Sherwood House Harvest Day Halloween
Sherwood House Museum Harvest Festival (2025)
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Get your Halloween costumes ready and be prepared to visit Sherwood House Museum on Sunday, October 26, from 1-4 PM, for our Harvest Festival. Activities and/or guests to be announced on a future date, but we hope to have some great stuff for our local families and visitors.
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A Special Sherwood House Halloween (2024)
This year at Sherwood House we are going to have something completely different. There will be numerous events and activities, which will be fun for families, as well as snacks and refreshments. As always, tours of the historic museum are free and be sure to check out the gift shop! We hope you will join us. Happy Halloween!
Halloween Tours (2023)
As with last year, we will have two Halloween tour dates at Sherwood House. The first will be on Sunday, October 22, and the second on the following week, Sunday, October 29. Tours will be during regular hours, from 1 - 4 PM. Candies will be available for trick or treating visitors. Costumes are not required, but they are always welcome.
Don't forget to pick up a copy of "The Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm" book by local author, Jason Medina, at our gift shop! Only available in October!
Don't forget to pick up a copy of "The Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm" book by local author, Jason Medina, at our gift shop! Only available in October!
Legend of the Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm (2022)
Halloween at Sherwood House begins on Sunday, October 23, and continues on Sunday, October 30. There will be candies available for guests and trick or treaters. Costumes are not required, but they are welcomed. This year a new legend is born... the secret legend of the Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm.
Ahem... Legend has it that the Sherwood family created a scarecrow to protect their crops. However, during when the Revolutionary War broke out, it was the land that was in danger. Hessian troops roamed the countryside and burned farms in the name of the British. Mysteriously, one farm survived the purge.
Although, it cannot be proven, some believe the scarecrow protected more than just crops on the family farm. It also protected the farm from utter destruction. It might be hard to believe, but that's why it is a legend.
Some say the scarecrow has returned to protect the farm it once called home. Sightings are rarer than Bigfoot and the Lochness Monster combined, but a few of us at Sherwood House have seen it. Our volunteer and resident photographer, Jason Medina, even took photos to prove it.
Still, it is hard to believe a simple scarecrow could come to life. Isn't it? Come to Sherwood House for Halloween and find out for yourself.
Below is the earliest known photo of the scarecrow.
Ahem... Legend has it that the Sherwood family created a scarecrow to protect their crops. However, during when the Revolutionary War broke out, it was the land that was in danger. Hessian troops roamed the countryside and burned farms in the name of the British. Mysteriously, one farm survived the purge.
Although, it cannot be proven, some believe the scarecrow protected more than just crops on the family farm. It also protected the farm from utter destruction. It might be hard to believe, but that's why it is a legend.
Some say the scarecrow has returned to protect the farm it once called home. Sightings are rarer than Bigfoot and the Lochness Monster combined, but a few of us at Sherwood House have seen it. Our volunteer and resident photographer, Jason Medina, even took photos to prove it.
Still, it is hard to believe a simple scarecrow could come to life. Isn't it? Come to Sherwood House for Halloween and find out for yourself.
Below is the earliest known photo of the scarecrow.
Halloween at Sherwood House with Edgar Allan Poe
(2018)
Announcing our Special Halloween tours dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe for Sunday, October 28, and Sunday, November 4, from 1pm-4pm on both days. Our historic rooms will feature tributes to several of the famous author's poems and dark tales. Plus, as an extra treat, volunteer and local author, Jason Medina, will dress as Edgar Allan Poe for the first weekend. For the second weekend Jason Medina will do a book signing in the Weed Cottage for his own dark books, Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers and The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel. Please, join us for both weekends and bring your friends! Trick or Treaters are welcome, as we will have candy!
Jason Medina as Edgar Allan Poe.
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A short version of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by volunteer Jason Medina. Photos by Jo-Ann Santos-Medina and video by Mildred Medina.
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A Brief History of Halloween at Sherwood House Museum
The Edgar Allen Poe Halloween of 2018 was the first time in years that Halloween was celebrated at Sherwood House Museum, mainly due to the persistence of Jason Medina, an avid lover of the holiday. After four years of volunteering at the museum without so much as a hint of Halloween, he felt it was time for a change. Each room was decorated to coincide with one of Edgar Allen Poe's creepy tales. This Halloween event would be the first of many to follow.
For the next couple of years, there were subtle decorations placed throughout the museum's three buildings with no real emphasis on the holiday.
In 2022, Jason created the legend of the Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm. He wrote a souvenir book, which included elaborate color images, and it was sold at the gift shop. He would then play the role himself in the years to follow.
This led to the creation of the Sherwood House Harvest Day Halloween with the first taking place in 2024, largely organized by volunteer Yvonne Velez. This was the same year the gift shop was completely revamped into an official museum store led by the efforts of both Jason and Yvonne. A new retail committee was created just to focus on the gift shop.
The retail committee works together with the Sherwood House committee to create new and fascinating events at the museum, including the Sherwood House Harvest Day Halloween.
At first, most of the Halloween decorations were brought by Jason from his home, but eventually Sherwood House Museum had its own decorations thanks to donations.
For the next couple of years, there were subtle decorations placed throughout the museum's three buildings with no real emphasis on the holiday.
In 2022, Jason created the legend of the Scarecrow of Sherwood Farm. He wrote a souvenir book, which included elaborate color images, and it was sold at the gift shop. He would then play the role himself in the years to follow.
This led to the creation of the Sherwood House Harvest Day Halloween with the first taking place in 2024, largely organized by volunteer Yvonne Velez. This was the same year the gift shop was completely revamped into an official museum store led by the efforts of both Jason and Yvonne. A new retail committee was created just to focus on the gift shop.
The retail committee works together with the Sherwood House committee to create new and fascinating events at the museum, including the Sherwood House Harvest Day Halloween.
At first, most of the Halloween decorations were brought by Jason from his home, but eventually Sherwood House Museum had its own decorations thanks to donations.