King Barn Dairy MOOseum

King Barn Dairy MOOseum A dairy heritage museum focusing on the dairy industry in Montgomery County, MD. began planning for a fully operational museum.

The Founding of the MOOseum and it's Organization
In the late 1960’s the James & Macie King Farm was sold to the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) with the understanding that it would become the centerpiece of a proposed regional park in an area of the county that was anticipating commercial and residential development. Thirty-five years later, South Germantown Recrea

tional Park became a reality, with the King Barn the only building on the site preserved by the County. Through the efforts of the Farm’s family and friends of agriculture throughout the County a core group of organizers of the museum was developed. The Montgomery County Planning Board gave it’s unanimous approval for the MOOseum project in April, 2002. Once the site was defined and the original building restored, the Barn was made available by MNCPPC through a right of entry agreement, the King Barn Dairy Mooseum, Inc. Federal 501-C(3) (non-profit) designation was received in June of 2003, and the MOOseum has been a Registered Charity in the State of Maryland since May 2004.

Mark your calendar! This is just two weeks away!
08/28/2026

Mark your calendar! This is just two weeks away!

08/28/2026
Here’s another great photo!
08/27/2026

Here’s another great photo!

Found this picture. Unfortunately, the date was cut off. Can anyone know what year this was taken?
08/25/2026

Found this picture. Unfortunately, the date was cut off. Can anyone know what year this was taken?

08/25/2026

3 weeks to go until Maryland Farm Tours!

Maryland Farm Tours brings together farms of different kinds, giving you a look at the breadth and heart of Maryland agriculture. No two stops feel the same!

Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10am to 4pm, Rain or Shine!
Admission: Free

Start planning now at www.marylandfarmtours.com.

Hope you enjoyed the Mo Co Ag Fair! Luckily, there is another fair on the horizon.
08/23/2026

Hope you enjoyed the Mo Co Ag Fair! Luckily, there is another fair on the horizon.

08/21/2026

Look at all of this!!!

08/21/2026

So sweet!!

More interesting fair history!
08/21/2026

More interesting fair history!

As we continue looking back at how our fairgrounds came to be, we wanted to share a piece of history directly from someone who was there from day one.
Roscoe Whipp, fair pioneer, former Fair President (1982–1983), and official historian, was one of the driving forces behind co-founding the Montgomery County Agricultural Center so local 4-Hers would finally have a place to call home.

In an oral history he gave with Montgomery History, Roscoe Whipp captured the raw, practical grit of that very first year in 1949:

"May we take this opportunity to review the accomplishments of 1949. Which included four cattle barns, two sheep and swine, one horse barn, one administration building, one farm bureau building for storage, one set of ladies and mens toilets, which consisted of septic tank and two dry wells. Two wash racks, one for hogs and one for cattle. 'Course we had to have two dry wells there.
Three wells, complete to pump water, with the pumps. A road that ran from Chestnut Street to the ball park. And another road that it went around those barns, that I mentioned was built, the cattle, and the sheep and horse barns, so we had roads on both sides. The lighted athletic field. And of course we had this recreational area in the woods so we needed two fireplaces, which was built by some of our bricklayers. And twelve picnic tables.

Now the administration building, the first year, wasn't really used as administration building for the fair. 4-H and Home Arts had to have an exhibit, the girls. So it was in the administration building the first year. And of course, we had a poultry exhibit, and we didn't want to put them in the tents so they were put in the farm bureau building. That was cleaned up. And that gave us the place to house the poultry."
— Roscoe Whipp

Image: Construction of Montgomery County Cooperative Agricultural Center on June 4, 1949.

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18028 Central Park Cir
Boyds, MD
20841

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(301) 528-6530

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