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Help us bring in this year’s harvest! This is Living History Farms’ original community event. Get your hands dirty and help our historic interpreters thresh grain using methods from centuries… Read the full story »

Join us for a day of family fun celebrating apple harvest season! Visit our historic sites to see how past cooks would prepare and serve apple treats, such as apple… Read the full story »

It’s time to elect a mayor of Walnut Hill! Learn how elections were held in 1876—including who could and couldn’t vote, and what issues were important to people of the… Read the full story »

Celebrate a historic Independence Day in the town of Walnut Hill. 1876 marks the first centennial of the United States, and Living History Farms’ Independence Day truly shows what this… Read the full story »

You are cordially invited to a wedding at the 1850 Pioneer Farm! Historic interpreters will re-create a pioneer ceremony. Come and compare the modern process to the necessities of life… Read the full story »

Explore the Black experience in Iowa’s history! Gain a better understanding of the legacy and hope of emancipation and explore the Black experience in Iowa from early farmsteads through the… Read the full story »

We welcome dogs to the museum all season, but this is their special day! Bring your well-behaved pup to visit our farm sites, walk the trail, and tour the 1876… Read the full story »

We welcome dogs to the museum all season, but this is their special day! Bring your well-behaved pup to visit our farm sites, walk the trail, and tour the 1876… Read the full story »

Join the 1876 town of Walnut Hill in celebrating Easter with traditional holiday activities with an old-fashioned flair. There will be ongoing egg hunts (for toddlers to 12-year-olds, divided by… Read the full story »