Visit The Homeplace and experience life on an 1850's farm. Join the living history interpreters as they go about their daily chores, weekly calendar of event programs and special events.

Daily activities on a working farm from the 1850's would involve a variety of tasks which would vary from day to day depending upon the weather and the time of year. The Homeplace is a working farm; thus not every activity will be seen daily.

The 1850's farm raises heirloom vegetables and crops, as well as minor breeds of farm animals. The heirloom vegetables and crops are of varieties that would have been growing on a typical farm "between the rivers" during the years before the Civil War. 

Horses and oxen are used to plow and to cultivate fields and the garden. Other daily activities may include: woodworking, spinning, hearth and woodstove cooking, period food preservation as well as animal care.
Calendar of events programs include a great variety of topics including programs such as:

• Blacksmithing

• Quilting

• Traditional Farming Practices

• Children's Activities

• Music & Storytelling

• Traditional Gardening

Click here to go to the Journal for the Homeplace.

View the current calendar of events by looking here.

Special Events at The Homeplace include many events throughout the year including the following:

• Quilt Show

• Sheep Shearing

• Pickin Party Old Time Music Festivals

• Children's Day

• Independence Day

• 1850s County Fair & Storytelling Festival

• Snap Apple Night

• Christmas in 1850

"Friends of LBL" would like to thank its program underwriters for their support of interpretive programming at The Homeplace.

                                                                                            

There are many, many activities which may be of interest to you.  These are but a few:

• Pickin' Party

• 1850's County Fair

• Workshops on site

• HP in Winter

Admission Prices Daily Programs
Adult (13 yr & up) $4; Child (5yr -12 yr)
$2; Young Child (4 and under) free

Special Programs may have slightly higher
costs.  See LBL.org for details.

In order to have sufficient time to visit the Homeplace, you will not be admitted after 4 pm.

To get directions from your home to The Homeplace, use this website.

Contact the Customer Service Department (270) 924-2020 for group scheduling.

During the year see different program every day of the week. Always something to stimulate the young and not so young. Visit www.LBL.org to find particular program schedules or prices.

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