Located on the grounds of Claude Moore Park           21688 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling, Va.   20164               Phone (571) 258-3800

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In the Kitchen:

Family Life on the Farm

Exhibit Grand Opening

Saturday, December 5, 2009

11:00 – 4:00

In the Kitchen: Family Life on the Farm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Nov. 12, 2009 (Sterling, VA) –  Walk into grandmother’s kitchen and experience the center

of a farm family’s life in 1909. Authentic artifacts are mixed with hands-on activities in a

recreation of a farm kitchen before electricity and running water.

In the Kitchen is made possible by generous contributions from the community. Over the

past three years, the Museum’s not for profit-advisory board, LHFM, Inc. Board rallied the

community to secure the donation of a turn-of-the-century Hoosier cabinet, a wood

burning stove, and various kitchen furniture and cooking implements. In addition, Board

members raised money to purchase an icebox and to complete exhibit fabrication. The

Museum’s corps of volunteers donated canned goods, sewed linens, and volunteered

their time to stage the exhibit and prepare it for opening day. 

According to Museum Curator and project coordinator Katie Jones of Reston, “The

completion of the exhibit is only the beginning.  We have the opportunity to offer new

Standards of Learning based programming that explores the role of women on the farm

and present topics such as rural electrification in Northern Virginia.”

The Museum looks forward to offering new programs and events for schools, Scouts and

visitors in 2010 and is actively seeking community input and support. Please visit our

website at www.heritagefarmmuseum.org for information on how you can volunteer as a

museum interpreter, teach a class as an instructor, or donate items to the exhibit.

Schedule of events:

11:00 – 12:00 Readings and reception for “The Flaming Oven Mitt and Other Stories of

Loudoun Kitchens” the award-winning oral history book by students from Loudoun Valley High

School

12:00 – 2:00 Cook book swap and rare cook book display

12:00 – 2:00 Book signing by the creators of the Manassas Museum heritage cookbook

"Treasures from the Kitchen"

12:00 – 4:00 Exhibit open house. Bring canned goods for Loudoun Interfaith Relief and receive

one free child’s admission. One admission per family.

5:00 LHFM, Inc. Exhibit Opening Reception by Invitation

6:00 LHFM, Inc. Annual Meeting

While you are at Claude Moore Park, join us for Holiday in the Park from 3:30 – 6:00

Enjoy wagon rides, hot cider, and the Lanesville House decorated for the holiday season.