810-Lanca*tcr Farming, Saturday, April 22, 2000
A crowd gathers around the sheep sheering demonstration at last year’s celebration.
Celebrate Farm & City Day At Museum
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) Watch a chick hatch, a
sheep being sheared, and a
planetarium show all in the
same day.
This unusual combination of
activities is planned to help
people who live in the cities and
on the farm understand each
other’s lifestyles.
Called Farm and City Day,
the special celebration is sched
uled for May 13, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. The location is the North
Museum, 400 College Ave., Lan
caster.
An outside tent will be set up
on the museum grounds to
house a farmyard petting zoo
and farm equipment display.
Some tent activities and exhibits
include incubating and hatching
chicken eggs, sheep sheering,
understanding water tables,
corn shucking, and even a photo
opportunity with ponies. Plenty
of food such as ice cream and
chicken barbecue will be avail
able.
Inside the museum, another
world awaits. At 10:30 a.m. you
can find oat about rainbows and
Konger*
conditions that form them. Visit
the dinosaurs, stop by the sci
ence cart, or take up the chal
lenge of a museum scavenger
hunt. Three planetarium shows,
considered the most advanced
and the third largest in the state,
will be shown in the afternoon.
Tent and outside activities are
free for the entire family. Regu
lar admission will be charged for
the museum and planetarium.
For more information, call the
museum at (717) 291-3941.
For some children, this is the only chance they get t
touch farm animals.
Kids get a chance to climb over tractors during Farm &
City Day.
Last year’s Lancaster County Dairy Princess Audra
Wood with the help of dairy darlings handed out got milk
stickers and other freebies to visitors of Farm & City Day.
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