TEMPLE, N.H. — The Temple Historical Society will host the Temple Barns and Farms, a self-guided tour of seven historic barns dating between 1754 and 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 25.

The seven barns on view were selected for their wide diversity of period, style and use. Each has its own distinctive characteristics and history. Barn greeters will point out each barn’s charming and curious features.

The day will teem with events from hay rides and rambles with lambs at the Sartell Farm to pasture walks with cows and milking demonstrations at the Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm. Pony Farm campers will give driving and high jump demonstrations, and a team of equestrian vaulters will dazzle the crowd with their derring-do expertise. The Temple Dance Band will entertain with live music.

Barns will have critters to visit and pet, like miniature horses, Nubian goats and kids, chickens, horses, cows and sheep. Displays will show antique farm equipment and tools. Shingle-mill and other demonstrations will show the farm work.

University of New Hampshire barn historian and author John Porter will present “Interesting Features of NH Barns,” a pictorial tour through a variety of old New England barns, and explain the function of such special items as the scuttle hole, windlass, cupola, hay mow, barn bridge and others. While barns are admired for their structural beauty, he says, they possess many interesting features that reveal how they were used.

Proceeds from Temple Barns and Farms will support the Temple Historical Society’s myriad worthwhile projects of the Temple Historical Society.

Admission for adults is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The cost will be half-price for teens and free for children younger than 13. Tickets may be purchased online, at the Toadstool bookshops and at the Temple Store on Route 45.

FMI: www.templebarns.org.