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Ox
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Winter
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Victorian
Christmas |
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Experience
New England's rich agricultural history year-round. Special events bring to
life how families worked and played in a rural landscape before motorized
machinery and electric appliances replaced hand tools and animal power. Interactive
activities and exhibits focus on the seasonal chores and popular seasonal celebrations from the past 200 years.
Special events are fun, educational and for all ages. Call the
Museum for information on admission prices for adults and families.
2008
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WINTER
CARNIVAL & ICE HARVESTING FESTIVAL February
9, 2008, 10:00am – 2:00pm The Remick
Country Doctor Museum & Farm celebrates its annual Winter Carnival &
Ice Harvest on Saturday, February 9, 2008, 10am- 2pm. You can cut
huge blocks of ice from Remick Pond with tools and techniques from the
18oo's! Use specially shaped saws, axes, chisels, forks, hooks, shovels and
tongs. The Yankee
Teamsters 4-H Working Steers Club will work their mighty oxen to haul
the ice to the ice house. The Perry Greene Kennel & Outfitters, of
Waldoboro, ME, along with members of the Chinook Owners Association, will
give dog sled rides to youngsters, weather permitting! The Winter Carnival
will include a snowball throwing contest and snowshoe obstacle course offered
by the Tamworth Recreation Department. The K. A. Brett Elementary School PTA
of Tamworth will sell food and refreshments as a fundraiser. Come inside to
warm up by the fire with homemade hot chocolate in our Visitor’s Center. Take a
horse-drawn sleigh ride on the Joe Binsack Trail, offering spectacular views
of Remick Farm. Sleigh rides are $5 per person. Donations are gratefully
accepted for participation in ice harvesting and hot chocolate sampling. Come
see the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the country doctor who
owned the property, and view exhibits on the agricultural way of life in New
Hampshire from 1790 to the present. View an exhibit
on local dog sled history, and meet Karen Jones, of Nerak Kennels, Tamworth,
and the New England Sled Dog Club, who will have a demonstration on dog sled
making. The ice on
Remick Farm Pond grows by about one inch per day when the region enters
a period of below freezing temperatures. To prepare for the ice
harvest, our staff clears away the snow cover on the pond,
which acts as an insulator, thus inhibiting the creation of ice. 2008 Winter Carnival & Ice Harvest
is sponsored by: Chinook Owners Association G. A. Downing & Sons Construction, Ossipee, NH, Offers backhoe, excavator and trucking services, and sand, gravel and
loam delivery.
Perry Greene Kennel & Outfitters,
Waldoboro, Maine Tamworth Historical Society Tamworth Recreation Department Yankee Teamsters 4-H Working Steers Club MAPLE
SUGARING: A SWEET EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY! Saturday,
March 15, 2008, 1 – 4pm Visit Remick
Museum with your family during maple sugaring season! Our annual
Maple Sugaring special event will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2008,
from 1-4pm. Come inside the new Remick Museum Sugar House with its
modern evaporator system. Sample some maple treats, such as sugar-on-snow.
Take a tractor-drawn wagon ride to the sugar bush, and view demonstrations of
Native American, Colonial, and backyard boiler "sugaring off"
methods. The Remick
Museum Farm House & Visitor's Center will feature exhibits on the life of
maple trees, tapping trees, collecting sap, and boiling down. Learn how the
process was first introduced to early European settlers by Native Americans.
View the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the country doctor who
owned the property, and see exhibits on the agricultural way of life in New
Hampshire from 1790 to the present. There will be craft making activities for
children. Admission is $5.00 per
person. Maple Sugaring: A Sweet Educational Journey is sponsored by: Brad Streeter Building & Remodeling, North Sandwich, NH (603) 284- 7574~ ymaplersh@yahoo.com
~ (603) 662-9934 cell Offers construction in new homes, additions, decks, siding &
kitchens.
G. A. Downing & Sons Construction, Ossipee, NH (603) 539-2548 ~ (603) 455- 3262 cell Offers backhoe, excavator and trucking services, and sand, gravel and
loam delivery.
W. S. Lloyd Inc., Tamworth, NH (603) 539- 5061 ~ wslloyd@hotmail.com
~ www.wslloydinc.com Offers complete excavation
services, including lot clearing, foundation digging, driveway, drainage and
septic installation. Wayne Lloyd, owner, is a New Hampshire licensed Septic
Installer #520
CHILDREN'S FISHING DERBY Sunday, May 18, 2008, 10am- 12
noon It’s not always
about work on the farm. After chores are finished, the children enjoy a
favorite warm weather pastime. Our fish pond is stocked for children 15 years
old and under, with parental supervision. Trophies are awarded for biggest
fish, smallest fish and first to catch the limit. Bring your own bait and
tackle and a pail to carry your fish home. Two fish limit
per child. Children’s Fishing Derby is sponsored by: Bearcamp Valley Sportsmen’s Club New Hampshire Division of Fish & Game CAPTAIN ENOCH REMICK HOUSE
VICTORIAN TEA Saturday, June 7, 2008, 3pm Join us for a Victorian Tea at the Captain Enoch Remick House
on Saturday, June 7, 2008, at 3pm. Enjoy freshly brewed teas, lavender
lemonade, tea sandwiches, and delicate cookies. Learn about the history of
tea in the boyhood home of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, which contains the
family's antique furnishings. The fee is $8.00 per person. The Captain Enoch Remick House is located at 26 Great Hill
Road, Tamworth Village. Sorry to say, there are no spaces available for the June 7th
Victorian Tea, but please do call (603) 323- 8002 to make reservations for
the September 20th Victorian Tea. OX & ROCKS Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:00am –
2:00pm The annual special event, Ox and Rocks, will take place at
Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm on Saturday, June 14, 2008, 10am-
2pm. Members of the Yankee Teamsters 4-H Working Steers Club will have a
pre-fair competition with their teams of steers and oxen in Fitting &
Showmanship, Cart & Obstacle Course, and Stoneboat Hauling. Come take a tractor-driven hay ride through Remick Farm and
Binsack Trail. Morgan quarter horse, Hawk, and Milking Shorthorn Oxen,
Diamond and Dash, will demonstrate the use of traditional farm equipment with
Wayne Phillips, Livestock Manager. Michael Callis of Michael Callis
Stoneworks will rebuild a dry stone wall, answering questions from visitors
as he works. Children can use traditional farm tools, such as a Broadcast
Seeder and Corn Planter, and participate in the traditional fence building
activity, Sticks & Stones. Rhubarb cake and fruit flavored cream soda
will be available for sale. While at Ox & Rocks, enjoy a leisurely walk on
the Joe Binsack Memorial Trail, a low- impact, 6/10 mile hiking trail
offering spectacular views of Remick Farm and the Ossipee Mountains. View
exhibits in the museum’s Visitor Center, and tour the living quarters of Dr.
Edwin Crafts Remick, Tamworth’s most notable country doctor. Come see all the
new arrivals on the farm including Hereford cows, Nubian kids, Jersey bull
calves, Hereford-Yorkshire piglets, and Border Leicester sheep. The Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm is located at 58
Cleveland Hill Road in Tamworth Village. For more information, call (603)
323- 7591 or (800) 686- 6117, or visit our website at www.remickmuseum.org. Admission fee for Ox
& Rocks is $5 per person. You can apply your admission fee to Ox & Rocks toward a
membership to the Friends of Remick Museum, which entitles you to free
admission to special events for a full year! Remick Museum is offering a special Local Family Membership
for residents who live within 25 miles of the museum for $25, a 50% discount
off a regular Family Membership. Stop by the membership table during Ox &
Rocks, and learn about the many benefits of membership. This offer will end
on Columbus Day, Monday, October 13, 2008. No one will be denied access to Remick Museum programs due to
inability to pay. CAPTAIN ENOCH REMICK OPEN HOUSE Saturday, August 9, 2008, 1 – 4pm Visit us for the annual Open House at the Captain Enoch Remick on Saturday, August 9, 2008, from 1-4pm. Constructed circa 1808, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house contains the antique furnishings of the Remick family. It was the boyhood home, and later on, the medical office of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the museum’s founder. See hand-painted murals from the early 19th century attributed to the artist John Avery. The Captain Enoch Remick House is located at 26 Great Hill Road, Tamworth Village, New Hampshire. It is open year round by appointment and for special events. Gerry Eldridge and Winnie Mitchell, Curators at the Enoch Remick House, offer genealogy classes year round. For more information, call (603) 323- 8002 or visit our website, www.remickmuseum.org. HARVEST FESTIVAL Saturday, September 13, 2008, 1 –
4pm The Remick Museum will have its annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from 1-4pm. Join us for horse-drawn hay rides, craft making, farm games, and live folk music with Doug Hazard. Try your hand at harvesting corn, flax and mangelwurtzel using historic techniques. The Remick Museum concession stand will sell apples treats, including apple fritters and apple cider. While attending the Harvest Festival, come inside the Visitor’s Center and tour the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the country doctor who owned the property, and see exhibits on the agricultural way of life in New Hampshire from 1790 to the present. Harvest Festival is sponsored by: Baybutt Foundation Company, Inc. (603) 323- 8131 ~ www.baybuttfoundation.com
Providing poured in place concrete construction, including foundations,
retaining walls, floors, driveways, and other specialty concrete work.
CAPTAIN ENOCH REMICK HOUSE
VICTORIAN TEA Saturday, September 20, 2008, 3pm Join us for a Victorian style tea at the Captain Enoch Remick House on Saturday, September 20, 2008, at 3pm. Enjoy freshly brewed teas, hot mulled cider, pumpkin and apple walnut scones, and tea sandwiches. Learn about the history of tea and tea etiquette in the Remick family home decorated with antique furnishings. The fee for Victorian Tea is $8.00 per person. Call Gerry Eldridge and Winnie Mitchell, Curators, at (603)323-8002 to reserve your space. The Captain Enoch Remick House is located at 26 Great Hill Road, Tamworth Village, New Hampshire. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS Saturday, October 4, 2008, 10am A new special
event at Remick Museum, Blessing of the Animals will take place on the
grounds of Remick Farm on Saturday, October 4, 2008, at 10am. A
multi-denominational team of MWV clergy will lead a ceremony to bless you and
your pet(s). They will also bless the livestock on Remick Farm. The
participating clergy members are: the Reverend Tom Abugelis, Pastor, Chocorua
Community Church, Chocorua, NH and the Tamworth Congregational Church Yoked
Ministries, Tamworth, NH, the Reverend Mary Edes, Pastor, Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes, Tamworth, NH, the Reverend
Nancy Eldridge Hess, PhD, Executive Director, Calumet Lutheran Ministries,
Freedom, NH, and the Reverend Donald F. Gauthier, Jr., Pastor, Our Lady
of the Mountains Roman Catholic Community, Intervale, NH. This event will
celebrate the gift of animals in our lives, while invoking the protection of
St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, whose feast day is
October 4th. NHPLEIN AIR PAINT OUT & WET
PAINT SALE Saturday, October 4, 2008, 10am-
4pm Join the
NHPlein Air Artists at the Remick Museum for a Paint Out & Wet Paint Sale
on Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 10am- 4pm. Open to members and
non-members, artists will paint outdoors on the museum grounds and in Tamworth
Village from 10am to 2:30pm. They will assemble at the museum's Visitor's
Center to sell wet, unframed works of art to the public from 2:30 to 4pm. The
artist will contribute a portion of the sale of each painting to support
Remick Museum. Artists interested
in participating in the Paint Out should visit the NHPlein Air Artists
website, www.nhpleinair.com to download the
registration form and return it to NHPlein Air with a registration fee. The special event,
Blessing of the Animals, which will take place in the morning hours of
October 4th, will provide a wealth of subject matter for artists to paint. Remick Museum
is open in summer Monday- Friday from 10am- 4pm, with tours of Remick Farm at
11am, 1pm, and 3pm. An educational activity is offered daily from 12:30-1pm.
See the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the country doctor who
owned the property, and view exhibits on the agricultural way of life in New
Hampshire from 1790 to the present. Remick Museum's summer schedule ends on
October 11, 2008 (Columbus Day Weekend). HISTORIC THANKSGIVING Saturday, November 15, 2008 1 –
4pm Come enjoy some good food, a warm fire, country crafts, and a healthy dose of history at Historic Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 15, 2008, from 1-4pm. Our museum interpreters will prepare a traditional Thanksgiving meal on the open hearth using historic recipes. The menu for Historic Thanksgiving includes roasted turkey, bread sauce stuffing-dressing, hearth bread and butter, boiled cider pie, Indian pudding, pumpkin stuffed with apples and cranberry sauce. In the English Barn, try your hand at making apple cider, and make a corn cob feather dart. Are you raising your own turkey for Thanksgiving this year? Take the next step, and see a demonstration on how to properly "dress" a turkey- from slaughtering the bird, to plucking feathers, to cleaning and storing poultry. This activity will take place outdoors on the farm- only those interested in turkey processing will see the activity. For more information on fees for this special Thanksgiving dinner and event, call the museum at (800) 686-6117 or (603)323-7591. VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS AT REMICK MUSEUM & CAPTAIN
ENOCH REMICK HOUSE Sunday, December 7, 2008, 1 – 4PM Come enjoy chocolate treats, sugar cookies, country crafts, and a little history at the annual Victorian Christmas at the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm and the Captain Enoch Remick House on Sunday, December 7, 2008, from 1-4pm. Both houses will be beautifully decorated in Victorian style. Sample chocolate treats, such as steamed chocolate pudding, black & gold marble cake, sweet vanilla hot chocolate, candied peel, chocolate nuts, and chocolate truffles. Taste the traditional holiday drink, Syllabub. In the Museum Visitor’s Center, try your hand at making country crafts, including corn husk angels, felted snowballs, and decorative gift tags. View exhibits on Christmas traditions, and see the living quarters of Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick, the country doctor who owned the property. Take a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the Joe Binsack Trail, offering spectacular views of Remick Farm. (The sleigh rides will be converted to wagon rides if mild weather comes and melts the snow by Sunday.) The staff at the Captain Enoch Remick House will be baking sugar cookies; they will also have the Christmas drink, Wassail, and ginger snaps. See Victorian era decorations, which include an antique toy collection. While at Victorian Christmas, visit the newly expanded Remick Museum Shop stocked with American-made country gifts and toys, including Henderson Redware, earthenware pottery created from 19th century designs. Friends of Remick Museum- be sure to use your 10% discount at the Museum Shop! Remick Country
Doctor Museum & Farm is located at 58 Cleveland Hill Road, Tamworth, and
the Captain Enoch Remick House is located at 26 Great Hill Road, Tamworth. MARK
YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR! Winter Carnival
& Ice Harvest, Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10am- 2pm |
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