Blacksmithing Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum September 28 & 29

Blacksmithing Weekend
Saturday and Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2024 • 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. at The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Included with regular admission: $17.50 adults (13-64), $12.50 seniors (65+), $10 juniors (7-12), and FREE for kids 6 and under, (Go to farmersmuseum.org/free to see all free admission options.) Tickets available at the door on the day of the event.

COOPERSTOWN, NY — Blacksmithing Weekend returns to The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Visitors will find a variety of demonstrations, exhibits, vendors, and hands-on activities featuring resident and visiting blacksmiths. Take part in a guided tour of the Tradesman’s Tool Chest exhibit or a scavenger hunt to find evidence of forged items throughout the museum’s historic buildings. There’s also an activity area, displays of tools, books and more.

New this year!

New this year are guided tours of The Tradesman’s Tool Chest exhibit (11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.). Originally designed to showcase the museum’s extensive tool collection, this exhibit depicts the various trades that were vital in rural life during the 19th century. In addition to the Blacksmith, a number of other tradesmen worked metal into products required by New Yorkers in the 1800’s. Specialized skills were used to cast iron stove parts and hardware, craft sheet metal household utensils, and forge and cut nails and files.

In the Main Barn, see The Buzz About Pollinators, an interactive exhibit all about bees and the many other insects and organisms like them that help make farming possible.

Entry to the event is included with museum admission: $17.50 adults (13-64), $12.50 seniors (65+), $10 juniors (7-12), children 6 and younger and museum members are free. Purchase tickets at the museum on the day of the event. Free museum admission is also available for those receiving SNAP benefits (up to 4 people) with the presentation of a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Find out about all of the museum’s free admission offers at FarmersMuseum.org/free.

Visit Fenimore Art Museum on the same day–located just across the street. Get two great museums for one low price when you purchase a two-way ticket. Tickets can be purchased at the admissions desk of either museum. Visit FenimoreArt.org for current exhibition information.

For more information, please visit FarmersMuseum.org. The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, N.Y., 13326.

About The Farmers’ Museum

As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative exhibits. The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, a recreated historic village circa 1845, the Empire State Carousel, and a working farmstead. Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers’ Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, and hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region. Visit FarmersMuseum.org.