Down on the Farm (Summer Only)
Description
Experience summer on the Wyckoff Farm! Explore our historic house, learn about daily life through artifacts and games, and get your hands dirty with farm activities. Learn how plants grow and where our food comes from.
*Add-on Crafts: for an additional fee of $1-3 per camper, you can include a hands on craft activity as part of your visit, which campers take home as a souvenir. *Crafts may add an additional 15-30 minutes to the base program time of 60 minutes depending on the activity.
Choice of: Butter Churning, Making medicinal herbal sachets, Weaving, Felting wool charms, & Colonial cooking.
Minimum program fee $75
Offered At
Wyckoff House Museum
The Wyckoff House Museum preserves, interprets, and operates New York City’s oldest building and its surrounding 1.5 acres of farmland. Through innovative educational and farm-based programs we build cultural and agricultural connections within our community, emphasizing immigration, family, food, and community through history. During field trips to the farmhouse, students learn about the history of the site through inquiry, exploration, and hands-on activities.
NEW for the 2024-25 school year Book up to two classes per time slot for Colonial Life, our most popular lesson!
Contact programs@wyckoffmuseum.org to discuss how we can modify our program offerings to best serve your students.
We are in school district 18.
Details
Subjects
History, Colonial Times, 17th Century, Science, Agriculture, Botany
Capacity
60 students, Max 10 chap., Min 5 chap.
Duration
60 min.
Activity
Field Trip
Grades
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, K, Preschool
Price Options
$5.00 per Person for Adults
$5.00 per Person for Non School Group