Then & Now

Learn about where you live by exploring our past and present. Our own little town has a post office, train station, textile mill, farm, farm house, produce market and fire truck.  Deliver mail to various mailboxes of exhibits in the museum, sell train tickets, weave a pattern and run a household.  Harvest fresh vegetables and sell them at the market.  Be a firefighter and drive the life-size antique firetruck!

Opportunities for Learning

In addition to unlimited role-play, imagination, and fun, children explore past and present lifestyles and expand their own sense of who they are.

Railroad Tracks

Children can play on our railroad track table or sell train tickets at our ticket counter.

Textile Mill

Our newest exhibit features Ole Clunky - an oversized tractor that children can “drive” and crank to deliver cotton balls to the spiral.