MYSTERIES, SPIRITS AND GHOSTLY HAPPENINGS ABOUND IN THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT FLASHLIGHT TOURS AT THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., October 10, 2007—This coming Halloween season, you won’t want to miss Things that Go Bump in the Night, a hauntingly fun guided walking tour highlighting the many mysteries and ghostly happenings that occurred right in The Farmers’ Museum’s historic 19th-century village and in and around the region. Tours will be held on Friday and Saturday, October 19 & 20 and 26 & 27.

Museum guides will take visitors through the darkened village by lantern, stopping at various buildings throughout the village, including the Blacksmith’s Shop and Bump Tavern, weaving ghostly tales adapted from the Louis C. Jones’ classic, Things That Go Bump In the Night, a timeless record of haunted history and restless spirits in New York State. Participants will hear stories associated with the museum’s buildings as in the tale of our young ghost sighted by staff and guests in Bump Tavern and the mysterious early morning strikes on the Blacksmith’s anvil.

The hour-long tours will begin each night at 5 pm and continue every half-hour through 7:30 pm. Visitors are asked to bring a flashlight, as visibility is limited for the evening tours. Admission is $7 per person. Reservations are required; please call (607) 547-1450 or toll-free (888) 547-1450.

About The Farmers’ Museum
As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative exhibits. The museum, founded in 1943, comprises a Colonial Revival stone barn listed on the National Register for Historic Places, a recreated historic village circa 1845, a late-nineteenth-century Country Fair featuring The Empire State Carousel, and a working farmstead. Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers’ Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages, and hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range of interactive educational programs for school groups, families, and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history of the region.

The Farmers’ Museum is located on 5775 State Hwy. 80, Lake Road, in Cooperstown, New York. Museum admission is $11 for adults, $9.50 for visitors age 65 and over, and $5 for children age 7 to 12; children 6 and under and members are admitted free. From April 1 through May 14 and October 9 through October 31, admission prices are reduced to $9 for adults, $8 for seniors age 65 and over, and $4 for children age 7 to 12. Reduced price combination admission tickets that include the Fenimore Art Museum and The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum are also available. For museum hours or general information, please call 1-888-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org.