Learn about the roles that chickens, pigs, horses, sheep and other animals play on a working farm at Barnyard Critter Day on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Boulder County Parks & Open Space hosts the FREE event from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Agricultural Heritage Center in Longmont.
In addition to the regular lineup of chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, mini mules, cows, and horses, there will be demonstrations of sheep herding, sheep shearing, wool washing, and spinning.
Meet 4-H groups showcasing their animals and a ranger with their horse.
Enjoy hands-on activities like butter making, corn cob doll crafting, calf roping, flower pressing and more.
A food truck will be on-site offering lunch options.
Here’s a map of the Agricultural Heritage Center
Visitors to the Agricultural Heritage Center get a glimpse into the history of agriculture in this area while enjoying the rural surroundings and views of the front range. This site focuses on the years 1900 to 1925 when local families prospered as farmers and witnessed the coming of the Modern Age.
Site highlights include:
- Interactive museum exhibits in the red barn.
- 1909 farmhouse furnished with items from the 1910s.
- Two rustic barns
- Authentic outhouse and milk house
- Heirloom garden.
- Blacksmith shop, old farm machinery.
No pets are permitted to ensure working animals will not be distracted.
8348 Highway 66, Longmont.
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