A lost tradition will be found again this weekend on the ISU campus.

University Museums is resurrecting the once-annual celebration of the arrival of spring at the Farm House Museum from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

“It hasn’t been consecutive over the years, but we are bringing it back,” said Rachel Hampton, communication specialist for university museums.

“This will be a nice break and a great way to celebrate the arrival of spring and the end of the semester.”

All activities will take place on the lawn of the Farm House Museum as they did in the late 1800s and early 1900s, said Matthew DeLay, curator for university museums. Activities include a Maypole dance, traditional crafts, seed sewing and demonstrations of wool spinning, metalworking and woodworking.

Historical value is important to the organizers, DeLay said.

“We want to expose people to this the time period and how things were when this college first started,” Hampton said.

The event is free and open to the public. All participants will have the chance to observe and participate in the activities, such as sewing prairie and rye grass seeds.

“We want families to use the museums as a resource,” DeLay said. “Children will have the chance to make flower garlands and flower magnets.”

“We just want everyone to walk away with a better understanding of what life was like in the late 1800s and early 1900s,” Hampton said.