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New Hampshire Farm Museum Calendar 2013
Programs are subject to change, please check back here for updates.
For more information, call: 603-652-7840 or email: info@farmmuseum.org.
Museum open Wednesday thru Sunday 10 am – 5 pm mid-June thru mid-October, weekends to mid-November.
Admission $7 adult, $4 child ages 4-17 yrs, members free general admission and most events.
May 4th 4-H Introductory Meeting 1:00 – 2:00 pm at the NH Farm Museum.
Calling all interested in joining 4-H at the NH Farm Museum! This will be a farm focused 4-H open to children ages 8 yrs to 15 yrs. Children will learn about all aspects of the farm. 4-H meets twice per month throughout the year with all sorts of fun farm & garden activities.
May 18th Spring Farm Day Market, Plant Sale & Farm Day Activities, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Celebrate Spring on the Farm w/ farm animals, planting activities, and a dance around the Maypole. Enjoy our Spring Market w/ homemade crafts, plants, baked goods and organic seedling sale which is open to the public free of charge from 10 am to 2 pm. Spring Farm Day events include historic farmhouse tours, horse-drawn wagon rides, farm tours, spinning wool and demonstrations of traditional crafts. Kids can make a paper pot and plant a seed to take home and help us plant our children's garden. Learn about making spring tonics in the morning followed by butter making in the afternoon. There is no charge to visit the Spring Market but there is admission to museum & Farm Day activities $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
May 25th - June 15th Open Weekends, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
June 1st Volunteer Orientation & Training, Saturday 9:30 am - 11:30 am
All volunteers new and old are invited to attend to find out the latest and learn all about upcoming programs. We will start with information, updates and coffee and then have farm tour training at 10:30 am followed by farmhouse tour training. Open to new and experienced volunteers.
June 19th CSA pick-up begins, and museum opens full season, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
June 22nd New Hampshire Dairy Day, Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Barn tours, cows, NH cheese tasting, butter making, horse-drawn wagon rides, haymaking and historic farm house tours. Free ice cream donated by Lone Oak Ice Cream served at 12 noon until it runs out. Admission $7 adult, $4 child/ members free
June 30th NH Farm Museum Annual Meeting & Pot-Luck Supper, Sunday 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
July 4th The Fourth on the Farm, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join us for home made strawberry shortcake, patriotic music, farm animals, old-fashioned games and living history farmhouse tours. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
July 8th - 12th Farm Adventures Day Camp for kids ages 7-11 years, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come to camp and experience life on the farm. Children love collecting eggs, washing the pig, and helping to herd the sheep and turkeys. We will make farm journals to keep track of our farm adventures through the week. We will focus on a different animal each day and work on planting and harvesting in the children's garden. We will explore the woods and play an assortment of farm games, learn to make butter and card and spin wool. We will learn songs and old farm stories and perform skits for our parents at the end of the week.
Registration required: $165/$150 members
July 11th Stories on the Farm begins, held every Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am in July & August
Join us for a great farm story followed by a related farm activity and visits with the farm animals. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
July 13th 14th Children's Days on the Farm, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
As much fun as kids can have on a farm! Horse-drawn wagon rides, farm animals, farm stories & old-fashioned games, kids blueberry pie eating contest, fun barn hunts, making scarecrows and much more. On Saturday The Little Red Wagon Theatre of UNH performs Into the Grim at 1:00 pm ! A Hansel & Gretel game show, a Red Riding Hood interrogation, and Three Little property developing Pigs are just some of the interpretations you'll see as you step "Into the Grimm "Into the Grimm" weaves its way through stories you know, in ways you've never imagined them. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
July 20th NH Farm Museum Cookbook Committee Ice Cream Social, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cayenne chocolate, Maple w/ salted pecan, Buttermilk w/strawberries - These are just a few of the ice creams we will serve at our ice cream social to benefit the publishing of our new NH Farm Museum Cookbook. So join us under the tent to taste at least ten kinds of ice cream and all sorts of toppings, enjoy some music and bid on a few great silent auction items.
Benefit event: $10 per person
August 1st Stories on the Farm Continues, held every Thursday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am in July & August
Join us for a great farm story followed by a related farm activity and visits with the farm animals. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
August 5th - 9th Farm Adventures Day Camp for kids ages 7-11 years, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come to camp and experience life on the farm. Children love collecting eggs, washing the pig, and helping to herd the sheep and turkeys. We will make farm journals to keep track of our farm adventures through the week. We will focus on a different animal each day and work on planting and harvesting in the children's garden. We will explore the woods and play an assortment of farm games, learn to make butter and card and spin wool. We will learn songs and old farm stories and perform skits for our parents at the end of the week.
Registration required: $165/$150 members.
August 12th - 16th Farm Girls Day Camp for girls ages 10-13 years, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Join us for a fun week for girls who love farms and farm animals. We will learn all about the different farm animals and planting and harvesting in the garden. We will make journals to keep track of our crafts and adventures through the week. We will explore the farm forest and make leaf prints and press flowers for our journals. We will dry herbs, vegetables and fruits, learn to make jam and butter and bake bread. We will help feed and water the animals each day. We will make candles, card wool and weave and bring home memories that will be shared for days to come. Registration required: $165/$150 members.
August 24th & 25th Old Time Farm Days, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Demonstrations of traditional crafts, blacksmithing, rock splitting, spinning and more plus horse-drawn wagon rides, historic farm house tours. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
August 29th Last Taste of Summer Heirloom Tomato Tasting Party, w/ Organic Farm & Garden Tours,
Thursday 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
September 21st Vintage Baseball Game - Granite Vintage Baseball Club vs. The Melrose Pondfelders
September 22nd The Great NH Pie Festival, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
If you like pie, this one's for you! Eat pie of all sorts from New Hampshire's best bakers and bakeries. Enter your pie in our famous pie contest and win a great prize. Enjoy pie-making demonstrations, a kids pie eating contest, horse-drawn wagon rides, music and guided tours of the historic Jones farmhouse. Event admission: $10 adult, $5 child, Museum members $6/$3, or bring a pie for the contest and get in free.
October 5th Farm Harvest Day, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Celebrate the Harvest with us and visit our Harvest Market open until 2 pm. Enjoy Farm Museum harvest activities such as pressing apples to make cider, shelling dry beans, winnowing, and digging up carrots and potatoes in the children's garden. We will read the story of Stone Soup and then make our own for everyone to taste. Join us for farmhouse tours, horse-drawn wagon rides, demonstrations of traditional crafts and visits with farm animals. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
October 19th & 26th Pumpkin Parties, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Pick out a farm-grown pumpkin and carve it or paint it at our carving station. Enjoy farm animal tours, wagon rides, pumpkin stories and games for kids. Roast pumpkin seeds and popcorn over the campfire and learn to make a pumpkin pie. A free pumpkin included with each paid admission. Admission $7 adult, $4 child. Museum members get in free.
November 17th Annual NH Wine & Cheese Tasting for Museum Members & Guests, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Taste the best of New Hampshire made wine and artisan cheeses from local farms at this annual event for museum members and their guests. You can also bid on some great silent auction items and help support the Museum. Event held at the Plummer Homestead. Suggested donation $15 per person.
November 23rd An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving on the Farm, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
New Hampshire has a special connection to Thanksgiving, as it was our own Sarah Josepha Hale, born on a farm in Newport, NH, who after many years of letter writing, persuaded President Lincoln to declare the fourth Thursday in November a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1863, thereby establishing the National Holiday. So come for homemade pumpkin pie, horse-drawn wagon rides through the fields, visits with the farm animals, popcorn over the campfire and special living history farmhouse tours with costumed role-players. Admission $10 adult, $5 child, Museum members $6 / $3.
December 14th Christmas on the Farm, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tour the beautifully decorated historic Jones Farmhouse with costumed role players and experience the wonder of a Victorian Christmas. Enjoy a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon ride through the fields, depending on the weather. Make a hand-dipped Christmas candle to take home, roast chestnuts over an open fire, and partake of gingerbread and hot cider in the farmhouse kitchen. Explore the barns and meet the farm animals. Admission $10 adult, $5 child, Museum members $6 / $3.
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