Fun at the Lost Catskill Farm

Fun at the Lost Catskill Farm!

Sunday, June 6, 2 to 4 p.m.. at the Time and the Valleys Museum

A fun filled afternoon for the whole family!  Fun at the Lost Catskill Farm will be held on Sunday, June 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Time and the Valleys Museum on St. Rt. 55 in Grahamsville, Sullivan County. This unique 1930s Lost Catskill Farm includes a reconstructed early barn, outhouse, farm house, milk house, electric plant and shop with working waterwheel, all with digital interactives, games, puzzles and activities for all ages.

Held rain or shine, activities include guided tours, quilting demonstration, old fashioned games LIVE ANIMALS and more. Visitors will go back in time to dairy farming in the 1930s, and see how different life was, not so long ago.

The cost for this fun filled afternoon is $5 adults and $2 children under 16 and Museum Members free. For more information, please call 845 985-7700, email info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org or go to www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

About the Time and the Valleys Museum:  Connecting Water People and the Catskills, the Museum is open weekends Memorial Day to Labor Day, noon to 4 p.m.. Located at 332 Main Street in Grahamsville (St. Rt. 55), Sullivan County, admission for adults is a suggested donation of $5, children under 16 $2, and children under six are free.

Museum exhibitions are interactive and both fun and educational for all ages: 

• Water and the Valleys, an exhibit on the history of the Rondout and Neversink watershed area from early geological times to the 20^th century. This exhibition includes interactives such as a Native American artifact guessing game, grinding corn with a mortar and pestle, videos and more.
• Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water and the Rondout-Neversink Story, an interactive exhibit on NYC water supply system and the towns that were removed to build the system, which includes computer interactives, games, puzzles, videos and building a dam and tunnel.
• 1930s Lost Catskill Farm, a farmhouse, outhouse, barn, electric plant, milk house and working waterwheel help visitors experience life in the 1930s through displays, videos, games and hands on activities.
• New!  One Teacher, Eight Grades, One Room an exhibition on one room schools in the Tri-Valley area.

The Time and the Valleys Museum is proud to be a Blue Star Museum, a collaboration between the National Endowment of the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and over 1,500 museums across America to provide free admission to active duty military members (with ID) and up to five family members.  This free admission for members of the military and their families runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

For more information call 845 985-7700, e-mail info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org or visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org. To schedule a group tour for children or adults, please call 845-985-7700.