Woodsmen's Festival at Hanford Mills Museum
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 10/14/2017
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The SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen’s Club, who compete throughout the Northeast, will use axes, saws, and chainsaws with speed and precision. The Club members will demonstrate cross-cut sawing, overhand and underhand chop, ax throwing, fire build, and other lumberjack skills.
The Woodsmen’s Festival celebrates the many ways people use and work with wood with exhibitors and demonstrations and forestry organizations. Throughout the day, the Museum will operating its water-powered sawmill, gristmill and woodworking shop, and visitors can see machines working just as they did a century ago.
“The first mill was built on this site in 1846,” says Museum executive director Liz Callahan. “For generations and generations, Hanford Mills supplied the community with lumber and wood products they needed for their homes, businesses, and farms. The Woodsmen’s Festival is a great time to celebrate this history, to demonstrate how we still use water power to run the Mills’ machines, and to highlight the work of today’s woodworkers, craftspeople, lumberjacks, and organizations that work to protect and enhance our forests.” She noted that Delaware County, where the Museum is located, has a national reputation for its spectacular foliage, so fall is an ideal time to visit Hanford Mills Museum.
Festival also offers live music, hands-on activities for kids, and food trucks.
Admission and Information
Children 12 and under are free. Admission for adults and teens is $9, for seniors, $7. AAA and other discounts available. Museum members receive free admission.
About Hanford Mills Museum
Hanford Mills Museum operates an authentic water- and steam-powered historic site. The mission of Hanford Mills Museum is to inspire audiences of all ages to explore connections among energy, technology, natural resources and entrepreneurship in rural communities with a focus on sustainable choices. The Museum, which is listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places, is open Wednesdays through Sundays, May 17 through October 15.
Hanford Mills Museum is located at 51 County Highway 12 in East Meredith, at the intersection of Delaware County Routes 10 & 12, just 10 miles from Oneonta, and 15 miles from Delhi. For more information, visit www.hanfordmills.org or call 607.278.5744.
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