Page Farm & Home Museum

Pathways to the Past: A Heritage Day Camp
For ages 6-12
One Session: June 2010
8:30 a.m. registration
12:30 p.m. sign out
Highlights:
- Folk Arts activities
- Children help prepare their own healthy snack each day
A unique and fun way to introduce your children to the past

Open Farm Day: 07/25/2010; On Sunday, July 25, 2010, over 100 farms throughout Maine will open to the public. Visit a farm and see what farm life is all about. Watch farm activities and demonstrations from milking to felting; pet farm animals, pick berries, tour a barn or go on a hayride. There will be farm-raised products for sale, displays to see and samples to taste. For a complete listing of participating farms, go to: www.getrealmaine.com/
Farm Museums will be open to the public, too on Open Farm Day. One is the Page Farm and Home Museum located in the last original agricultural building on the University of Maine campus. The museum houses an ever-growing collection of farm implements and household items. Equipment and vehicles having to do with everything from clearing land to harvesting and storing crops are displayed. Some of the many exhibits include Early American Decoration, Lumbering, 4-H and Ice Harvesting. There is a blacksmith shop, a one-room schoolhouse, carriage house and heirloom vegetable and herb gardens. On Open Farm Day there will be tours of the museum, grounds and field day activities after noon. Activities will include a Blacksmithing demonstration, heritage garden tours, and ice cream making demo and taste tests, field games for children & adults. There will be a potluck picnic at noon. Check out our new wood carving exhibit. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Ongoing: The Page Farm and Home Museum Fiber Friends. This group of spinners, knitters, quilters, and handworkers of all kinds meets at the Museum every Friday afternoon and on the fourth Saturday of each month to celebrate and carry on needle arts traditions. All fiber enthusiasts are welcome to attend.

Brown Bag Lunch Programs: The monthly Brown Bag Lunch programs engage presenters and attendees in informal opportunities designed to expand awareness and understanding of Maine's rural past, present, and future. During this fiscal year, we are fortunate to have gained the financial support of several commercial sponsors whose contributions defray costs associated with the events. These sponsors are Pat's Pizza of Orono, Foxcroft Veterinary Clinic, Griffin and Jordan, Attorneys at Law, and Tilton's Auction House.

Wreathmaking Workshop: 11/27/2010 at 11:00AM to 1:00PM; The Page Farm and Home Museum will hold its annual wreath-making workshop on November 27 from 11-1 AM offering participants an opportunity to enjoy a hands-on start to the holiday season. The cost is 15.00 and includes instruction and all materials to complete one wreath. To register call 581-4100

Wreathmaking Workshop: 11/27/2010 at 2:00PM to 4:00PM; The Page Farm and Home Museum will hold its annual wreath-making workshop on November 27 from 2-4 PM offering participants an opportunity to enjoy a hands-on start to the holiday season. The cost is 15.00 and includes instruction and all materials to complete one wreath.

Wreathmaking Workshop: 12/01/2010 at 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM; The cost is 15.00 and includes instruction and all materials to complete one wreath.

Wreathmaking Workshop: 12/02/2010 at 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM; The cost is 15.00 and includes instruction and all materials to complete one wreath.

Holiday Party: 12/03/2010 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM; Trim the tree, sing carols, make ornaments, decorate holiday cookies. We will have refreshments. All University and community members are invited. Visit the gift shop while you are here.

Holiday Shoppe: 12/04/2010 at 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM; Just in time for the holiday season, the old-fashioned shoppe brings together 22 Maine crafters and artisans to display and offer their unique goods for sale. The event is free and open to the public, with plenty of free parking, says museum director Patricia Henner. Among this year’s shoppe offerings are maple sugar products from Freyenhagen Family Farm, wholesome breads from Daily Bread, in addition to items hand-knitted and felted by the Friday Fiber Friends, along with wreaths, reproduction toys, woven rugs, and handcrafted soaps and jewelry. Edibles such as fresh cow and goat cheeses from Olde Oak Farm in Orono will be available for purchase. Black Dinah Chocolatiers of Isle au Haut will be selling scrumptious hand-crafted chocolates. Those who attend are sure to discover wonderful gift ideas, as well as Maine’s thriving community of crafters. Good tidings and cheer will also be present. More information is available by calling the Page Farm and Home Museum at (207) 581-4100. The farm and home museum Web site (www.umaine.edu/pagefarm) also has details about its many public outreach programs for young and old.