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From the President…. The MOOseum has had a fantastic beginning to the 2025 open season. There have already been 1,609 visitors to the MOO in May and June. On Heritage Weekend alone, 118 visitors came to check out our exhibits and hear presentations on Cow and Climate Change and the history of Irvington Farm/King Farm community. We hope to see you visit this year. Please encourage your like-minded friends, to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the home page on the MOO’s website. Also, let us know topics you would like to learn more about by sending us an email. Your input helps greatly in our mission of sharing with you all the rich dairy history of Montgomery County (MoCo.) When I think of summer, I think of family reunions with all their fun and connections. Although there are currently only two working dairy farms left in Montgomery County out of the hundreds that existed in the twentieth century, there are many residents with deep family ties to former MoCo dairy farms. Since the MOOseum opened in 2010, farm families have been holding family reunions at the MOOseum when their farm was the Featured Farm of the Month. Below is Board member Suzanne Gartner’s story about her farm family reunion held at the MOOseum in September 2022. I hope you enjoy reading about her experience. Make sure you come out to the MOOseum this summer to learn more about Montgomery County Dairy Farms.

From the President….  The Board of Directors and I are so very happy to see spring finally here! This winter felt awfully long, especially with those bitterly cold temperatures in January and snow that just stayed around way too long. The MOOseum will be opening on Saturdays to the public in just a few short weeks with the first Saturday May 3. There are quite a few school groups and community groups signed up for special tours in May and later this summer. We can’t wait to see how our new exhibit on How To Milk a Cow is received by our visitors. Our goal was to make this exhibit more hands-on with easy to read explanations. Currently, work continues on the exhibit; it appears, however, that is will be ready for our opening weekend. During the MOOseum’s open season we have three very special events. In this newsletter we want to share information about these 2025 events. We hope to see you at them this year. Please encourage your like-minded friends, to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the home page on the MOO’s website. Also, let us know topics you would like to learn more about by sending us an email . Your input helps greatly in our mission of sharing with you all the rich dairy history of MoCo.

From the President... Welcome to the King Barn Dairy Newsletter, MOO News. The King Barn exhibits have been covered for the winter. Although no visitors are currently touring the barn, this is the season that folks are arranging for spring group tours. Please be in touch to make arrangements for your group. In this issue, we thought it would be interesting to share with you how the Map & Research Committee identifies where past MoCo dairy farms existed. A big thank you to members Bill Duvall, Shelley Herron, Rich Rowe, and Chris & Howard Williams for your dedicated work. Please encourage your like-minded friends, to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of Moo's website. Also, let us know topics you would like to learn more about by sending us an email . After all, our mission is to share with you all the rich dairy history of MoCo.