Join Hanford Mills Museum Saturday, July 4 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. for a Fourth of July Celebration. Bring the whole family and enjoy vanilla ice cream (while supplies last), churned at the mill and chilled with ice that was cut from the pond at the 2026 ice harvest. The ice house will be open, providing visitors with the opportunity to see the ice blocks that were harvested this winter being put to use.
The Learning Lab will be open with toys, games, and books for children and their families, and we will be joined by vendors and exhibitors, including the Dragon Wagon Book Bus, Blue Merle Apiaries, Union Grove Distillery, and Hartwick College’s Baking Innovation Lab. Bring a picnic lunch or purchase food from Helen’s Little Kitchen food truck. Enjoy old time folk music provided by the Catskill Gamblers from 1 - 3 p.m.
Ongoing throughout the day will be demonstrations of the sawmill and gristmill, as well as mill tours featuring the 100-year-old Fitz overshot waterwheel. There will also be an operating steam boiler and steam engine at this event.
For updates and information about our Fourth of July Celebration and other 2026 events at Hanford Mills Museum visit handfordmills.org or Facebook and Instagram.
About Hanford Mills Museum
Experience a story of innovation, ingenuity and entrepreneurship at a historic working mill site. Sheltered in a valley in the northwestern Catskills of New York, Hanford Mills Museum offers insights into the past and lessons about the relationships between people, the things they make, and the places they live. As one of only a handful of operating water-powered mills, the museum has earned a place on both the National and NYS Registers of Historic Places.
Hanford Mills is located at 51 County Highway 12 in East Meredith, at the intersection of Delaware County Routes 10 and 12, just 10 miles from Oneonta, and 15 miles from Delhi.
