Barn Tour 2011 Press Release
Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 7:06PM 
August 22, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONTICELLO, IL -- The 14th Annual Piatt County Barn Tour will be held Friday, October 7 through Sunday, October 9, 2011. The Barn Tour is an annual fundraising event presented by the Piatt County Museum.
A self-driving tour booklet and map will be available only on the days of the tour from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Township Town Hall, 116 East Oliver, Mansfield. The cost to participate in the tour is $15 per person (children 12 and under free). Visitors may tour until dusk.
Advance tickets for the tour may be purchased for $13 per person (children 12 and under free) at Petals and Porchposts, 119 E. Bodman in Bement, the Piatt County Farm Bureau, 427 W. Marion in Monticello, and at First-Mid Illinois Bank and Trust branches in Macon and Piatt Counties.
Guests will travel a 30-mile scenic route through Blue Ridge Township to visit barns, explore Centennial farms, and discover historic sites. Agricultural demonstrations and historical displays, photographs and memorabilia, quilts, farm animals, antique tractors and tools, country gardens and fall produce, home-baked goods and other festive agricultural activities will be featured along the route.
Chartered bus and school groups are welcome by reservation only. Our step-on tour guide will provide information about the barns, farms and historic sites on the trip. Contact the Museum for details and reservations.
The Piatt County Barn Tour originated as a one-day excursion to barns scattered throughout the county and has grown into an award-winning three-day festival. Over 200 historic barns and agricultural structures have been identified, researched, and documented in the county over the history of the event.
The mission of the Piatt County Museum is to preserve Piatt County Heritage by deepening our knowledge of the past and achieving public appreciation of the value history brings to our lives.
For more information about the Piatt County Museum and the Piatt County Barn Tour,
call 217-762-4731 or email piattmusem@yahoo.com.