Beyond the tractors

As the new director of the Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum, Timothy Quill hopes to de-emphasize the agricultural.

In addition to the antique tractors and farm equipment on display at the museum, Quill would like to see visitors pay equal attention to attractions like its recreated veterinarian's office and one-room schoolhouse, as well as its fully functional Model T, which ferries guests around at the museum's Old Ways Days every summer.

“We show people what rural life was like in the 1800s and 1900s,” Quill said.