This week marked the start of the summer historical interpretation season down at the farmstead. Each year we open the house and the other farm buildings up for tours led by our staff and volunteers. Unlike static museums with displays behind glass, our tools and equipment are used in demonstrations so that the visitors get to see first hand how the jobs used to be done. Now, I know that artifacts and dwellings like the house are inanimate but sometime I like to imagine what they might say if they could speak and remember. As the 110 year old threshing machine fires up, when the wood stove warms the kitchen and as children laugh and play again in the old house history comes alive. If these items could feel, they might think of how nice it is to once again being needed and relevant and contributing to the actions of the day.
The farm is open everyday with the house tours from 10-3.
