The Hardin County Farm Museum, founded in 1996, located at 203 N. Washington St., Eldora, is one of many Iowa living history museums. On this 20-acre site is a dairy barn, a country schoolhouse, a country church, and a machine shed of farm equipment. The museum focuses on the period 1890 through 1950, with related farm equipment, agricultural practices, and the farm families during this time period. Founded in 1996, it is open the first Saturday of the month, April to October, from 7 am to 3 pm.
The barn, built between 1935 and 1940, was later used for hogs, chickens, and as a shelter for cats and dogs.
All are welcome to the pancake breakfast from 7-9:30 am on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Pancake breakfasts are held on the first Saturday of May, June, July, September, and October. The last event of 2024 will be a soup supper and barn dance, with live country music, on Saturday, October 5, 2024.