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News from Garfield Farm |
It's not too late to sign your child up for Garfield
Farm Museum's upcoming Farm Camps. The museum still has openings
for both sessions. The camps give children ages 8 to 11 years old a
chance to discover what life was like back in the 1840s. The first
session runs from Tuesday, July 6th thru Thursday, July 8th and the
second runs from Tuesday, July 20th thru Thursday, July 22nd. Both
sessions start at 9am and end at noon each day.
In the mid 1800s, most Americans lived on farms and
everyone was needed to help with the daily chores and farm operations.
Children were considered a valuable source of labor and would be
expected to help out whenever needed. Farming was hard work and
families had to make do without many of the simple things that we take
for granted today, like electricity and running water.
During the camps, children will experience farm life
through guided tours of the museum's historic barns and 1846 brick inn.
They will begin each day by helping to feed the museum's farm animals.
The children will also take part in hands-on activities and witness
demonstrations of everyday activities from the mid 19th century, such
as corn shelling, wheat flailing, and scrubbing laundry.
For registration information, contact the museum at
(630) 584-8485 or info@garfieldfarm.org. The cost is $75 per session.
Proceeds from the camp will go to further the museum's educational
programming.
Garfield Farm Museum is a 370 acre historically
intact former 1840s prairie farmstead and teamster inn that volunteers
and donors are preserving as an 1840‚s living history museum. The
museum is located 5 miles west of Geneva, Illinois off ILL Route 38 on
Garfield Road.