Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, announces the results of the 2017 “People’s Choice” awards for the 31st Annual Quilt Exhibition, held July 29–September 17, 2017. Over 15,000 visitors viewed the exhibition and nearly 1,000 ballots were cast for favorite quilts. The results: Full size quilts: First place: Logs in Black & […]
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Programs for Preschoolers will be offered Wednesday mornings in September, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Each program will feature a story, visit to the farm, hands-on activity, and snack. The cost is $3.00 per person for Billings Farm & Museum members, and $5.00 per person for non-members (includes admission to the Farm & Museum). To […]
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Congratulations Juror’s Choice- and Staff Choice Award-winners, announced at the 31st Annual Quilt Exhibition opening reception on July 28th. The exhibit is open daily through September 17 and features 47 exquisite quilts made by quilters living in Windsor County, Vermont. The Quilt Exhibition is a juried show and each of the exhibition’s three jurors selected a […]
Read MoreAs a working farm with a proud agricultural heritage going back to 1871 when Frederick Billings and George Aitken first brought Jersey cows to Woodstock, Billings Farm & Museum is dedicated to improving the way we work the land and care for our livestock. From fine-tuning what we feed our animals to maintaining our position as one […]
Read MoreBillings Farm & Museum and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Site are partnering to offer “Farm House/Manor House,” a special tour that explores life, work, and leisure in their respective historic homes. The program will be offered one Saturday each month: July 22, August 19, September 16, and October 21, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. In […]
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Running twice, from July 10 – 14 and Aug. 7 – 11, 2017 (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.), this unique and exciting program lets kids explore the Vermont of 150 years ago through hands-on farm chores and pastimes: Help groom and feed our livestock; bake an apple pie and molasses cookies from scratch in the kitchen […]
Read MoreMay is coming up, and it’s a great time to enroll your kids (or grandkids) in Billings Farm & Museum’s Programs for Preschoolers, taking place Wednesday mornings through May, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Each Preschool program will feature a story, visit to the farm, hands-on activity, and snack. The cost is $3.00 per person for Billings Farm & Museum […]
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Several weeks ago, we had some pretty unusual visitors here at Billings Farm. If you’ve read Nintendo has Accepted our Challenge, you’ll know that after discovering Nintendo’s now-infamous cow milking game and concluding that their designers had no idea how difficult it is to milk a non-virtual cow, we decided to send them a letter [...]
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Every year at Billings Farm & Museum, the Saturday before Easter marks our biggest event of the season: Baby Animal Day. This year, we decided to change things up a little and make the occasion even better. The newly-named Baby Farm Animal Celebration featured two days (Fri.-Sat.) of family activities, giving visitors the opportunity to [...]
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