CURRENT HOURS: Programs by reservation only from November through April

MEMBERS-ONLY EVENTS

These activities are free and are limited to Living History Farms members. For questions, please mail members@LHF.org. Not a member yet? Join today!


MEMBER HOLIDAYS

For ages 6 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Space is limited. Priority goes to first members to arrive at scheduled activity time. Be sure you’re wearing your gold Member admission sticker.

girl wearing easter hat

Family Easter

Easter Bonnets

Saturday, March 30 • Noon

Stick around after the public event and decorate your own “Easter bonnet” at the Visitor Center. Make it as fancy or as silly as you’d like. Special guest: The Easter Bunny!

2 photos - girl eating pie and kids waving flags in wagonIndependence Day

Pie Eating Contests

Thursday, July 4 • Times to be announced

Join us for a marvelously messy competition to see who can gobble down a slice of pie the fastest—no hands! Kid and adult categories. Location to be announced.

Ride in the Parade

Thursday, July 4 • 2:30 p.m.

Take a place of honor in the horse-drawn wagon for the procession from the Gazebo to the Baseball Field. Meet at the Gazebo to board the wagon. (Weather permitting.)

santa waving from wagon

Family Christmas

Wagon Ride with Santa

Saturday, December 7 • 11:30 a.m.

Get here a half-hour early for Family Christmas, and we’ll send you on a horse-drawn wagon ride around Walnut Hill with St. Nick himself! (Weather permitting.)


MEMBER MORNINGS

For ages 6 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Space is limited. First come, first served. Ask for your Member Mornings ticket when you check in at the Admissions desk.

kids in general storeStock the Shelves

Greteman General Store in Walnut Hill

Saturday, May 4 • 9:15 a.m.

Stock our store shelves with cans and bottles. Then go on a scavenger hunt to help our clerks find products to fill imaginary customer orders.

garden gate at 1850Garden Herbs

1850 Farm

Saturday, May 25 • 9:30 a.m.

Explore garden herbs while you help weed and plant the garden at the 1850 Pioneer Farm. Make sure you’re on the first tractor cart to the farm sites.

historic interpreter working pressInk the Press

Advocate Print Shop in Walnut Hill

Saturday, June 8 • 9:15 a.m.

Help our printer ink the job press to prepare for printing a patriotic handout for guests in celebration of Flag Day.

orange hen in nesting boxChicken Chores  CANCELED DUE TO CONCERNS OVER AVIAN INFLUENZA

1900 Farm

Saturday, July 20 • 9:30 a.m.

Help the staff at the 1900 Horse-Powered Farm feed chickens and hunt for fresh eggs. Make sure you’re on the first tractor cart, and ask to be dropped at the 1900 Farm.

girl scrubbing on washboardWash Day

Tangen Home in Walnut Hill

Saturday, August 10 • 9:15 a.m.

Help with an old-fashioned laundry day: Scrub clothes on a washboard, then hang them out to dry on the line.

slate, book, and inkwell on deskSchool Is in Session!

Schoolhouse in Walnut Hill

Saturday, September 21 • 9:15 a.m.

Experience an 1876-style lesson at the one-room Schoolhouse. Write on a slate and do drills at the blackboard.

smoke billowing from smokehouseLight the Fire

1850 Farm

Saturday, October 19 • 9:30 a.m.

Stack the woodpile, gather kindling, and learn how a pioneer family lit a fire for their smokehouse. Make sure you’re on the first tractor cart to the farm sites.

 

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