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Agricultural Maryland - Minnesota

  MD

  St Leonard

  Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum

  10115 Mackall Road

  St Leonard  MD   20685    

  Phone  410 586-8500

  Web Site http://www.jefpat.org/

  Toll Free  800 735-2238

  Alt Web http://www.calvert-county.com/patpk.htm

  Description  waterfront park with extensive archaeological sites, 1936 tenant farmer

                    complex, museum and visitor center, site of 1814 Battle of St Leonard

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Agricultural

  Building Type  Farm

  Kind of Activity  Living History

  Field of Study/Science Facility  Archaeology

  Group Identity  Native American

  New or Updated:  4/29/2007

 MD
  Upper Marlboro
  Billingsley House Museum
  6900 Green Landing Road
  Upper Marlboro     MD
  Phone    301 627-0730
  Web Site  http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/subsites/visitors/att_hist.htm-                    carousel
  Description      1740 brick plantation house, adjacent farm museum with antique farm                        equipment, all on 430 acres
  Type of Resource       House Museum
  Primary Focus    Agricultural
  Building Type    Plantation
  Industry /Profession     Farming
  Collection G-M      Machinery
  New or Updated:            11/23/2003

Maryland
Westminster
Carroll County Farm Museum
500 South Center Street
Westminster MD   21157
Phone
Web Site
Description farm house & activities on 182 acre farm
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural
Building Type Farm
Kind of Activity Living History
Research or  Library
Reading
Era 1852

Google

  Brewer

  Curran Homestead Living History & Farm Museum

  880 North Main Street

  Brewer  ME   04412    

  Phone  207 989-7468

  Web Site http://www.earlymaine.org/index.php?cat=13

  E-mail  mailto:joshcham@agate.net

  Alt Web http://www.bairnet.org/potw/Curran04/default.htm

  Description  AS OF MAY 2007, their web site is gone - are they? A museum in the

                    making -- a farm has been donated, but funds are being sought to

                    convert it to a living history museum

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Agricultural

  Kind of Activity  Living History

  Era  1890

  New or Updated:  5/11/2007

  ME
  Fryeburg
  Fryeburg Fair Farm Museum
  203 Main Street
  Fryeburg  ME  04037   
  Phone  207 935-3268
  Web Site  http://www.fryeburgfair.com/Museum/Museum.html
  Description  located on 150 year old fair grounds, relocated barn & schoolhouse feature demonstrations of traditional crafts
  Type of Resource  Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Agricultural
  Collection N-Z  Telephone
  Owner/Operator:  Fryeburg Fair Association
  New or Updated:  08/01/2003

  ME
  Littleton
  Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum
  1678 US Highway #1
  Littleton  ME  04730
  Phone   207 538-9300
  Web Site  http://www.oldplow.org/
  E-mail  mailto:info@oldplow.org
  Description  local farming and household items, models of a potato house, farm home,
  Type of Resource   Specialty Museum
  Primary Focus  Agriculture
  Building Type   Schoolhouse
  Industry /Profession Farming
  Collection G-M  Models
  Collection N-Z  Tools
  New or Updated:  7/14/2004

 

  ME

  Washburn

  Benjamin Wilder Farmstead Aroostook Ag Museum

  17 Main St

  Washburn  ME           04786    

  Phone   207 455-4339

  Web Site  http://www.visitaroostook.com/search/search_results_details.cfm?IDNum=63

  E-mail  mailto:smnbrkhs@mfx.net

  Alt Web  http://www.nylandermuseum.org/County-museums.htm

  Description  19th century farmstead with buildings and furnishings

  Type of Resource   Museum

  Primary Focus  Agricultural

  Building Type   Farm

  Industry /Profession Farming

  Collection G-M  Machinery

  Era  1870

  Owner/Operator:  Salmon Brook Historical Society

  New or Updated:              1/9/2006

  East Jordan

  Portside Art and Historical Museum

  Elm Pointe Estate

  01656 M-66 South

  East Jordan  MI  49727    

  Phone  231 536-2393

  Web Site http://www.portsideartsfair.org/histsoc.htm

  E-mail   mailto: portsideartsfair@hotmail.com

  Alt Web http://www.hsmichigan.org/eastjordan/portsideart.php

  Description  local history featuring lumbering andf agricultural past

  Type of Resource  Museum

  Primary Focus  Agricultural

  Field of Study/Science Facility  Genealogy

  Industry /Profession Logging

  Collection  Photography

  New or Updated:   8/22/2007

Michigan
Portage
Celery Flats Interpretive Center and Historical Archive
7335 Garden Lane
Portage MI   49002
Phone 616 329-4410
Web Site http://www.kalamazoomi.com/celery.htm
Alt Web http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikalama/celery.htm -PORTAGE%20BICENTENNIAL%20PARK
Description Historical Interpretive Center of celery farm, canoe & bicycle rentals, trail, theatre, amphitheatre, schoolhouse, grain elevator
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural
Kind of Activity Performance

Minnesota
St Paul
Gibbs Farm Museum
2097 Larpenteur Avenue W
St Paul MN   55113
Phone 651 646-8629
Web Site www.rchs.com/gbbsfm2.htm
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Agricultural
Building Type Farm

  MN
  Waseca
  Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center
  7367 360th Avenue
  Waseca           MN    56093    
  Phone   507 835-2052
  Web Site  http://www.farmamerica.org/
  Description  experiential learning with 1850s and 1930s farms, additional buildings
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Agricultural
  Kind of Activity   Living History
  Industry /Profession Farming
  New or Updated:   12/4/2003

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