Help us get Hanford Mills Museum ready for a new season! Clean-Up Day tasks will include spring cleaning in many of the Museum’s historic buildings, raking and preparing flower beds, moving objects, picking up litter along the road, and much more. Although we will have plenty of tools and work gloves, feel free to bring […]
Join Hanford Mills as we explore pollinators, native ecosystems, and agriculture during this Exploration Day. The day will include demonstrations of our water-powered gristmill and a hands-on planting activity. A morning guided bird walk by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will start the day before the museum opens. Full event details will be posted on […]
Explore the history of Delaware County’s dairy industry and celebrate National Ice Cream Month with Hanford Mills Museum! Visitors can enjoy free samples (while supplies last) of vanilla ice cream churned at the mill. Full event details will be posted on our event page.
Hanford Mills Museum's Education Coordinator Ryan Jones will speak as part of the Summer Sunday Series at the Swart-Wilcox House Museum in Oneonta. He will highlight examples of water as a gift of nature, from across New York State. His presentation will discuss both the history of water as a power source as well as […]
This Exploration Day features the Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree, and the museum will invite regional collectors of historic engines, tractors, doodlebugs, outboard motors, vehicles, and other machines to display their collections. Hanford Mills staff and volunteers will also display and demonstrate some of the historic engines and machinery that are part of our […]
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