Save Our Museum – Ward W O'Hara Agricultural and Country Living Museum

Friends of Ward W. O’Hara Museum

In the 2025 and 2026 County Budget the Cayuga County Legislature Cut the Museum Budget by 1/3

Museum Budget is $159,000. of a 98 million county budget

We need your help to insure that there are NO MORE BUDGET CUTS TO THE MUSEUM

Keep Admission and Parking To The Museum FREE

Tell Your Cayuga County Legislature Your Support of The Museum

Cards are available at the museum for you to fill out and leave at the museum

or Call your legislator and express your support of the museum and its programs

Ward W. O’Hara

Author of 15 books and a columnist for the local newspaper for more than 11 years Ward became interested in collecting farm equipment in the mid-1900s. His wife, Ruth, joined right in and their collection grew beyond their ability to house it all. They saw the 4-H Pavillion at Emerson Park standing idle and approached the Cayuga County Legislature for permission to make it a Country Museum, which they did in May of 1975. In May 1977 the Legislature renamed the museum the Ward W. O’Hara Agricultural Museum in his honor. On September 8, 1997 Ward passed away leaving behind a legacy that will benefit us all for many years to come.