Sleepy Hollow Trick-or-Treat Event for Kids at The Farmers Museum

Kids twelve and younger can trick-or-treat to a Legend of Sleepy Hollow theme in the museum’s country village.

Sleepy Hollow Trick-or-Treat

(for children 12 and under)

Saturday, October 29 from 1:00-4:00 pm

The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, NY

Admission is free for children (12 and under) and their parents or guardians - with any cash donation

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Cooperstown, New York — Bring the kids for trick-or-treating at The Farmers’ Museum and interact with characters from the hauntingly delightful tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The event takes place Saturday, October 29 from 1:00 – 4:00p.m. Parents and grandparents can watch the kids as they go door-to-door in the museum’s country village. They will also get a chance to meet and interact with Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman from Washington Irving’s classic tale. Dramatic readings of excerpts from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” will take place at 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15pm in the Schoolhouse. Admission is free for kids (12 and under) and their parents or guardians with any cash donation.

Sponsored in part by The Clark Foundation and Otsego County Government. The Farmers’ Museum is located at 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, N.Y., 13326. For more information, visit FarmersMuseum.org.

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.

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