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Hanford Mills Museum

Follow the Power of Water

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Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith interprets a historic working mill in the northwestern Catskills. Water power and historic machinery provide a starting point for exploring how communities made useful things from local resources. The museum’s story connects technological change with decisions about work, materials, and the landscape that supported production.

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Before a finished object comes a source of power, a material, and a maker. Hanford Mills Museum explores those connections through a historic mill, bringing the relationship between water and work into focus.

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