Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum                  250 River Road, Peru, NY                 (518)643-8052
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    • Plattsburgh Press Republican - 12/16/09 - Lifelong Peru Farmer Hopes to Open Agricultural Museum Soon
    • Plattsburgh Press Republican - 3/28/10- Rural Farm Museum to Open in Late Spring
    • Peru Gazette - 6/12/10 - Babbie Museum Officially Opens this Weekend
    • Denbpubs - 01/07/11 - Museum has Good 1st Year
    • Peru Gazette - 06/04/12- Many People Stopped by to Enjoy the Babbie Museum on Museum Day
    • Plattsburgh Press Republican - 07/28/11 - Old-time Agrarian Life Comes to Life
    • Plattsburgh Press Republican - 07/0912 - Babbie Museum Opens New Conservation Display
    • Plattsburgh Press Republican - 11/25/12 - Babbie Museum Saves Goshen Store
    • Plattsburgh Press Republican -08/28/13 - Old Friend Reunite
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​Hours:
  10:00am to 4:00pm –May, June, Oct. (Fri. & Sat. + Special Event Weekends)
  10:00am to 4:00pm – July, Aug. Sept. (Thurs. thru Sat. + Special Event Weekends)

  Opens 2nd weekend in May thru mid-October.  
​Group Tours available by appointment


MISSION  STATEMENT:

 Our mission is to provide an entertaining environment where visitors can learn about rural and farm life in the Champlain Valley and Adirondacks prior to the 1950's.......

The purpose and goal of the museum:

The purpose of the Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum, located at 250 River Road, Peru NY 12972 in Clinton County is to enhance knowledge of rural agriculture life in Northern New York.   It is our goal to create an atmosphere that depicts how rural farm families lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The museum will also acquire, restore, display and demonstrate how things were operated during that era.  Visitors to the museum learn about New York's rural and farm life development from seeing horse drawn implements, gas engines, early tractors and other supporting tools in action.   There are demonstrations for visitors of all ages, many of which are interactive. At Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum we feel it is important to educate and entertain the public about the rural and agricultural history of the North Country.    

The museum is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to preserving our historical and agricultural way of life.   




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A Little Bit of History

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The Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum was established in the spring of 2010.  It was founded by Leeward Babbie and established as a non-profit organization.  It has always been Leeward Babbie's dream to start a museum that demonstrated rural farm life and to display the heritage and history of the Champlain Valley and the Adirondack Mountains and teach this history to the public. 



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