Research & Collections
The Shields and Ethridge families seldom threw things away; what could not be used was set aside… just in case… Not only is the farm remarkable for its well-preserved buildings … [Read More...]
Black Pot Cooking
Join us Oct 21 for our Cultivator’s Market and our annual Black Pot Cooking Festival. Enjoy pulled pork, turnip greens, pinto beans, cornbread, sweet potatoes, cobblers and tea, lemonade or water! Music and Children’s Activities too!... [Read More...]
Education
The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm hosts many special events and educational opportunities, including a number of curriculum-based tour and hands-on educational programs … [Read More...]
The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm is an outdoor, agricultural museum that functions as an educational and interpretative facility in northeast Georgia.
The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm Foundation, Inc. was created in 1994 as a non-profit organization established to preserve the existing buildings on the 152 acres.
Our mission is “To provide and operate an educational and interpretative outdoor museum that uses historic preservation to increase an awareness and understanding of Georgia’s agricultural and natural history. ”… [Read More...]
Black Pot Cookin'
What better way to spend a beautiful fall day than seeing and tasting cooking the way it used to be at the Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm Black Pot Cooking Festival, Saturday, October 21.... [Read More...]
