Game On: Century of Baseball Board Games Exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Features Collection of 100 Years of Leisure Entertainment, 1860s-1960s     (COOPERSTOWN, N.Y): For anyone who’s ever said, “Baseball is just a game,” a collection of baseball board games, soon to be featured in a temporary exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, will show that the passion for the National Pastime has deep origins and strong roots as a leisure-time activity in American culture, featuring more than 50 games over a 100-year time period, from 1860-1960.   Home Games: A Century of Baseball Games from the Collection of Dr. Mark Cooper will opened on Saturday, April 12, and the exhibit will run through 2008. The exhibit will be located in the Halper Gallery and features a collection of games from the private collection of Dr. Cooper, a Philadelphia-area resident and long-time baseball fan.   Growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, Dr. Cooper enjoyed countless hours playing baseball board games. With the roll of the dice, or the flick of a spinner, Cooper brought to life a wealth of players and plays in the field of his imagination. Decades later, he recaptured those times by tracking down the games of his youth. In doing so, he discovered a passion for other home baseball games.   The games exhibit features 17 cases highlighted by games from Dr. Cooper’s collection, exploring such types of baseball games as small baseball games, the role of player endorsement in games, games reflecting innovation, games from other countries, patriotic representations of baseball, the rise of statistic-based games, and much more.   Among the games featured in the exhibit: The New Parlor Game of Base Ball from 1869, the oldest existing game, dating back to the first year of professional baseball; League Parlor Base Ball of 1884, the first baseball game to use dice; The Professional Game of Base Ball of 1890, the first baseball game produced by Parker Brothers; and The Champion Game of Base Ball from 1889, featuring the likenesses of Hall of Famers Dan Brouthers and John Clarkson.   Other intriguing pieces in the collection include: Zimmer’s Base Ball Game of 1893, considered the “Mona Lisa” of baseball games for its natural beauty and rarity; Major League Indoor Base Ball of 1912, a spinner game used in the 1917 film “One Touch of Nature;” National Pastime of 1930, the first baseball game to use actual player statistics, well in advance of the simulation baseball craze that started in the 1950s; and Diceball, circa 1938, perhaps the smallest baseball game ever produced.   Home Games will be featured throughout the 2008 season and is included in admission to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.  Open seven days a week the year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, the Hall of Fame is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. until Memorial Day Weekend. Summer hours are from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily.  Ticket prices are $16.50 for adults (13 and over), $11 for seniors (65 and over) and for those holding current memberships in the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and AMVets organizations, and $6.50 for juniors (ages 7-12). Members are always admitted free of charge and there is no charge for children six years of age or younger, active and retired card-carrying military personnel. For more information, visit our Web site at baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200.

Winter Weekend Getaway Package Two night stay for two with mugs of yummy hot chocolate fixins', and a cookie sampler.  Fall Weekend Getaway Package Two night stay for two with a full country breakfast, jug of cider, New York State cheddar cheese and crackers, and pumpkin fudge. Special personal touches of flowers, champagne, all-season cakes and candy or gift baskets for your special occasion can be arranged. Week nights through the winter season are still the great price of $90.00 a night! Call (607) 547-2532 or e-mail us today to make your reservations! A special winter scene from the Cooperstown B&B! THE FARMERS’ MUSEUM OFFERS HANDS-ON CRAFT WORKSHOPS THIS SPRING   COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., MARCH 11, 2008—The Farmers’ Museum is pleased to offer a series of exciting hands-on craft workshops highlighting 19th-century traditional crafts  through June 21. The workshop series will continue through summer and fall.   Happy Healthy Hen House April 26, 9 am – 1 pm Fee: $40 This half-day workshop will introduce participants to techniques and information about the care and housing of chickens.  Learn about historic and contemporary methods of breed selection, nutrition, housing, management and general care for raising your own backyard flock.  Come prepared to work in The Farmers’ Museum’s barnyard.   In the Medicine Cabinet May 10, 10 am – 1 pm Fee: $40   This workshop will cover growing, harvesting, and wild crafting of about fifteen herbs.  In addition, instruction will be given for producing medical preparations from the various herbs.  Preparations will include oils (hot and cold infused), ointments, compresses, tinctures, infusions, and decoctions. Beekeeping May 17, 9 am – 1 pm Fee: $40   Are you interested in learning about the ancient art and science of beekeeping?  This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the fundamentals of keeping bees. We will discuss the different ways to get started as a beekeeper and prepare you for the tasks involved. You will also learn some of the history and folklore of beekeeping.   Udder to Butter June 7, 8 am – 12 pm Fee: $40   Join the farm staff in a unique opportunity to watch the process of transformation from milk to butter.  We will start in the barn where you will try your hand at milking the cow and end in the kitchen enjoying our freshly made butter on toast. Participants will separate cream and churn butter using historic and contemporary methods.   Letterpress Printing June 21, 9 am – 4 pm Fee: $75   This full-day workshop will give participants the opportunity to create their own letterpress “masterpiece” by using nineteenth-century type, cuts, and presses.  Participants will be walked through the process of setting and locking in type, inking and printing their own copies.   All workshops are held at The Farmers’ Museum. Registration is required for all workshops, please call (607) 547-1461 or toll-free (888) 547-1450 for information and reservations. Coming up in the fall, The Farmers’ Museum will offer programming highlighting decorative arts and design including country tin painting, wood carving, and creating beautifully decorated family records. Also, be sure to join us on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, for The Farmers’ Museum’s Memorial Day Weekend Celebration, where we will be previewing these fascinating traditional crafts. 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 1944, 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, 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, NY. 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. Reduced price combination admission tickets that include the Fenimore Art Museum and The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum are also available. The museum is open to the public daily from April 1 through October 31, with special events throughout the year. For museum hours or general information, please call 1-888-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org.

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