The Dudley Farm - 2351 Durham Rd, Guilford, CT 06437
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About The Dudley Foundation
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Built in 1844 by Erastus Dudley, a prosperous North Guilford farmer, gristmill, and tannery owner, the Dudley Farm sits on the remaining ten picturesque acres farmed by the Dudley family for close to 300 years. The last family member, David Dudley, gave the farm to the North Guilford Volunteer Fire Company upon his death in 1991. Lamenting the disappearance of farm life in the face of the rapid development of the late 20th century, the Volunteer Fire Company decided to establish a farm museum to preserve the region's agricultural heritage. Thus was born the Dudley Foundation, a nonprofit, member supported organization that maintains, through the work of volunteers, the Dudley Farm as a late 19th century farm museum. The restored farm house, barns, and grounds allow visitors to experience life as it once was.
Tours of the farm house introduce visitors to life in the year 1900 through its rooms and furnishings while stories of the home's inhabitants and the lifestyle of the time bring the past alive. The barns and out buildings, with displays of tools and farm equipment, and animals representative of the period, give a unique glimpse into life and work on a family farm. The grounds of the Dudley Farm include period flower and herb gardens, a farm garden, cropland, meadows and woods which all evoke a gentle sense of the past.
A visit to the Dudley Farm is a step back in time, a rural retreat from the past preserved for the future.
Museum Hours May through October Monday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Admission
Members are admitted free of charge. (Annual membership is $25.00 for individuals and families. Membership goes to the maintenance of the Dudley Farm.)
Adults $3.00
Children under 16 admitted free of charge
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