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Antique
Farm Machinery
The Antique Farm Machinery museum located
just outside Gate 5 is where you can see a
working demonstration of the kind of machinery
that powered the farms of days past. All the
chugging and slinking of this machinery constitutes
the sounds which populated the air of the
farms of yesteryear. See and hear this still-working
machinery at the Fair! |
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Dutch
Barn
An authentic Dutch Barn dating back to the
late 1700s has been dismantled, restored and
rebuilt timber by timber on the Altamont Fairgrounds.
The 40x45-foot barn originally sat on Craig
& Linda Stevens' farm near Ft. Plain in
Montgomery County. The Stevens donated their
barn to a cooperative venture between the
Fair and Old Songs, Inc of Guilderland, a
group dedicated to preserving traditional
music and dance. |
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this barn will be the centerpiece of the Center
for Traditional Arts and Agriculture and the
home of Old Songs, Inc. as well as open year-round
for public use in concerts, meetings, receptions,
and exhibits.
This Barn stands as a monument to the early
pioneers and their way of life. It was a multi-use
building which provided shelter, storage and
a work area during inclement weather. Old
Songs, Inc provides continuous demonstrations
of "Home Improvements". |
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Farmhouse
Museum
Think it's tough to manage your home today?
Gain real appreciation of how easy your life
is when compared with most homemakers of early
America who made garments by hand while working
with primitive and limited simple appliances.
Please be sure to stop by for continuous demonstrations. |
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Fire
Museum
This museum shows the history of firefighting
from the early days of the steam engine pumpers
and hose carts to modern day firefighting
with an emphasis on modern equipment and methods.
The most effective tool to a fire department
has is prevention, so the museum is dedicated
to fire prevention. There will be periodic
demonstrations by local departments in the
"in-field" as well as many activities
for children including an opportunity for
them to try on actual firefighting gear. Please
take a moment and visit our special 9/11 Memorial
containing actual material from Ground Zero
in New York City. |
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1890’s
Building
Located between Gates 3 and 5 the 1890's Building
and Carriage Museum - has been reconstructed
to portray the Village of Altamont as it may
have looked over 100 years ago with many of
the original businesses such as the hardware
store, cobbler, hotel, sleigh repair shop,
etc. The museum also contains one of upstate
New York's largest collections of horse-drawn
carriages and one of the last remaining "Freihofer's
Bakery" street side delivery wagons.
Wagons uses in the making of the movie "Ironweed
are among the items displayed in this museum.
Other exhibits include: Post-Office, Saloon,
Barbershop. |
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Old
One Room School House
Constructed in the 1850's as Knox School No.
12. At one point in history there were 21
such districts just in the town of Knox, Albany
County. Experience the setting of learning
when grades 1-8 simultaneously occupied one
class room. Where one teacher covered all
subjects including health, music, math, reading,
spelling and English. |
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Circus
Museum
One of the finest educational and fun filled
Circus Museums in the Northeast which includes
the only 5 piece Circus band (with mechanical
musicians) to be found in North America. See
circus trains traveling on more than 100 foot
of track; a display of the circus as it traveled
by rail and see up in its tent city; a collection
of photos and lithographs dating back to 1866
and much more. Our resident curator, Roger
Every is on duty to answer your questions. |
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Fair
Auto Museums
Learn about the development of the automobile
with the invention of the internal combustion
engine. Appreciate the change and progress
in this development during the past 70 years
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Black
Smith Shop
Smith" from "smite," "black"
from "black metal," the blacksmith
was the early American handyman. He made nail,
hinges, sled runners, scythes, and every kind
of tool. Hardly an implement or utensil cannot
be traced to the early blacksmith. |
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Chapel
Constructed to meet the needs of all travelers
and especially those traveling with the carnival. |
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P.O.
Box 506, 129 Grand Street, Altamont, NY 12009
phone (518) 861-6671 fax (518) 861-7251
info@altamontfair.com
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