New Items!

Blue Willow Pattern Tea Set: $150
For our youth and camp program teas. A proper tea service for up to 20 kids is no mean feat!

Beekeeping Equipment: $350
For our Nature Center staff to care for our educational beehives with the correct tools and two protective suits.

Camp Costumes: $425 
For our summer campers – particularly our new Wizarding Camp to get fresh robes. (We use kindergarten and adult-size graduation robes!)

Maple Syrup Fridge: $1,600
For our Nature Center syrup-makers to store more of our delicious maple syrup products all year round! A 60 in. undercounter, two-door model.

1. Gallons of paint: $40 each
For our miles and miles of fencing! As you see us repair and replace fencing around the Village, it all needs paint.

2. Moveable Museum Cart: $50
A new dolly for our educators to carry supply totes offsite when providing programs.

3. Firewood: $90 to make each cord “stove ready”
Our Historic Village has a lot of hearths to stock! Cooking in kitchens, staying warm, and for outdoor fires at events like Spirits and Owl Moon.

4. Sensory Bags: $50 each
Five needed for visitors on tours or at events with sensory needs, who experience our spaces differently.

5. Bird seed and suet: $50
For our Nature Center staff to keep our feathered friends fed – it’s always on our list!

6. Industrial Costuming Racks: $130 each
For our Costume Shop to organize and store hundreds of costumes for our historical interpreters!

7. Fencing: $175 for 100 feet
For a new pasture in our rotational grazing plan and better sustainability on our farm.

8. Photographic Stand: $250
For our Curatorial team as they photograph our entire Museum collections.

9. Camp Scholarship: $300
For a youngster to have access to a week of fun and learning (with bus transportation and lunch)! Spring or Summer.

10. Oats & Hay: $350
Feeds our animals for two weeks. Nothing makes the sheep happier than oats!

11. Lift Table: $900
For our Curatorial team to move artifacts and change out textile study drawers in the John L. Wehle Gallery.