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Professional Development for Teachers

Westward Expansion: An Upper Plains Perspective One-day seminar Saturday, April 5 • 8:30 a.m.–2:15 p.m. Free, but registration is required Lunch will be provided America’s vision of westward expansion is a prominent feature of the...

Family Easter

It's Easter in Walnut Hill! Egg hunts and so much more ... Saturday, April 19 • 9 a.m.-noon Advance admission: $11 for ages 2+ ($10 for members), under 2 free Admission at the door: $12...

Fido on the Farms + Fun Run

We welcome dogs all season, but this is their special day! Saturday, May 3 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • All activities included with General Admission Bring your well-behaved pup to visit our farm sites, walk...

Decoration Day + Historic Baseball

Explore the origins and meaning of Memorial Day! Saturday, May 24 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All activities included with General Admission Memorial Day began in 1868 as a day called Decoration Day. More than 600,000...

Spring Homeschool Day

The perfect opportunity for families to learn together! Friday, May 30 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Discounted admission if you buy ahead • Free for members You and your children will have the opportunity to tour...

Circuit Court Day

Sit on an 1870s jury and render your verdict! Saturday, June 7 • All activities included with General Admission Lawyers, witnesses, judge, and court clerks, re-created by our historic interpreters in period clothing, will present...

Emancipation Day + Historic Baseball

Explore Black history in Iowa June 14 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All presentations and activities included with General Admission Although Iowa entered the Union as a free state in 1846, the Emancipation Proclamation issued in...

Pioneer Wedding

Here comes the bride ... but she's not dressed in white! Saturday, June 28 11:30 a.m. at the 1850 Pioneer Farm Please allow at least a half-hour for the tractor cart ride from the Visitor...

Independence Day + Historic Baseball

Celebrate July 4th the old-fashioned way! Friday, July 4 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. WE'RE OPEN RAIN OR SHINE! All activities included with General Admission Celebrate a historic Independence Day in the town of Walnut Hill....

Grain Harvest + Founder’s Day

Help us bring in this year's harvest! Saturday, July 26 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All activities included with General Admission Living History Farms’ original community event! Get your hands dirty and help our historic interpreters...

Fall Homeschool Day

The perfect opportunity for families to learn together! Friday, September 5 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Discounted admission if you buy ahead • Free for members You and your children will have the opportunity to tour...

Cast Iron Cook-Off

Cooks at four sites compete using surprise ingredients! Saturday, September 13 Cooking over an open fire, hearth, or wood stove is a challenge ... even more so when you have to improvise with surprise ingredients!...

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