Time is running out for viewing the “Good Sledding” museum exhibit at Skyline Farm in North Yarmouth. The museum is open from 12-3 p.m. Sundays through March 23.
Visitors will learn the variety of ways in which 19th century folks handled winter driving conditions, writing in their diaries about “good sledding” when conditions were optimal for visiting neighbors. Examples of vintage snowshoes, skis and sleighs are featured in the exhibit hall. (Please dress warmly as it is unheated.) Gain a sense of how people took advantage of the snow-pack to revel in recreational pursuits.
Admission is free, donations are gratefully accepted. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm, a nonprofit organization which owns a historic farmstead and offers trails through its woods and fields for public use.
This 54-acre farm was previously owned by the late Horace K. (“Ken”) Sowles, Jr., an avid carriage and sleigh collector. In 1999 a group of local citizens interested in keeping the farm intact and passionate about preserving its buildings, collection of antique horse-drawn vehicles, and open space formed a nonprofit organization to purchase Skyline Farm and carry on Sowles’ tradition. After much hard work and fundraising, the group purchased the farm in July 2000 and opened the newly
renovated 1959 indoor riding arena as a carriage and sleigh museum in February 2006.
Skyline Farm is near the junction of routes 9 and 115 in North Yarmouth. Turn down The Lane at the “Ames Farm Center” sign. Proceed about 1/2 mile and Skyline Farm will be on your right. Please use the second driveway.
The Paris Hill Country Hearse is one of dozens of 19th century vehicles on display at Skyline Farm’s Carriage Museum in North Yarmouth through March 23.
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