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 […]

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 […]

Hanford Mills will highlight the importance of trees and forests as we showcase the talents of local woodcrafters and foresters. Museum staff will demonstrate how we process logs into finished products in our mill, and we will also invite exhibitors to showcase their skills in working with wood and exploring the outdoors. Full event details […]

Time: 7 hours, plus ½ hour for lunch Cost: $125 per student Registration: contact Ryan Jones at [email protected], 607-278-5744 x205 Each student will have a chance to learn the basics of operating a coal powered forge including how to start a fire. Before the students are allowed to forge, the instructor will go over basic safety […]