Farmers' Museum - Cooperstown Museum

  • Address: Rte 80, Lake Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326
  • Phone: +1 888 547 1450
  • Website:www.farmersmuseum.org
Average Rating
4.5
3+ reviews
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Yelp
4.5
2+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel
5.0
1+ reviews
Farmers' Museum
Rte 80
Lake Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326

Farmers' Museum Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • 1845 village historic farmstead and ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • A visit to The Farmers' Museum enables you to explore our rural heritage. Turn ... more on Museum Stuff
  • Living history museum re-creates 19th-century rural life, complete with craftspeople demonstrating ... more on tripadvisor.com
  • Imagine turning the latch, opening the door and stepping over the threshold into another century. At The Farmers' Museum, every visit is a new adventure, determined ... more on farmersmuseum.org
  • The 10 acres on which this museum is set have been dedicated to farming in one way or another since the days of James Fenimore Cooper. Stone ... more on Fodor's

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4.0
Lots of fun

I took my 2-1/2 year daughter to the Farmer's Museum this past weekend. I haven't been there in almost 30 years, myself. The museum was wonderful! The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. The ... TravelingRich, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

4.0
Tara D. 's review

While in Cooperstown last summer for a week of baseball my mother and I took my ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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5.0
Two very nice museums within walking distance!

Great programs and events. The Fenimore Folk Art Museum is across the ... blackcatbooks, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

5.0
Alexandra T. 's review

The Farmers Museum should not be missed by ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

Directions

From Syracuse and Buffalo and Points West 1. Take I-90 east to Exit 30 at Herkimer. 2. Take Route 28 south to Cooperstown. 3. At the stop sign turn left onto State Highway 80 east/Chestnut Street. 4. Continue one block beyond the traffic light and turn le

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: $9
  • Collections: The collections at The Farmers' Museum number more than 23,000 items and run the gamut from butter molds to carriages. The collection of hand planes and other wood working tools in especially significant, as is the collection of plows. - Famous for the Cardiff Giant ..'America's Greatest Hoax,' this gypsum figure is presented in an exhibition tent that simulates the one first erected over the Giant in 1869.

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