Lots of exciting things are happening at the Homeplace 1850 Working Farm and Museum welcome center in Land Between the Lakes. The Friends of Land Between the Lakes have transformed the gift shop.
Homeplace 1850 Lead Interpertor Cindy Earls says the gift shop now offers items you would find in a general store, including homemade items in the 1850s.
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In addition, they have a big selection of kits. She says they want to promote traditional handwork and trades.
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This weekend, Earls says the Homeplace 1850 will have a quilting bee in correspondence with the quilting show in Paducah. It will be held 11am to 3pm Saturday and Sunday where you can learn how to quilt. And in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Homeplace, they will have a display of all the quilts the interpretors have made the past four decades.During the quilting bee Saturday and Sunday, Earls says they will also have activities for children and men.
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The Homeplace 1850 Working Farm and Museum is open from 10am until 5pm daily. Admission is $5 for ages 13 and up, $3 for ages 5 – 12, and free for under 4.
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