GRAHAMSVILLE, NY (April 23, 2012) – Time and the Valleys Museum opens for the season on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Located at 332 Main Street (State Route 55) in Grahamsville, the facility includes three floors of exhibitions on the history of the Rondout and Neversink watershed areas:
Impact of Water on the Life and the Growth of the Valleys
The Rondout and Neversink Watersheds: Before, During and After
The Family Farm: 1920 to 1950
The Family Farm: 1920 to 1950, is a new temporary exhibit which celebrates and documents the hard work and determination it took to operate a family farm in the first half of the 20th century.
Visitor to the exhibition will see the tools and equipment used on the farm, learn about the types of activities, including planting and harvesting crops, caring for and milking cows, butter churning and food preservation; and experience a recreated “farmhouse kitchen” with coal stove, International Harvester Refrigerator and old fashioned wringer washing machine.
Also on view is a photo exhibition of Barns and Farm Buildings in the Town of Neversink by photographer LaVerne Black.
To celebrate the opening, an Ice Cream Social will on held on Saturday, May 5 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. for all Museum visitors. Adults admission is $2, Children under 16 $1, and children under six are free.
The Museum also has a local history-research center, which is open Thursday and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and a museum shop carrying local history books, crafts by local artisans, toys and unique gifts. The Museum is open Thursday through Sunday, Noon to 4:00 p.m..
The Time and the Valleys Museum is a living and interactive resource that preserves the past, educates the present and ensures the uniqueness of the Rondout and Neversink watersheds for all generations. For additional information on the Museum please call us at 985-7700 or go online at www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.
Looks good. I am going to offer them my librarian/archivist experience. I love to work with historical documents.
bob d.
Grahamsville