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Welcome to the Tilly Foster Farm Museum, a preservation, farming and educational endeavor of the Whipple Foundation / Society for the Preservation of Putnam County Antiquities and Greenways. The Museum is free and open to the public seven days a week from 10am – 4pm. Special events, educational programs, tours and other activities are offered Spring through Fall.
The goals of the Whipple Foundation is to keep Tilly Foster Farm free and open to the people of Putnam County; Make the farm self-sufficient to reduce burden on the taxpayer; build a world class farm museum exhibiting rare and endangered early american farm animals; and finally, to educate the public about farming, local history and animal husbandry.
Over a three year initial start-up program that was initiated July 2008, the Museum will bring an unprecedented collection of rare and endangered early American farm animals to Tilly Foster Farm. The Museum introduced two species of animals to Tilly Foster: Randall Lineback Cattle and sheep. In November, Nate – an American Jackstock Donkey – joined the farm. The 2009 season will bring a variety of ducks, geese, rabbits and other species.
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