Our Red Barn Discovery Center will be open on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm through October. It is also available for private reservations on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Check our Calendar of Events for availability.
Red Barn Discovery Center – Reservations
- August 4, 2021
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Our most popular Discovery Center is now available for private experiences!
Learn about what produce was grown here seasonally, try your hand at daily farm chores, look at historic photos of the farm, milk our mechanical cow, and ride our tractor. The building also has an interesting exhibit describing the history of farming on the property.
We offer two 90-minute exploration sessions every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, at 10am and 2pm. Each session is a private experience for your family group of up to 15 people. These experiences are free, but reservations are required.
Please leave your pets at home – only service animals are allowed in our buildings.
If COVID-19 related regulations change, and we are forced to cancel this event, you will be notified by email.
- August 4, 2021
10:00 am - 11:30 am
History Tidbits
- August 4, 2021 - August 5, 2021
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Join us out on the grounds of the historic site for tidbits about our history. On the first and third week of each month, May through October, we’ll explore a different area of the Homestead. Reservations suggested. Free admission.
- August 4, 2021 - August 5, 2021
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Red Barn Discovery Center – Reservations
- August 4, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Our most popular Discovery Center is now available for private experiences!
Learn about what produce was grown here seasonally, try your hand at daily farm chores, look at historic photos of the farm, milk our mechanical cow, and ride our tractor. The building also has an interesting exhibit describing the history of farming on the property.
We offer two 90-minute exploration sessions every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, at 10am and 2pm. Each session is a private experience for your family group of up to 15 people. These experiences are free, but reservations are required.
Please leave your pets at home – only service animals are allowed in our buildings.
If COVID-19 related regulations change, and we are forced to cancel this event, you will be notified by email.
- August 4, 2021
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This month’s story is that of 20th century German statesman Adam Von Trott Zu Solz (1909-1944), a descendent of John Jay through his maternal grandmother Anna Jay Von Schweinitz, daughter of John Jay II. Von Trott zu Solz is perhaps best known for his participation in the infamous Operation Valkyrie plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler…
Read MoreJohn Jay Chapman was a lawyer, author, and the great-great grandson of John Jay. Born in 1862 in New York City, Chapman attended Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Bar in 1888. After only practicing law for a decade, he dedicated the rest of this life to writing books and essays focusing on…
Read MoreOur story for this month is about one of America’s earliest landscape architects, and major proponent of advancing careers for women, Mary Rutherfurd Jay (1872-1953). She was the daughter of Peter Augustus Jay (1841-1875) and Julia Post, and the granddaughter of Dr. John Clarkson Jay. Mary grew up at the Jay family estate in Rye,…
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