The Farmers Museum Postpones Tractor Fest In Favor of Its Celebration of Autumn Event

The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown has canceled its fall event, Tractor Fest, originally scheduled for October 9-10. In its place, the museum is encouraging the public to visit on weekends through October 11 to experience its ongoing seasonal event Celebration of Autumn (visit FarmersMuseum.org for more information). Tractor Fest, which attracts upwards of 2,500 visitors, will return in 2022 when the issue of indoor crowding ceases to pose any potential COVID-related public health risks. 

The Farmers' Museum remains open to the public through October 31, when it closes for the season. Events such as Thanksgiving at The Farm and Holiday Lantern Tours are still scheduled to take place later in the 2021.

Hours: Through October 11 (open daily, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) and October 12-31: (open Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., closed Mondays). Please visit FarmersMuseum.org for ticket prices and additional information.

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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