The Coopersville Farm Museum will be filled with anything and everything to do with Fiber Arts (subject to availability)! Held during the annual "Quilts & Their Stories" exhibit where over 130 quilts will also be on display.See demonstrations of many various fiber arts which may include any of the following: paper making, paper dolls, quilting, embroidery, felting, weaving, knitting, crocheting, fabric cards, twilling, tatting, scrapbooking, fabric collages, and more! Handcrafted items will also be available for purchase. Please call Kaitlyn at (616) 997-8555 with any questions or if you would like to reserve a table or demonstrate at this event. Admission $5, $4 Seniors, $3 children 12 & under, $3 members.
Spring is in the air!
Bring the kids to the Petting Zoo
Each Saturday in April
10am - 2pm
Hosted by local residents, FFA & 4H members. This is an opportunity for young people in our community to share their expertise with visitors and introduce novices to small and baby farm animals and unique pets. They will learn how to approach and hold animals and the basics of animal safety.
$2.00 admission per person
Members and Children under 3 are free!
Contact Kaitlyn at the Coopersville Farm Museum if you would like to help out or bring an animal to this year’s event.
Additional photos of previous petting zoos may be found by
clickingHERE.(Opens a new window outside the
Farm Museum Web site)
Dates: August 3 - September 30, 2010
Hours: Tuesdays 10 am - 4 pm
Tuesday through Saturday 10 am - 4 pm unless otherwise noted.
Closed Sunday, Monday & Major Holidays Fees:General Admission Fees apply unless otherwise noted in the Schedule of Events ($4, Seniors $3, Students $2, CFM Members and Kids under 3 ~ Free)
Annual Event: 12th ANNUAL TRACTOR SHOW Saturday, August 7 — August 14, 2010
The 12th Annual Coopersville Tractor Show is a free community event hosted by the Coopersville Antique Tractor Society. It will be held on the grounds of the Coopersville Farm Museum, August 7 – August 14, 2010. The featured tractor is Allis-Chalmers. Tractors of any and all colors, any age, make or model are welcome. Also wanted: Hit & Miss Engines and other unique farm implements.
Tractors may be brought in on Friday, August 6 until 8pm. Leave your tractor for the week or take it home (after 4pm on Saturday) and bring it back Wednesday, between 4pm - 8pm. These are the only times tractors may be moved or brought in. All tractors may be removed from Coopersville Farm Museum property after 3pm on Saturday, August 14. No early removal please. (It's all about safety, guys!)
Coopersville Farm Museum will be open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm. "Quilts & their Stories" featuring over 130 quilts will be on display all week. During the week of the Coopersville Tractor Show (7th - 14th), museum admission will be reduced to only $2.
Click HERE for "Quilts & Thier Stories" Show information.
Schedule of events in conjunction with 12th Annual Coopersville Tractor Show:
Wednesday, August 11 ~ Powder Puff Tractor Games ~ Games begin at 5pm
Young ladies & Women compete in skilled griving of garden tractors (tractor will be provided for the girls and women). Games begin at 5pm. Please register by calling the museum today. Trophies will be presented by a Miss Coopersville representative.
Thursday, August 12 ~ Boys & Men Tractor Games ~ Games begin at 5pm
Boys and men
compete in skilled griving of garden tractors (participants may use their own tractors). Games begin at 5pm. Please register by calling the museum today. Trophies will be presented by a Miss Coopersville representative.
Friday, August 13 ~ 5:30pm Pot Luck Meal
Bring a dish to share and a good, comfy chair. The Del Shannon Car Cruise is held that evening, so you'll want to stick around and watch them cruise through town.
Satday, August 14 ~ 9am-3pm Del Shannon Car Show
Hosted by the Coopersville Rotary Club, the Del Shannon Car Show will be taking over downtown Coopersville. Visit www.delshannoncarshow.org for Car Show associated events.
Online Forms:
Click for Tractor Show registration form: PDF
Click for Tractor Games registration form: PDF Info Flyer: Click for Portable Document Form flyer: PDF.
Scarecrows line Main Street in historic, downtown Coopersville each October as a way to promote giving to our local food pantry. By creating a scarecrow or voting for a scarecrow, you are supporting Coopersville Cares.
To vote for your favorite scarecrow, please bring your donation ($1 per vote, a non-perishable food item per vote, or a toiletry product for each vote) to the voting center at the Coopersville Farm Museum.
ANNUAL PHOTO/ART CONTEST& EXHIBIT
From ages 1 to 100, from beginning artists to professionals,
classrooms, families, everybody is welcome to enter this contest.
Entries are accepted mid-October with the entries displayed mid-November
through mid-January.
The subject matter for the 2010 contest is FOLK MUSIC & INSTRUMENTS OF RURAL AMERICA.We accept photos, paintings, drawings & three dimensional
creations of images that you might find of this subject matter in West Michigan's rural communities.
Entries (framed & ready to
hang) can be brought to the Coopersville Farm Museum, 375 Main Street, Coopersville,
MI 49404 - Mid-October. There is a $2 entry fee for each item.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories (see entry form for complete list of categories & age breakdown): age 4 & under
photo, age 4 & under art, age 5 - 8 photo, age 5 - 8
art, age 9 - 12 photo, age 9 - 12 art, age 13 - 18
photo, age 13 - 18 art, adult
photo, adult art, digitally enhanced photos (no matter what your
age - all digitally enhance photos will go in this category),
professional photo, professional art, youth & adult performing arts, youth& adult poetry/short stories.
Sponsors of this contest include many area businesses.
Past support has been provided by: Coopersville &
Marne Railway, Coopersville Area Arts Council, Comerica Bank, Mark Douglas Real Estate, Inc., Arby's, Bronco Connection, Burger King, Coopersville Variety, Coopersville
Hardware & Farm Services, Elves Antiques, Family Fare Spartan Stores,
Fashion Cents & More, Interurban Depot Cafe, McDonald's, Northern Physical Therapy,
Peppino's (357 Pizza & Pub), Taco Bell, Tasker Drug Store, the Coopersville Farm Museum & Gift Shop and Williams Family Ministries.
Total value of prizes is approximately $1500.
For registration forms see the link in the adjacent column,
call the Farm Museum or email info@coopersvillefarmmuseum.org
to request one. Photo/Art Contest Exhibit will be on display
from mid-November through mid-January.
2010 Photo/Art Contest Folk Music & Instraments of Rural America
Contest Guidelines:
Click HERE for MS Word® contest outline, click
HERE
for PDF outline.
Entry Form:
Click HERE for MS Word® contest entry forms,
click HERE
for PDF entry form.
Every December Mrs. Claus visits the museum and fills us in on what Santa has been up to. She and her helpers invite visitors to decorate Christmas cookies and enjoy making Christmas crafts.
COOKIES & CRAFTS with MRS. CLAUS & FRIENDS Come see our holiday displays through the month of December.
Enjoy decorating Christmas cookies and making Christmas ornaments with Mrs. Claus. Call to reserve space for groups or to maker arrangements for other times.
Great outing for groups of all ages. Meet old friends at Candy Cane Lane or get together with family and friends. (For groups of more than four please call ahead!) Get in the spirit of the season while listening to Christmas carols and taking a stroll through the beautifully decorated museum.
Special group rates are available for school groups, large families, senior outings, homeschoolers and others with reservations.
Please call 997-8555 or email info@coopersvillefarmmuseum.org before your visit.
TOURS
Guided Tours focus
on what your group’s interests are. We have many educational and
fun tours done by docents of all ages and interests. Call 997-8555
or email info@coopersvillefarmmuseum.org for more information
or to schedule a tour.
We
have educational programs for school groups and homeschoolers
from Preschool age through High School. Let us know what you
are studying and we will gear our focus toward your subject.
Call 997-8555 or email info@coopersvillefarmmuseum.org to schedule a field trip today.
C.A.T.S. or the Coopersville Antique Tractor Society meets the 4th Wednesday of each month. We are always looking for new members who are as crazy about tractors as we are. At our meetings we discuss tractors and other farm related implements. If you would like feel free to stop on by and see what we’re all about. Some weeks we have guest speaker share their knowledge and others we have a club discussion on whatever is brought up. Anyone is welcome and we love to see new faces.
C.A.T.S. puts on the Annual Tractor Show each August during Summerfest in the Coopersville Farm Museum parking lot. Last year our show consisted of 84 tractors of all shapes and sizes. Each year our show grows and grows. The community participation is amazing and we are grateful to be able to put on this event for the community.
This year our Feature for the show is Allis-Chalmerstractors and Hit and Miss Engines. All colors and implements are welcome! If you have any questions about C.A.T.S. or the Tractor Show please call the president Chuck Hammond at 616-837-6881, or the Coopersville Farm Museum at 616-997-8555.
C.A.T.S. meets the 4th Wednesday of every month. If you’re as crazy about tractors as we are - join us!
Farmall Tractors are the feature of the 2009 Summerfest Tractor Show. The photo above is of the Farmall Cub from our permanent collection.
What
started as a group of Crazy Quilters has become the group known
as the "Crazy Ladies". Every Thursday morning at 10
am, the ladies all gather together at the Farm Museum and share
ideas, crafts, crazy quilt stitches & more. Come
join them to learn from them, or just to share your ideas. General Admission Fees apply.
Group Events:
COUNTRY LINE DANCING Fall Line Dancing at the Coopersville Farm Museum Eight (8) Week Session
Friday Nights, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Instructor: Helen Walters of Cedar Springs
Admission Fee: $5 per person, $3 for Farm Museum Members/kids 18 & under half price (with accompanying
parent) Family Friendly - Beginners Welcome!
Winter 2010 Line Dancing Schedule: January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12, 19, 26
March 5, 12 ,19, 26
Friday Nights from 7-8:30pm
Fall 2010 Line Dancing Schedule: October 8, 15, 22, 29
November 5, 12, 19, 26
To verify information call: (616) 997-8555
This event
is a hugely popular activity at the Museum and this year celebrates it's Seven Year Anniversary! Corky Pals &
Peg Becker, part of the country band called Calico,
began hosting a twice monthly Jam Night in February, 2004. Word spread like wildfire through the world of musicians and now the first and third Tuesday of every month new faces and instruments continually appear.
Our friend Corky Pals has since passed away but Jam Night carries on in his honor. Corky's vision was to establish a place where area musicians could gather to play and enjoy folk music played on various forms of acoustic instruments. Jam Night gives people something to do that is affordable
and entertaining.
Suitable for all ages, groups like the Kramer family
enjoy the opportunity to perform together. From harmonica to
bass, guitars & banjos, fiddles & mandolins, accordions
& even dulcimers, any acoustic instrument you can imagine
might show up. We've even had unique performances from people like David
Strong & Tom Eno. David carries his own one-man band and
a board for clogging, and Tom plays a SAW! With instruments to
shake, rattle, or roll, visitors are encouraged to join in too.
So whether you play an instrument, want to sing some songs, or
just want to listen, come on down and join the fun at the Coopersville
Farm Museum every 1st & 3rd Tuesday from 6:00 pm - 9 pm.
(doors open at 5:00 pm). $4.00 Admission Fee, children 12 and under and museum members are free. Print out this page and give it to a friend, post it for others to see or on your own fridge!
Don't miss the next one!
2010 Dates:
January 5 & 19 February 2 & 16 March 2 & 16 April 6 & 20 May 4 & 18 June 1 & 15 July 6 & 20 August 3 & 17 September 7 & 21 October 5 & 19 November 2 & 16 December 7 & 21
This is an ongoing event every first and third Tuesday evening.
New stage construction in progress.
The first use of the new stage (still a work in progress). April 6, 2010
For more photos of the stage construction and the April 6 Jam Night, visit the Coopersville Farm Museum on our Facebook page. Click the "PHOTOS" tab and select the April, 2010 album.
For small
groups of 40 or less, we have the perfect spot inside the museum
for you to meet. For your best rate, check to see if one of our
meeting areas is available during regular business hours. (starting
at only $50) Outside of regular business hours, the same space
may be reserved for your group starting at $100, when available. Keep us in mind
for showers, birthday parties, reunions, anniversary parties,
holiday celebrations and more! Call 997-8555 ext. 10 or email
info@coopersvillefarmmuseum.org for more information or to schedule your event.
GENERAL ADMISSION - $4 per person; Members Free; Seniors (65+) $3; Student (3-18) $2; Children (under 3) Free ~ group rates and additional fees apply for special events.*
Group Rates: $3 / $2 Students
Tours, Groups or Field Trips with advance reservations.
Jam Night Admission: $4 / Members Free
Crazy Quilting Circle Admission: $4 / Members Free*
Quilts and Their Stories Admission: Same as General Admission*
*There may be fees associated with workshops or special
guest lectures. Coopersville Farm Museum Members receive reduced
or waived admission fees and reduced workshop rates. Call to
receive a membership information packet.
The Coopersville Farm Museum is a registered 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization. Donations are tax deductible according
to IRS regulations. Please contact your tax advisor to determine
the deductibility according to your particular situation.
Museum Facility Use:
available for meetings, family events, banquets and receptions
Wednesday, August 11 
