Agriculture Memories Museum

We were created in 1997. We have over a 40 year collection of 45 horse-drawn carriages/sleighs, 50 gasoline engines, over 50 tractors/equipment, ag toys, signs, train display, and misc in the museum. The building is brimming full of agricultural history. Hours:We are open from June-October, Monday-Saturday, By Appointment, Sunday is 1pm-4pm. We are handicapped accessible, and can accommodate bus parking. Admission: Our admission cost is $4.00 for adults, $1.00 for children 2-12, and under 2 FREE Location: Agricultural Memories Museum, 1110 Townline Road, Penn Yann, NY Phone: (315)-536-1206

Bement-Billings Farmstead

Mr. Bement attended not only to farm work but also built a saw mill a grist mill, a blacksmith shop as well. In the 1820's the house was enlarged into a clapboard house with Federal moldings and proportions. When Asa'a son, William, gained possession of the home, it was enlarged once again, this time in the current neo-classical style, Greek Revival. William Billings gained possession of the property in 1899, and it was his granddaughter, Myrtie Louise Billings Hills who deeded the house and property to the Newark Valley Historical Society with the intention of transforming the house into a living history museum. The house was opened to the public in 1980 with many of the original colors, woodwork, and moldings in tact. The parlor has a painted floor cloth, and the rooms are furnished with antiques from the period of c. 1835. The open-hearth fireplace with its bee-hive oven is in working order. Costumed interpreters cook the old fashioned way while guided tours are given. The grounds of the farmstead also include a carriage barn, blacksmith shop, corn crib, privy, tool shed and woodworking shop. An English threshing barn is soon to be added to the collection. Hours: The museum is open weekends from July 5 to October 6, Noon - 4:00 PM. Admission: Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students (6-18) Location: The Bement-Billings Farmstead is located one mile north of the traffic light in Newark Valley, on Route 38. Take exit 64 from the Route 17 Expressway. Phone: (607) 642-9516 Website: http://www.tier.net/~nvhistory/farmdes.htm

The Cobblestone Society Museum

Three of the seven buildings at this National Historic Landmark house Farmers Hall, a harness shop and a blacksmith shop featuring 19th and early 20th century farm tools and implements, harness making artifacts, and iron work. The remaining buildings showcase cobblestone masonry popular from 1825 to 1860 as a decorative enhancement to Federal or Greek Revival structures. Location: Intersection of Routes 98 and 104 in the hamlet of Childs, two miles north of the village of Albion, the Orleans County Seat. Phone: 585-589-9013 or 585-589-9510 Website: www.cobblestonesocietymuseum.homestead.com/Files

Eastfield Village Great American Craftsmen

Eastfield is the creation and life work of Don Carpentier, who has been collecting and reconstructing the stuff of everyday life between 1787 and 1840 since 1958. Eastfield Village is a school of Historic Preservation and Historic Trades. It is opened to anyone who wishes to participate in the classes as a student, but is not opened to the general public on regular basis. There is a large craft fair each year and all of the public is invited. There are now more than 20 buildings. Location: Eastfield Village, East Nassau, New York. It is located about midway between Albany and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Phone: (508) 993-9578 Website: http://www.daats.com/gac/eastfield/eastfield.htmorwww.greatamericancraftsmen.org

Friends Of The Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum

Friends of the Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum is authorized by its mission statement to provide assistance in numerous ways in the operation of the Witter Agricultural Museum. The Museum is open during the New York State Fair each year for a twelve day run that begins on a Thursday and concludes on Labor Day with an attendance of nearly a million visitors. Location and potential visitor factors combine to provide a unique operational setting for the museum that is rarely found. The museum offers a wide variety of collections depicting New York State's rich agricultural heritage that includes, numerous tools, farm equipment and several fine demonstrations together with craft exhibits. A log cabin within the museum draws special attention by visitors. A nearby carriage museum adds an important aspect illustrating travel in days past. Location: NYS Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York Website:http://www.nysagsociety.org/friendsofwitter.htm

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Genesee Country Village & Museum is one of the nation's largest living history museums, with 68 historic structures from all around western New York. Its 19th-century village is filled with costumed villagers going about the essential tasks and trades that bring 1800s America to life. It also includes the 175-acre Genesee Country Nature Center, with five miles of interpreted trails, and the John L. Wehle Gallery of Wildlife and Sporting Art, home to the collection called by Wildlife Art Magazine "one of the finest in the world." Hours: The Genesee Country Village & Museum is open May - October from 10 a.m-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri. and until 5 p.m. weekends and every day from July - Labor Day. The museum is closed on Mondays except for holidays. The Genesee Country Nature Center is open weekends in November and December from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Nature Center is open January-October Tuesday-Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission:$12.95 for ages 17-61; $9.95 for ages 62+ or students with a valid ID; $7.70 for ages 4-16; free for ages 3 and under and for Genesee Country Village & Museum members. Day passes are good for two consecutive weekdays. Gallery-only admission: $5.50 adults, $4.50 seniors & students, $3.50 ages 4-16, free to children 3 and under, museum members and with general admission. Nature Center-only admission: adults, $3.50; seniors, $3; youth ages 4-16, $2.50; free to children 3 and under, museum members and with general admission. Location: 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford, N.Y., 20 miles southwest of Rochester and 45 miles east of Buffalo. Phone: (585)-538-6822 Web Address: www.geneseecountryvillage.org

Hanford Mills Museum

Explore America's industrial past. Situated in the northern Catskills, Hanford Mills Museum is a working saw and grist mill powered by a Fitz overshot waterwheel. The Museum also features tours of the John Hanford Farmstead and a gasoline powered engine and dynamo. Hours: The Museum is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, May 1- October 31. Admission: $6 for adults, $3 for children 6-12, and FREE for children under 6 and Hanford Mills Museum Members. Location: P.O. Box 99, East Meredith, NY 13757 Phone: (607) 278-5744 Website: http://www.hanfordmills.org/

Historic Richmond Town

Historic Richmond Town is New York City's living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present. Location: 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306 Phone: (718) 351-1611 Website:http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/index.html

Mabee Farm Historic Site

In a storybook setting of productive fields and a matchless Mohawk River landscape sits the Jan Mabee Farm - the oldest in the Mohawk Valley. The stone house was owned by the same family for nearly 300 years. Coupled with the Inn and Slave Quarters buildings, the site provides a memorable visual encounter with a former frontier outpost. Hours: The Mabee Farm is open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM from the first Tuesday in May until the last Saturday in September. It is open all year round by appointment. Location: The Farm is located at 1080 Main Street, Route 5S, Rotterdam Junction, NY 2.8 miles from NYS Thruway Exit 26 OR Exit 1A of I-89 Phone: 518-887-5073 Website: http://www.timesunion.com/communities/mabeefarm/

Museum Village

Today, more than 50 years later Museum Village still pursues its founder's vision of educating generations of Americans about the work and life of their ancestors. Through educational programs, hands-on-exhibits and special events Museum Village is dedicated to exploring and interpreting 19th century rural life as well as inspiring an appreciation for the evolution of industry and technology in America. Location: 1010 Route 17M, Monroe, NY 10950 Phone: 845-782-8248 Website: www.museumvillage.org

Old Bethpage Village

Old Bethpage Village Restoration was born in 1963, when Nassau County acquired the Powell property, a 165-acre farm located on the Nassau-Suffolk border. The acquisition of the land and the plan to develop a historic restoration were timely, for as the march of progress swept Long Island, irreplaceable landmarks were being destroyed at an alarming rate. Location: Round Swamp Road, Old Bethpage, NY 11804 Phone: (516) 572-8400 Website: www.oldbethpage.org

Rural Life Museum

This museum is dedicated to preserving local history and agricultural traditions. Annual Wheat Harvest Festival and parade presented the first Saturday in August. Hours: Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, weekends by appointment. Location: Route 34B, King Ferry Phone: 315/364-8202 Website: www.cayuganet.org/genoa.rural.life.museum

The Farmers Museum

Explore our 19th-century village and farmstead, interact with master artisans of the mid-1800s, visit our working farmstead with rare breeds of farm animals, and tour our heritage gardens. Location: PO Box 30, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.1450 or Toll-free: 888.547.1450 Website: www.farmersmuseum.org

Stone Mills Museum

The Stone Mills Museum with its Cheese Factory and other buildings and exhibits, are located on Route 180 in the Town of Orleans. They are maintained by the Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society. A large exhibit of farm machinery and other implements used in early farming in upstate New York State can be seen at the Museum. Many events are held there during the summer. Location: Route 180 LaFargeville NY, north of Watertown NY. Phone: 315-658-2353 Website: http://home.usadatanet.net/~agstonemills/

Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum

Step back in time to the turn of the century and life on the farm. See tools made from the 1800s to the 1940s, spanning the years of farming's greatest changes- from hand-held to horse-drawn tools, and later to tractor power. Hours: Open mid May - mid September. Group Guided Tours by Appointment. Admission: Free Admission, Donations Appreciated, Location: 6880 East Lake Road, Route 38A, Emerson Park, Auburn NY 13021 Phone: (315) 252-5009 Website: http://cayuganet.org/agmuseum/