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Daily Farm Programs

Visit the two living history farms that showcase the development of Littleton from its early settlement in the 1860s through the 1890s. The historical interpreters demonstrate skills required to maintain a farm and how early settlers lived, worked, and played on the Front Range.

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1860s Farm

Date	Activities
Tuesday 11/21	10:00am -12:00pm: Visit our schoolmaster in Littleton’s first schoolhouse and find out what kids were learning 157 years ago. 10:000am – 1:00pm: Learn about our flock of churro and merino sheep and discover how their fleece becomes warm fabric. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: 1860s Cabin Closed.
Wednesday 11/22	10:00am – 1:00pm: See how quilts were made by hand in the 1860s Cabin. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn how clothing was made and mended in the 19th century in the 1860s Cabin.
Thursday 11/23	9:00am -5:00pm: MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Friday 11/24	9:00am -5:00pm: MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Saturday 11/25	10:00am – 12:00pm: Learn about sunbonnets, their purpose for pioneer women, and see how they were made. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn about sunbonnets, their purpose for pioneer women, and see how they were made.
Sunday 11/26	11:00pm – 1:00pm: Learn how children in the 1860s were taught penmanship and try your hand at it in the Log Schoolhouse 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn how children in the 1860s were taught penmanship and try your hand at it in the Log Schoolhouse

1890s Farm

Date	Activities
Tuesday 11/21	9:00am - 1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the job of a blacksmith on a farm. 10:00am – 12:00pm: See how wool yarn was knit into warm winter clothing in the 1890s Farmhouse. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: See how wool yarn was knit into warm winter clothing in the 1890s Farmhouse.
Wednesday 11/22	9:00am - 1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the job of a blacksmith on a farm. 10:00am – 2:00pm: Learn about how people in the 1890s prepared for Thanksgiving and what recipes they would have made. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn about how people in the 1890s prepared for Thanksgiving and what recipes they would have made.
Thursday 11/23	9:00am -5:00pm: MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Friday 11/24	9:00am -5:00pm: MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Saturday 11/25	9:00am - 1:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the job of a blacksmith on a farm. 10:00am – 12:00pm: Learn some 1890s recipes and see how they were prepared on a wood-burning stove. 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Learn some 1890s recipes and see how they were prepared on a wood-burning stove.
Sunday 11/26	12:00pm - 4:00pm: See our blacksmith at work at the forge and learn about the importance of his job on a farm. 11:00am – 1:00pm: See how wool yarn was knit into warm winter clothing in the 1890s Farmhouse. 2:00pm – 4:00pm: See how wool yarn was knit into warm winter clothing in the 1890s Farmhouse.