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For the 2010 season, Hale Farm & Village has a full slate of educational, interpretive and special programming. Regular hours in which Hale is open to the general public run from early June through October. From February through December, Hale is open to educational groups for students Pre-K through high school, to participate in program encompassing history, math, science, social studies and more. Hale Farm & Village closes every January for regularly scheduled maintenance.
August 19 & 28
This summer, leave the car and take a ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad to Hale Farm & Village in Bath, Ohio. This leisurely experience will take you back through the centuries to the time when the Cuyahoga Valley was just being settled and farmed. The guided tour will include a look at Hale Farm & Village's historically recreated gardens including the pioneer garden, kitchen garden, dye garden, herb garden and spectacular ornamental garden that features 19th century heirloom varieties of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and trees. You will learn about how clever and resourceful these early setters were and how crucial their crops were to sustaining early life in this part of the country. The tour will also spend time at Great Lakes Brewing Company's "Pint Size Farm". Nestled in the heart of Hale Farm & Village, Pint Size Farm provides fresh organic produce for the brewing company's restaurant. Learn about historic gardening techniques from Hale Farm & Village staff and hear how Great Lakes Brewing Company's organic gardener applies old and new gardening methods to this 21st century garden.
Tickets include a train ride to Hale Farm & Village, a boxed lunch and guided tours of the museum's historic gardnes and Great Lakes Brewing Company's Pint Size Farm. For reservations go to www.cvsr.com.
August 27 & 28
September 10 & 11, 17 & 18, 24 & 25
6:00 pm
A pioneer-era dining experience by candlelight in the Hale Farm Log Cabin. Space limited; Reservations required. $60 for WRHS Members, $65 for Non-Members. 330-666-3711.
Made in Ohio, Craft Fair at Hale Farm & Village
September 4
Hale Farm & Village is hosting the 1st Annual Craft Fair on September 4, 2010. More>
Hours are 10am-5pm.
Admission is $5 adults/seniors. $5 children (age 3-12).
Western Reserve Historical Society Members and children 2 & under are FREE.
Group rates available for parties of 15 people or more.
September 11
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Hale Farm & Village
As 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Hale Farm & Village issues the call to children and adults to enlist and go behind the scenes with men and women and learn about how reenactors fight the Civil War. Regular admission rates apply.
September 11
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Hale Farm & Village
Supper with a Soldier presents Hale Farm-made Bean Soup, Cornbread, Fried Chicken, Vegetables, Gingerbread, and Applesauce Cookies. Reservations required: $18
non-members; $15 members, and includes admission to The Civil War Call to Arms (see above).
Call 330-666-3711 or email halereservations@wrhs.org.
University Circle Complex
10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland
5:00 pm: Refreshments
5:30 pm: Program
Member Invitational
RSVP required: kfleischman@wrhs.org
October 9 & 10
There is no better time to fall in love with Hale than at the Harvest Festival. This is a great weekend to enjoy the beauty of the Cuyahoga Valley with your family; Hale Farm style. Pumpkin carving, hay rides, giant hay piles, pumpkin painting, apple butter and apple cider are just a few of the unique fall experiences at the Farm this weekend.
Hours are 10am-5pm.
Admission is $10 adults/seniors. $5 children (age 3-12).
Western Reserve Historical Society Members and children 2 & under are FREE.
Group rates available for parties of 15 people or more.
9:00 am to Noon
October 23
Hale Farm & Village
This is a “how to” History Day Project Workshop for parents, home school parents, and teachers. Free.
October 30
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A Hale Farm tradition returns with a Historic Halloween celebration in the Village. Put on a costume and trick-or-treat right at the Farm. Admission is $10 per person and $5 for WRHS members.
October 16 & 17, 23 & 24
Hale Farm’s original farmhouse supper! One part culinary workshop, one part Museum Theatre, with a twist of the 19th century – a Civil War Era dining experience by lamplight in a charming historic house. Space limited; Reservations required. $60 for WRHS Members, $65 for Non-Members. 330-666-3711.
November 5 & 6, 12 & 13
Experience dining during the Victorian era in a charming historic house. Join the “residents” of Hale Farm & Village for a culinary experience in 1896. Space limited; Reservations required. $60 for WRHS Members, $65 for Non-Members. 330-666-3711.
November 20
6:00 pm
Feast on history at the Annual Civil War Era Harvest Meal in the Hale Farm & Village Visitor Center. Hale Farm & Village interprets the Civil War Era, including the food, customs and lifestyles that defined the times. The Harvest Meal is a culinary presentation with turkey, mashed potatoes/gravy, dressing, corn casserole, green beans with bacon, cranberry-walnut orange salad, 7 layer salad, sauerkraut, Jonathan Hale apple bread, pumpkin roll, festive cookies and apple crisp. Activities include storytelling, historic holiday tradition vignettes, and caroling. Suggested attire is holiday casual or Civil War-era costume.
For ticket prices and reservations call 330-666-3711.
Admission for the Harvest Meal is:
$25 for Adult WRHS Members, $35 for Adult non-members, $15 for children (3-12) and age 2 & under is free.
Group rates are available for 15 or more people.
November 26 and 27
December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17-22
The holiday tradition continues at Hale Farm & Village with the annual Lantern Tours. This 90-minute, lantern-lit journey is the best way to see, hear and smell the holidays as experienced in the 19th-century. Visitors embark on an evening stroll through the village where it is Christmas Eve, 1864. Here they enter the homes clustered around the village green to gain insight into holiday celebrations from a variety of village residents, drawing on their varying heritage and family traditions to celebrate the Christmas holiday despite the country’s Civil War plight.
Lantern Tours depart every 20 minutes beginning at 6:00 pm (last tour at 8:20pm). Every effort is made to present the Lantern Tours as described; however, the tours are subject to change without prior notice. Lantern Tours are an indoor/outdoor activity. Guests are asked to dress for the weather. Reservations are required. For ticket availability and reservations call 330-666-3711. Admission is: $15 for WRHS Members, $18 for non-members. Group rates are available for 15 or more people.
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