Three-year-old Kacey tries her hand at the lasso. (Credit: Cyndi Zaweski)
The annual Country Fair drew big crowds to Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead Saturday for an afternoon of old-fashioned family fun.
The North Fork tradition celebrates the region’s rich folk arts and agricultural heritage with craft demonstrations and more than 50 artisan vendors selling handmade items such as jewelry, jams and jellies, candles, hand knit pieces, and more. READ
The Hallockville Museum Farm will be presenting a new exhibit called “A Family’s Attic: Treasures Saved by Six Generations of Women,” showcasing items from the history of four prominent Sound Avenue families: Hallock, Wells, Young and Terry. (more…)
My name is Herb Strobel. I’m the executive director here at Hallockville Museum Farm. We are a not-for-profit. We have a mission of reconnecting the community with our shared agricultural and rural heritage. Here at least on the North Fork, and arguably a good part of the East End, we still maintain some of that rural and agricultural character. And so I can’t think of a better place here locally than Hallockville for people to reconnect with that heritage.
At 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, a construction crew descended on Hallockville Museum Farm in Northville like clockwork, installing new columns on the Hallock Homestead’s front facade. But instead of hard hats and overalls, the 13 men wore flannel button-down shirts and khakis. Some sported caps proudly declaring their service in World War II.
Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file)
The Hallockville homestead is celebrating its 250th anniversary this year and the museum farm there is hosting a day of celebration July 18. (more…)
Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead will host a volunteer day Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Participants will help get the farm ready for winter, working in the community garden, around the grounds and in the gift shop.
Refreshments will be served. To register, email [email protected].
The firing of a cannon. (Grant Parpan)
On Oct. 11, 1814, local historian Richard Wines said, James Galloway, commander of the British ship the HMS Dispatch, recorded in his official log that weather conditions in Riverhead that day were “fair.” (more…)
Sean Kelly, 3, of East Moriches mimics riders in the tractor pull competition.
The sun was shining and there was just a hint of autumn in the air for the second day of the Hallockville Museum Farm’s 34th annual Fall Festival and Craft Show Saturday. (more…)