The Llil" Red Barn Museum is just a small part of the American Farm Heritage Museum. 

Where We Came From

  The American Farm Heritage Museum was founded in 2003 when a group of men wanted to preserve the antique farm tractors. 

To further widen the vision of the museum the men invited the wives to a meeting.  The wives decided the museum needed a womens touch and the town village  was born....  Leaving  the tractors to the men, the women set their sites on the home, school and county history.  Items began to come in with no place to go.  

Museum Comes to Life. 

A thirty by sixty gambrel roof barn was built for storage and was sitting there.    With all the items collected and no home for them, the "Lil" Red Barn storage shed became the "Lil" Red Barn Museum.  This gave us something for the people to come and see and allowed us to open on Saturdays for visitors. We have raised interest in the community and people now watch to see what we are doing and what is coming next?

  Come often  Watch us grow!

Why Are We Here

         to:

            Educate - Bring Back Memories - Entertain

 There is something for all ages   

The "Lil" Red Barn Museum is full of memories for the senior population.  It is a place they can visit and reminice, to bring their children and grandchildren to pass on their stories of how they used items in the musuem when they were children.  And to just  remember the "good old days".

Middle age adults will remember the next version of the stove or utensil and will have stories of their own about how we went from hand operated to electric.  When the electric stove was first made and the first time they dialed a number on the phone and didn't have an operator asking "number please". 

The young generation will be intrigued with how these "old" things worked and will want to try them out.  "I can do it Mom" as they try turning the corn sheller wheel.

This makes our "Lil" Red Barn Museum an educational tool for all ages.

When visitors are in the barn -they will be entertained.  It is fun to observe the visitors to the museum and watch their reactions to what they are seeing.  There is room to play a game of checkers or dice and have a soda and snack durring your visit.  We could even have an old fashioned square dance.

Everyone enjoys sitting around the big "ole" stove and swaping tales of times gone by or even what happened yesterday.

Come spend some time with us and take a step back in timel   We are open  May 2 thru October 31...9-3.  and some holidays.  We are also open by appointment

Groups of all sizes are welcome.  Just call 618-488-7758 and let us know you want to come